X-Band: Phantom Podcast #323 - November 2025 Newspaper Stories, Comics & News Review

We are lucky that every month is a busy month in the Phantom world! These podcasts are our attempt to wrap up everything from comic reviews to catching up on the latest newspaper Comics Kingdom stories and related news from around the world. The hardest thing is to try and keep abreast of everything that happens in a month. In this episode Jermayn Parker is joined by phan and Patreon supporter Daniel Brogna.

If we do not discuss the Phantom comics from your country, that is because we are still looking for someone to review them for us. Please get in touch with us if that interests you. Otherwise, we love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. You can either email us, leave your comments at our YouTube channel, and/or leave them at our social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram.

If you're one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of what we discussed.

Daily / Sunday Adventures Progress

• Daily #269 - "The Muckmen of Zumaridi River" by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley: 2 Minutes

• Sunday #197 - "The Ungraved" by Tony DePaul and Jeff Weigel: 8 Minutes

Australia (Frew Comics)

• Frew #2009: 10 Minutes

  • "Carnival in Rio" by Norman Worker and Knut Westad
    

• Frew #2010: 19 Minutes

  • "Dangerous Waters" by Bernd Frenz and Janusz Ordon

  • "Hunter's Prey, Part 1" by Shane Foley
    

• Giant Size #35: 33 Minutes

  • “An Amateur Detective” by Giorgio Cambiotti and Annibale Casabianca

Phantom Comics from around the world

• Zauberstern Phantom #21 (Germany): 43 Minutes

  • "Affen" ("Apes") by Mark Verheiden and Luke McDonnell

  • "Todeszug" ("Trains") by Mark Verheiden and Luke McDonnell

  • "Das Klippenkönigreich" ("The Cliff Kingdom") by Don Jon Arneson and Jim Aparo

  • "Gurans Herausforderung" ("The Challenge") by Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan
    

• ECR #80 and #81 (Germany): 47 Minutes

  • "Der eiserne Drache" ("The Iron Dragon") by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy

  • "Der Werwolf" ("The Werewolf") by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy
    

• Mad Cave Studios Phantom Series #2 (USA): 49 Minutes

  • "The Tempest, Part 2" by Ray Fawkes and Russell Olson

Phantom News from around the world

• Sammy J is back (link): 1 Hour & 1 Minute

• Artist George Kambadais joins Phantom 2040 creative team (link): 1 Hour & 5 Minutes

• Art of Play Games & the Phantom Video Game updates (link & link): 1 Hour & 7 Minutes

• The Phantom (and KFS) back to the Comic Con Cruise in February 2026 (link): 1 Hour & 12 Minutes

• Sneak peek of art for the second series of Defenders of the Earth by MCS (link): 1 Hour & 14 Minutes

• New Fantomen hardcover series: "The Historical Stories of The Phantom" (link): 1 Hour & 18 Minutes

• Vote for your favourite new Old Jungle Saying (link): 1 Hour & 21 Minutes

• Preorders for 2026 Mallon Diary (link): 1 Hour & 25 Minutes

• Moonstone sale (link): 1 Hour & 28 Minutes

• Hermes Press announces Dailies 35 and Sundays 10 & 11 (link): 1 Hour & 32 Minutes

• Linköpings library celebrating the Swedish Fantomen magazine's 75th anniversary (link): 1 Hour & 36 Minutes

We can only report and discuss what we have seen or been told by the phans. We may miss something, especially conventions in your corner of the world with Phantom-related guests, so please let us know of them so we can promote them on our website, socials, and podcasts. We are also looking for reviewers who can review comics from India, Sweden, Finland, France, Italy, and some other locations that publish the Phantom. If you would like to join the team with regular reviews, please contact us.

You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram. We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. Make sure you stay with us, and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast on our YouTube Channel.