The German publisher Comics and Mehri's Heiner Bade collection series is now available for pre-ordering with shipping in early November 2026. If you subscribed to volume 1, you will automatically be subscribed to volume 2. If you would like to start a subscription and buy volume 1, you can contact them via their website or email at info@comicsundmehr.de. Other websites like PPM Vertrieb have listed them for ordering as well. As per volume 1, there is a limited edition hardcover version as well as the softcover. In total, there will be six volumes. Each volume will feature two stories and will be 72 pages in total. The price for the softcover version is €22 and €40 for the hardcover version of the book. Volume 2, will feature the following stories: "In the Shadow of the Guillotine" by Claes Reimerthi and Heiner Bade. "Power of the Skull Mark" by Claes Reimerthi and Heiner Bade. These stories were printed by Sweden, Norway, and Australia in 2011 and feature an adventure of the 12th Phantom dying while saving people in France and the 13th Phantom swearing the oath to take the mantle at the end of the "In the Shadow of the Guillotine" story. Again, as per volume 1, there will be special prints signed by Heiner Bade included with the hardcover version of volume 2, which are included below. Review of Comics & Mehr Phantom 1 We will review volume 2, but if you have come in late and want to know more about the series, we have reviewed volume 1. The stories included with volume 1 are "Der Weisse Elefant" ("The White Elephant") by Claes Reimerthi and Heiner Bade "Der Geiste Pirat" ("The Ghost Pirate") by Donne Avenell and Heiner Bade If you would like to join the team and review new comics being released around the world, please contact us.

In this episode, Jermayn Parker is joined by our USA reviewer Scott Walyn as we interview the main writer of the new Comics Kingdom "Phantom 2040: A New Shadow" web comic series Alex Segura. If you would like to ask any specific questions to him about the series that we have missed, please contact us at ChronicleChamber@gmail.com or leave them on our YouTube channel and/or at our social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram. Some of the questions we ask and Phantom-related discussions we touch upon in this podcast are the following: About Alex Segura. How do you walk the line of having your own universe and showing reverence to the original lore. How important was it to keep the ‘old school’ phans happy? The importance of Episode 12 was a very ‘phantom’ episode highlighting the important elements of the character. The new characters like Fitzroy? What kind of research did Alex do while writing Phantom 2040? Playing in the sandbox of the Phantom. Is it dangerous departing from the generational father-to-son mantle as the traditional Phantom? Will we see Graft, Sparks, or Maxwell Jr. at all in the new season of Phantom 2040? Are there any other characters from this universe you’d love to loop into the series? How is it different to write for a web comic compared to a traditional comic? Will this series ever be converted to a printed comic? What's the working relationship with Michael Moreci the other writer, and you? How did you get the Phantom 2040 gig with KFS/Comics Kingdom, and how did you go about working with them? What is the fine balance between adding lore to this new ‘universe’ but honouring the character? What makes the Phantom great? Is the plot of the split of the states in America featured in the web comic an echo of the future? How does this Metropia differ from the one in the cartoon? What can we see in season two? and when will we see season two? Is Carlos the son of the last Phantom? Anti-Phantom's origin. Is there room for Phantom prose or novels? You can follow Alex Segura via his website, newsletter, Bluesky, and/or Discord. 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.

Mad Magazine is an iconic American magazine featuring humorous and satirical comic strips of all types, shapes, and sizes. The magazine has been going around since 1952 and was founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines. Some of the key features include satire & parody comics or one-cell comic strips poking fun at pop culture, politics, movies, and advertising. Spy vs. Spy, a wordless, black-and-humor comic strip created by Antonio Prohias. and the back-page feature created by Al Jaffee that turns into a different image when the page is folded. Horrible for those who collect their collectibles in mint condition, but lots of fun for generations of kids. In this celebrational issue 600 features brand-new content and a whole slew of classic MAD movie and TV parodies from the Usual Gang of Idiots. Among the reprint content includes Duck Edwing's & Don Martin's classic "Guide to Some Very Obscure Sound Effects". This includes one panel poking fun at the Phantom – and now this feature is in color, unlike the original b/w print! Thanks to Andreas Eriksson for highlighting this bit of unique news to us. If we have missed any Phantom-related news or content, please contact us at ChronicleChamber@gmail.com.

2025 saw the first Brisbane Phantom weekend, and 2026 will see a return of the weekend of phun, comic conventions, and catching up with phellow phans. Just like the yearly Sydney mecca trip, this weekend coincides with Supanova and includes a Phantom-themed dinner. Details of Brisbane Supanova 2026 Date: 6-8 November 2026 (Friday, Saturday & Sunday) Address: Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre Click to buy your tickets Guests with Phantom credits who will be attending We believe this list is not yet complete, and we will update as we know of updates. Freddie Williams II. Cover artist for Frew and Mad Cave Studios. Daniel Picciotto. Cover and interior artist for Frew. Ben Bradi. Cover artist for Frew. Lauren Marshall. Cover artist for Frew. Alex Trpcevski. Cover artist for Frew and Mad Cave Studios. Camillo Di Pietrantonio. Cover artist for Frew. Details of the Phantom 2026 dinner The dinner will be held on the 7th of November, 2026, and will start at 6:30pm. The cost will be $175, which will include the food and the hire of the venue for the dinner. RSVP and payment will need to be made by the 23rd of October, 2026. If you would like to attend, we recommend emailing info@bppd.net. For the past two years there has been a guest speaker with Shane Foley and Gary Horne, and while there will be another guest for 2026, that is still a secret with more information to come soon. Like the Sydney LFMBEC event, there will also be auction items made available for phans to bid on with the proceeds to go to the Mater Foundation and LifeFlight. For those phans who have bucket loads of spare Phantom comics, they are also accepting donations of comic books for Books 4 PNG Kids. Again, if you would like to attend or learn more information, we recommend emailing info@bppd.net.

Mythos Editora released their first volume of this series back in 2022, and now the second volume is open for pre-orders with delivery in September/October 2026. The Era De Ouro Dos Quadrinhos volume 2, like volume 1, will be 268 pages and feature classic newspaper stories in black and white. Click to preorder your copy here For those who do not have volume 1 of this series, this book is about King Features characters. Inside will feature articles and stories of the Phantom but also other King Features characters like Flash Gordon, Prince Valiant, Popeye, Beetle Bailey, Hagar the Horrible, and Pinduca. If you are from Brazil and will be buying this issue, we would love to have you review this book and other Mythos Editora Phantom releases for us. Please contact us at ChronicleChamber@gmail.com.

Some more great news from Norway with the Phantom returning to an Egmont Christmas book celebrating our childhood heroes and characters. This book will be on sale online and at shops from 30 October 2026, and at the time of writing, it is available for preorders. Get your copy now from Akadmika This 124-page book will feature six stories and one story from The Phantom, Mandrake the Magician, Rip Kirby, Flash Gordon, and Modesty Blaise. This book will be in an anthology format featuring an extended essay/article about the characters and other related interesting information written by Kristian Hellesund. According to the link on Akadmika, the Phantom Sunday story is drawn by Sy Barry and will be from 1990. We assume it will be the 135 Sunday Phantom story "The Eastern Dark at Janorra". The other stories featured are all classics, with the Mandrake the Magician story from 1948. The Flash Gordon story from 1953, the Rip Kirby story is from 1949, and the Modesty Blaise story is "The Black Pearl" from 1966. The sixth story we believe will be the 1992 story written by Bob Scarlatti and drawn by Romano Felmang. The story was originally commissioned by Christies' Auctions which is a British fine art auction house, and the story first in their 7 May 1992 auction catalogue featuring many comic and cartoon original artwork up for sale. You can learn more about this fascinating story that has previously been published by Comics Revue, Frew, and Sweden's Agent X9 in this article. At this stage, the cover has not been announced along with the exact details of the other stories, but when we know, you will know. We hope the cover will feature a Christmas theme to go with the celebration. Thanks go to all the phans who have messaged us with this news. If you notice us missing any Phantom-related news, please contact us at ChronicleChamber@gmail.com. If anyone wants to review this series for us, please contact us. Note, the imagery from this article is from the Daily newspaper story "Little Tommy" drawn by Ray Moore, and these panels are coloured by Guy Poissant.

Sad news has come out from Frew Publications that Dudley Hogarth has been released from his publishing duties that he has completed for 12 years. He took over the role from Steve Shepherd (son of the late Jim Shepherd) in September 2014 for Phantom issue #1706 and continued after the acquisition of Frew by Rene White in January 2016. Dudley Hogarth and Glenn Ford became the power couple behind the renaissance of the comic after the purchase as they worked together to improve the comic. Through their hard work, they saw an increase of sales and subscriptions through several improvements. These improvements and changes included a dedicated newer younger pool of cover artists, which brought a fresh style and vigorousness that caught the attention of both newer readers and also older readers who had dropped the comic. They hired creators from around the world to create new Frew-created stories, as well as releasing their own products like trading cards, posters, graphic novels, and trade paperbacks. Many phans were also excited about them attending conventions, which gave them a chance to rub shoulders with those who created their comics. On top of these changes, they produced coloured comics, variant comics, themed annuals, and coloured Daily and Sunday classic stories which pleased many a phan. Throughout all this, Dudley Hogarth continued to produce a regular fortnightly comic on time, which is not an easy task with an ever-shrinking budget and market in an ever-progressing online-saturated world. On behalf of the team at Chronicle Chamber, we want to say thank you for the friendship built, the long nights chatting Phantom at the yearly LFMBEC dinners; the train rides home from Supanova; always being a message or email away, and giving us sneak peeks of what is to come from Frew over the 10+ years. The Phantom's world will be lesser without you in it. The team will be discussing this big move from Rene White, the owner of Frew in an upcoming podcast. From what we understand, Alan Ho and Glenn Ford will step up and fill the shoes left from Dudley Hogarth. We wish you well, Alan Ho and Glenn Ford, you have big shoes to fill. Our reactions and thoughts on Dudley leaving Frew

In this episode, Dan Fraser, Stephen East and Jermayn Parker come together to have an emergency podcast discussing the removal of Dudley Hogarth, the Frew publisher and editor for 12 years. Yes, you are not mistaken; this podcast is only 23 minutes long! We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. If you agree and/or disagree with us, 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. Some of the discussion points we cover in the podcast: We give our initial thoughts on the removal of Dudley. Who will take over from Dudley? Is this the end of the Frew comic? What was Dudley's legacy? 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.

Felmang is one of the most popular Phantom creators in the world, having created stories and covers for several publishers over an almost 60-year-long career. He is credited as the story artist on seven Fratelli Spada stories (published 1967-1970), one hundred Team Fantomen stories (1987-2014) and most recently has started writing and illustrating original stories for Frew Publications in Australia (2016-present). Add Comics Revue into the mix, and he's also had over fifty covers published by those companies worldwide. It is exciting news to hear that he will be in attendance at the Albissola Comics Italian comic-con being held on 19th and 20th September 2026. If you would like to learn more about Felmang, we have interviewed him before and can be read here in part one and part two of the interview. You can view more information about the comic convention at their website and/or Facebook here.

The Definitive Collector's Book Celebrating the Artist Who Defined The Phantom is now live to pledge and back! Go and sign up to pledge The Sy Barry Book Project is an ambitious, beautifully produced collector’s book celebrating the life, art, and extraordinary career of Sy Barry, the legendary artist whose work helped define The Phantom for generations of readers around the world. From 1961 to 1994, Sy brought an unmistakable sense of realism, drama, atmosphere, and elegance to the strip. This book will tell the story behind that remarkable career—through Sy’s artwork, personal history, creative process, professional experiences, and the lasting influence of his work on The Phantom and the world of comic art. This is being created as more than a retrospective. Our goal is to produce a high-quality, lasting visual record of Sy Barry’s artistic legacy, combining carefully researched and written material with photographs, original artwork, published examples, archival material, and stories that provide a more personal look at the artist behind the work. We are also working through the necessary licensing arrangements for copyrighted material from King Features, DC Comics, Marvel, and other relevant sources so that the finished book can present Sy’s career as fully and authentically as possible. The BackerKit crowdfunding campaign launches September 1, 2026, and the support of our backers will play a critical role in making the book possible. Funds raised will help cover the substantial costs involved in research, writing, editing, design, image preparation and restoration, licensing, printing, packaging, and international freight and fulfillment. The project is being spearheaded by Sy’s son David Barry through Supreme Media Ventures, LLC, with the goal of creating a professionally produced collector’s edition worthy of both Sy’s work and the fans who have followed it for decades. Their current production schedule targets February 2027 for the book to be ready to ship. Go and sign up to pledge There are THREE levels to pledge. Founding Patron: $500 USD pledge level As a Founding Patron, you will receive: A limited collector’s edition book with an original dust jacket Permanent recognition as a Founding Patron in the printed book Autographed by Sy Barry himself! Invitation to an exclusive Zoom call with Sy Barry Access to exclusive content and early materials The Collector's Edition: $250 USD pledge level As a collector's edition member, you will receive: A limited collector’s edition book with an original dust jacket Autographed by Sy Barry himself! Invitation to an exclusive Zoom call with Sy Barry Access to exclusive content and early materials Supporting Member: $100 USD pledge level As a supporting member, you will receive: A limited collector’s edition book with an original dust jacket Access to exclusive content and early materials Go and sign up to pledge In X-Band: The Phantom Podcast episode #344, Jermayn Parker was joined by David Barry who is the son of legendary Phantom artist Sy Barry, as he introduces and talks about the definitive Sy Barry book project. In this podcast, David gives us a tease of the biography book, including what will be included and how we fans of the Phantom and/or Sy Barry's artwork can get a copy. You can watch it here: Have you backed the campaign yet? Go and sign up to pledge

Will Murray has sadly passed. He was a pulp historian as well as a writer who wrote short stories and pulp fiction for a wide range of characters, including our Phantom for Moonstone Books. He was considered one of the top authorities on pulp fiction of the 20th century. He wrote prose for Doc Savage, The Destroyer, The Executioner, Tarzan of the Apes, King Kong, The Spider, Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Sherlock Holmes, the Green Hornet, Zorro, Honey West, Cthulhu, Dr. Herbert West, and numerous others. Murray also created the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl for Marvel Comics. Our thoughts and prayers are with Will Murray's family and friends in this sad time. For Moonstone Books, he created three stories. Two were prose stories and included in the two Chronicle Books published in 2009 and 2010, which featured spot illustrations by Rubén Procopio. The illustration for one of the stories by Ruben is included below. The third story featured a story written about the fourth Phantom and illustrated by Shawn Van Briesen and Mark Stegbauer. This story was featured in the Generations title released by Moonstone Books in 2009. The series was originally intended as a 21-issue maxi-series with one story for each Phantom. Each regular issue of Generations is 36 pages, with a 22-page story in "comic novella" format, i.e. illustrated prose and not a regular comic book story. Each issue featured a different creative team. Thank you to Andreas Eriksson for the heads up on the passing of Will. If we have missed any Phantom-related news, please contact us at ChronicleChamber@gmail.com.

In March 2026, we wrote how the latest attempt of a Fantomet series by Egmont Norway was again canceled, and now thanks to the attention of some eagle-eyed phans, we can share that a new publisher is taking the reins to revive the Phantom back in Norway. In the Pondus Magazine #6 from 2026, it has been announced that publisher John Berge, from his publishing house JB Forlag will be releasing a brand new Phantom book in November 2026. At this stage, there is no news on the finer details of the book or if it will be an ongoing series, but we will share it here when we know more. We are just assuming here, but we expect to see newspaper stories as the main staple of content for the book. If anyone wants to review this book for us, please contact us at ChronicleChamber@gmail.com. John Berge is a journalist and publisher. He has been involved in the comics scene in Norway for years. When he started John Berge Forlag (JB Forlag) it was to publish comics. The only comic publication he got to market was five James Bond albums in 2000 and 2001. After that, he concentrated on trade magazines and websites for the video business, later the movie business and PRO AV and the toy business. He also runs a local newspaper in his hometown, Kristiansund. Berge also published a comic fanzine in the 80s, Ny Dimensjon, when he was only 14 to 16 years old, and he wrote articles for Semic in the 90s. Later he was hired as the editor of their (and later Egmont’s after the buyout of Semic) comic magazine Seriesamler’n, from 1995 to 2008. We find it interesting that this is a new publisher and not Egmont Norway. It follows the Danish publisher E-Voke publishing the Phantom. We wonder if it means that a smaller publisher can survive on a smaller margin of profit than a larger publishing house like Egmont. The poor Norwegians have had no luck in the last 8 years with their Phantom comic. Let us hope this series will be different. For those who have come in late, here is a brief synopsis of their checkered recent history. In 2018 the regular magazine, after 1200+ issues, was cancelled. (read more) In 2019, an album-magazine series lasted 2 issues. (read more) In 2021, the yearly album started again but stopped again in 2024. In 2023, the Fantomet Kronologisk series stopped after 28 issues, starting in 2017. (read more) In 2025, the regular magazine started again but only lasted 3 issues. (read more) Thanks go to all the phans who have messaged us with this news, including Thomas Askjellerud, Andreas Eriksson and others. If you notice us missing any Phantom-related news, please contact us at ChronicleChamber@gmail.com. If anyone wants to review this series for us, please contact us.

In this episode, Jermayn Parker is joined by our USA reviewer Scott Walyn as we interview the main artist of the new Comics Kingdom "Phantom 2040: A New Shadow" web comic series John Amor. In August 2026, we will be interviewing one of the other creators, Alex Segura who was one of the writers of the new Phantom web comic series. If you would like to ask any specific questions to him about the series, please contact us at ChronicleChamber@gmail.com. We do love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. You can leave your comments at our YouTube channel and/or at our social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram. Some of the questions we ask and Phantom-related discussions we touch upon in this podcast are the following: About John Amor. John Amor's history with the Phantom and the Phantom 2040 tv show and what was involved with your research? What is the difference between a web comic and a normal comic? What is the differences between the processes of creating them The art of "Phantom 2040: A New Shadow" has its own unique coloring theme. How did John Amor come up with it? John Amor's extremely expressive eyes of the characters. Was there a source of inspiration behind this? Whose idea was it to reference the classic imagery in the parts? How’d they got chosen? Could the web comic be transformed into a traditional print comic? John Amor tells us about the origin of Anti Phantom and if phan suggestions had any say on the name. Which actors and famous people were inspiration for the characters of "Phantom 2040: A New Shadow"? What is John Amor's process for drawing a web comic? Has John Amor started working on season two? Are web comics the future? Does John Amor accept commissions? Was any of the episodes created traditionally, or was it all created digitally? You can follow John Amor at his Instagram and/or contact him for a commission at NextComicArt@gmail.com. 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.

Since November 2023, ECR-Verlag Werner Reuß has been reprinting Phantom daily stories in single-story issues as well as special collected hardcover editions. We review these on our platforms and if you would like to buy your copies, the best option is to email them at ecr-vlg@gmx.at. Thanks to editor Werner Reuß, we are able to share the covers for the comics that will be released for the rest of 2026. Released September 2026 Daily 105: "The Jungle Home" Daily 106: "Rex, the Missing Heir" Daily 107: "The Gladiator" Daily 108: "The Missing Daddy" Daily 109: "Luaga's Undercover Tour" Released November 2026 Daily 110: "The Mission" Daily 111: "Yes" Daily 112: "The Fence" ECR Comics, based in Northern Bavaria, Germany, is primarily focused on printing the complete daily adventures by Lee Falk and Sy Barry. Their plan is to first publish Sy Barry’s complete works, including the daily strips 82–182. Later, the Sunday pages may be released in a newly colored version in the original newspaper format. These will include issues 60 through 142. The numbering confuses some with their series starting at 82, which is the number of the first Daily story by Sy Barry. Thus, there is no issue 1 from ECR Comics; as that was created by a different artist (Ray Moore). The number of comics are released by the number of pages in each story and, hence, comic. Since ECR Verlag Werner Reuß publishes the issues in sets of approximately 80 to 100 pages, each set contains between 2 and 5 issues for a price of €29.80. For example, volumes 101–104 have just been released. Each volume contains a complete adventure by the writing team. The adventures vary in length from 11 to 48 pages. Consequently, the comics also vary in page count. On average, the adventures in this number range are about 26 pages long. With each set and at the same price, ECR Comics releases a hardcover edition with the same content, comprising 2–5 adventures. Since the Phantom comics have been published in Germany on and off since the 1950s—not least the 238 volumes from Bastei Publishing - ECR has decided to release adventures that have never before been published in Germany as variant editions with new cover art, in order to get Bastei collectors excited about ECR Comics as well. The covers for ECR Comics are created by creators named Andy, Indra, and Wernie. All three use pseudonyms. In an amazing exclusive, also coming soon is “The Origins of the Jungle Patrol” in an optimal landscape format. More on this soon. Publisher Werner Reuß is very fortunate to have access to original German-lettered material from the extensive archives of a major German daily newspaper—not only for Phantom, but also for all the other classics they publish, including Flash Gordon, Mandra, Julia Koster, Blondie, Popeye, Bob Holm and others. We would suggest following them on their Facebook page for information on the other non-Phantom comics.

In this episode, Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker come together to review and discuss Phantom comics, the newspaper stories, and related Phantom news from around the world. We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. If you agree and/or disagree with us, 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. Comics Kingdom stories Daily 270: "The Grudge" by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley: 2 Minutes Sunday 198: “1536”: by Tony DePaul and Jeff Weigel: 18 Minutes & 30 Seconds Frew (Australia) comics Frew #2028: 29 Minutes "Secret of the Satellite" by Norman Worker and Jaime Vallvé Frew #2029: 41 Minutes "The All-Seeing Eye Stone" by Jacob Habinc and Janusz Ordon "Kit's Last Day, Part 1" by Shane Foley The Phantom news from around the world Sy Barry latest with the definitive biography book (link) & receives the Inkwell award (link): 1 Hour & 2 Minutes Big Rubber Guys announce new PVC figurine (link): 1 Hour & 4 Minutes SMC SDCC art cards available to buy: 1 Hour & 9 Minutes Fantomen publisher news: 1 Hour & 12 Minutes Zauberstern publishing the 22nd Phantom saga (link): 1 Hour & 17 Minutes Mad Cave Studios publisher news: 1 Hour & 21 Minutes Mythos Editora republishing Wedding book (link): 1 Hour & 25 Minutes Shakti Comics posters (link): 1 Hour & 26 Minutes Comic cons and phan catch-ups: 1 Hour & 30 Minutes Ablissola Comics festival will feature Roy Mann aka Felmang Brisbane Supanova 2026 Oct 30-Nov 1 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, Brazil, 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.