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Eagle eyed fan Jon Cookson spied an announcement from the creators of the 80th Dublin Con Phantom comic that they may be releasing another Phantom comic. Apart from the below image all they have quoted on their Facebook page is Stay tuned for our exciting new line-up of titles coming soon. The promo image also shows that we will see the comic in May 2017 which is only a few short months away. Now while the Facebook post is ambiguous on purpose all bodes well that we may end up getting another publisher publishing Phantom comics. As you can see with the attached image, the arms crossed pose, the mask, the cowl and the wrist bands are all classic Phantom-ish in style and design. The team at Chronicle Chamber have been in contact with the brains at Lighting Strike Comic Books and we will update you as soon as we know more. Thanks to Jon Cookson for the spot! #DublinComicCon #LightningStrikeComics #80th

About a month ago, we reported that longtime Phantom phan Kelby Wooldridge was in the design stage of a new Phantom comic storage box. Kelby is still working hard on getting the design off the ground, although his efforts have been slowed a little as overseas manufacturers closed to celebrate the Chinese New Year. It could be another month before a prototype is available. However, Kelby has certainly listened to phan feedback, "I'm changing the appearance to be like an encyclopedia [or] old book with an area to put content details on the spine." He is also looking into the possibility of a kickstarter campaign to help fund the production costs. As you can see from the initial designs (below), the plan is for a hard cardboard storage box that will sit on the bookshelf like a normal book. It is intended to hold 13 comics plus an annual special. “There will be an area on the front and back to put information or sticker of artwork,” says Kelby, “Each box will have like a frame around the front and back … in different colours.” Buyers will be able to decorate the cover with whatever artwork they choose. “[The boxes] will fit Phantom, Marvel and DC comics in them. Also later down the track I want to get plastic sleeves and backing boards for the comics. The boxes are deep enough to hold the comics with these.” Tentative costs will be around $15-$20 each, depending on phan interest (postage not included). With quite a large minimum order required to start producing these, Kelby is keen to share costs with the wider community and to keep these down as much as possible, hence the kickstarter idea. “I myself am a collector so this would be helpful to me … postage could be minimised by sending them to one location per state as a bulk order.” Anyone who would be interested in purchasing these to store their collection, or perhaps even assist with distribution as a state representative, should contact Kelby by email.

Sammy J's tour of his award-winning show Hero Complex starts this week, and so the Australian comedian has filmed a series of promotional short video clips featuring the Phantom. The first of these was published on his Facebook page earlier today; you can watch it here. The amusing promo features a Phantom who is clearly very devoted to the Old Jungle Saying "Call the Phantom anywhere and he will hear". It's a light-hearted but very respectful interpretation of our hero, and we at ChronicleChamber can't wait to see more. Sammy has told us that "there'll be one per week", so be sure to be checking his Facebook page regularly for the latest installment! Sammy is staying very quiet on the true identity of the man in the purple suit in his promos. He has been "unable to confirm or deny" any suggestions, but one suspects it could be someone close to the story. However, he is "pretty excited that we got the white mask working. Take that, Billy Zane and Tom Tyler!" The music used in the short clip is from The Phantom, a song Sammy wrote for Hero Complex. You can hear the full version (with lyrics) on the latest episode of X-Band: The Phantom Podcast, and the mp3 is downloadable for all Patreons of ChronicleChamber.com - just click this link to pledge and you can be listening to it on your own device in minutes. It is a phitting coincidence that the Hero Complex tour starts on Friday 17th February, the 81st anniversary of The Phantom appearing in newspapers. The scenestr website has previewed Hero Complex here, and of course you can read ChronicleChamber's own review of the show as it appeared at the Melbourne Fringe Festival here. In other news regarding the tour, Sammy J has added a Canberra date to those previously announced. Full tour dates are below - click the poster link at the bottom to purchase tickets in your capital city. HERO COMPLEX - 2017 AUSTRALIAN TOUR ADELAIDE FRINGE Garden of Unearthly Delights 8:30pm Fri February 17 - Sun March 6 12 SHOWS ONLY BRISBANE COMEDY FESTIVAL Brisbane Room, City Hall 8:45pm Thu March 23 - Sun March 26 (7:45pm Sun) 4 SHOWS ONLY MELBOURNE COMEDY FESTIVAL Victoria Hotel 8:15pm Thu March 30 - Sun April 23 (7:15pm Sun) CHEAP PREVIEW TIX SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL Giant Dwarf 7pm Fri May 12 - Sat May 13 TWO SHOWS ONLY PERTH COMEDY FESTIVAL State Theatre WA 9:30pm Thu May 18 - Sun May 21 (8:30pm Sun) FOUR SHOWS ONLY CANBERRA Canberra Theatre Centre 7 30pm Sat May 27 ONE SHOW ONLY #SammyJ #HeroComplex #BillyZane #TomTyler #XBand #Patreon

In Episode 56 Jermayn, Dan and Steve review Frew Issues 1772-1774 which include the All American, All Colour Christmas special, as well as the 2017 Annual entitled The Girl Phantom. The Phellas also report on all of the news that has been coming out of Frew lately regarding everything from new comic book titles to protector boards and bags. Also, for your listening pleasure, we have our new intro music kindly recorded for us by the incomparable Sammy J! Enjoy! #XBand #AlexSaviuk #SammyJ #Frew

Our "Spot The Phantom in Ricketts Lane" competition has been run and won! Over the last six weeks ChronicleChamber.com, together with Sammy J, has been asking phans to watch all six episodes of Sammy J and Randy in Ricketts Lane and tell us how many times a Phantom comic or collectible appeared on screen. For those playing along at home, the correct answer was ... 44. Congratulations to Sarah McLean, whose name was drawn from Sammy J's Phantom lolly jar as the major prize winner, and so takes home a signed Hero Complex poster, a CD copy of Skinny Man, Modern World and two tickets to watch Sammy J's newest show Hero Complex! Sienna Austin also sent in the correct answer, and as runner up will also receive tickets to the show. For the rest of us, we'll just have to click on the poster (above) and buy tickets for ourselves! You can watch Sammy J draw the winner, and share a very special and proud Phantom moment, in his Facebook video here. And you can see just a few of The Phantom's appearances in Sammy J and Randy in Ricketts Lane in the gallery below. Many congratulations to Sarah and Sienna from all the team at ChronicleChamber! We know you will enjoy the show. #SammyJ #HeroComplex

Phantom phans of all talents and abilities are invited to enter the saso.creative Phantom Downunder Art Prize - but you'll have to be quick! On their website, the Australian creative agency saso.creative has announced their sponsorship of the competition, together with all the details of how to enter. With $1200 first prize in the Open category, and $300 for Under-18s, most phans should be scrambling for whatever creative materials and juices they can find! The theme for entries is The Phantom and the Australian Experience. As a Coffs Harbour based agency, saso.creative is working in conjunction with the Bunker Cartoon Gallery, next host of the Phantom Art Show. As such the winner of each category will also receive the honour of having their work displayed in the Art Show, alongside works produced by some of the greats of Australian art world. These will be announced at the official opening of the Phantom Art Show, 6pm Friday, 10 March, 2017 at The Bunker Cartoon Gallery. In exciting news for any phans lucky enough to visit Coffs Harbour over the next few months, all other entries will be on public display from 14 March through 8 April in a 'Phantom Walk' popup gallery display on Harbour Drive before being moved to Coffs Central from 9 April through 8 May, 2017. A noteworthy criteria for the entries is that they "must display a character, in whole or in part, or demonstrate a recognisable characteristic, motif, or thematic from the original Phantom comic book series as created by Lee Falk and illustrated by Wilson McCoy and Ray Moore." This last stipulation will not surprise anyone who has heard Art Show co-curator Peter Kingston speak on either X-Band Podcast episode 47 or 55! Artists may employ any medium in their interpretation of the Phantom... except edible! Be quick though, as entries must arrive at The Bunker Cartoon Gallery ready-to-hang/ready-to-display by 7 March, 2017. So - get creating! Download the Entry Form #ArtShow #PeterKingston

Time is running out to enter our Spot The Phantom competition! With the ABC series Sammy J and Randy in Ricketts Lane only available on ABC iview for a few more days, you need to get cracking if you're going to watch the whole series and send in your entry. International entries are more than welcome, with the series also currently available on Seeso in the USA and on Netflix in the UK. To Enter: Watch all six episodes of Sammy J and Randy in Ricketts Lane Count the amount of shots in which The Phantom or an associated collectible item appears, including (but not limited to) comic books, posters, busts, figurines, mugs. Email ChronicleChamber with your final tally from all six episodes Entries close 7am EST, February 6th 2017 All correct entries will be placed into a hat and winners drawn via Facebook video on February 7 2017 Is it worth your time? We think so - Sammy J is putting up some pretty juicy prizes! The winner will receive: a signed Hero Complex poster, plus a copy of Sammy J's Skinny Man, Modern World CD and two tickets to Hero Complex in their nearest capital city! Runners up will also receive two tickets to Hero Complex in their nearest capital city. To practice your entry, watch the promo clip below: If you watched that and counted up to 2, you're on the right track! (Phantom bust on bedside table at 40 seconds and again at 42 seconds) See - it's that easy! So take the time to sit down and watch all 6 episodes. Let us know how many Phantoms you saw, and sit back to watch the spoils roll in! Conditions: Ineligible to enter: ChronicleChamber.com employees and relatives; Duncan Munro. #SammyJ #HeroComplex

Fantomen (Swedish Phantom comic) and Fantomet have always held competitions for the best stories and cover and with today's technology we who live outside of Norway and Sweden can participate and help shape with our vote on the trend of the stories we see in Frew comics and Fantomen/ t comics in the future. Even if you do not speak or read Norwegian/ Swedish you can still vote. Go to Fantomen.org and Fantomet.info using Google Chrome and you can right click and choose 'Translate To English'. The best way to identify which story is which, go to the Phantomwiki page and it will list all the Fantomen issues and it lists the stories in their native Swedish along with the English title that is used by Frew. The incentive to vote is a copy of the 80th Anniversary Fantomen issue. Go on, Vote! #Fantomen #Egmont

Show dates for Adelaide and Brisbane were announced a month or so ago. Now Australian comedian Sammy J has released the complete list of 2017 tour dates for his Phantom-themed comedy show, Hero Complex. Phans in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth are in for a treat. Sammy J is taking his show, which was awarded Best Comedy Winner at the 2016 Melbourne Fringe, to these major state capitals between February and May of this year. See below for the full list of tour dates, as well as links to buy tickets to the shows. You can check out our review of the show as it appeared in Melbourne last September, And of course don't forget to watch Sammy J and Randy in Rickett's Lane on ABC iView, available until 6th February, so you can enter our exclusive Sammy J - Spot The Phantom competition and win some awesome Sammy J Hero Complex merch. HERO COMPLEX - 2017 AUSTRALIAN TOUR ADELAIDE FRINGE Garden of Unearthly Delights 8:30pm Fri February 17 - Sun March 6 12 SHOWS ONLY Buy Tickets Online Now BRISBANE COMEDY FESTIVAL Brisbane Room, City Hall 8:45pm Thu March 23 - Sun March 26 (7:45pm Sun) 4 SHOWS ONLY Buy Tickets Online Now MELBOURNE COMEDY FESTIVAL Victoria Hotel 8:15pm Thu March 30 - Sun April 23 (7:15pm Sun) CHEAP PREVIEW TIX Buy Tickets Online Now SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL Giant Dwarf 7pm Fri May 12 - Sat May 13 TWO SHOWS ONLY Buy Tickets Online Now PERTH COMEDY FESTIVAL State Theatre WA 9:30pm Thu May 18 - Sun May 21 (8:30pm Sun) FOUR SHOWS ONLY Buy Tickets Online Now #SammyJ #HeroComplex

Long-time The Phantom comic collector Kelby Wooldridge has had enough! Frustrated with the options available to store his prized collection, Kelby has come up with his own solution and has commissioned a prototype. Now he is seeking interest from other phans to see if this is something that he could produce and order on a large scale and share his vision with the Phantom and broader comic collecting community. As you can see from the initial designs (below), the plan is for a hard cardboard storage box that will sit on the bookshelf like a normal book. It is intended to hold 13 comics plus an annual special. “There will be an area on the front, back and spine to put information or sticker of artwork,” says Kelby, “Each box will have like a frame around the front and back … in different colours. Black, red, green, blue and yellow.” Buyers will be able to decorate the cover with whatever artwork they choose. “[The boxes] will fit Phantom, Marvel and DC comics in them. Also later down the track I want to get plastic sleeves and backing boards for the comics. The boxes are deep enough to hold the comics with these.” Kelby has run the idea past both Frew Publications and King Features Syndicate. “With Frew [and] the recent change of ownership they just have too much already on their plate … and the cost is initially prohibitive [to license them through KFS]”. Tentative costs will be around $15-$20 each, depending on phan interest (postage not included). With quite a large minimum order required to start producing these, Kelby is keen to share costs with the wider community and to keep these down as much as possible. “I myself am a collector so this would be helpful to me … postage could be minimised by sending them to one location per state as a bulk order.” Anyone who would be interested in purchasing these to store their collection, or perhaps even assist with distribution as a state representative, should contact Kelby by email. #KingFeaturesSyndicate

One of the better looking Phantom figurines to ever hit the market is available for pre-order now. Phans who browse the various Facebook groups dedicated to the Ghost Who Walks, particularly ChronicleChamber's own PhantomCollector page, have been privileged enough to see this unfold and develop. Jerome Dizon, who has conceived and commissioned the fully articulated 1/6 scale figure through his company D's Custom, has been teasing phans with progress photos over the last few months. Around the turn of the new year, Dizon announced that the prototype was complete and that he was now ready to take pre-orders for a very exclusive and limited run. As the photos in the gallery below demonstrate, Dizon is justifiably proud of the finished product, "Our custom made Ghost who Walks is made out of ORIGINAL head sculpt, original tailored costume, original sculpted Devil and [very limited] Skull Throne. Accessories (boots, knife, belt) are also hand made, even the rings on both hands ... all hand made, built from scratch. It took D's Custom at least 2 months to complete the project. For the body, we used Hot toys muscular type fully articulated body." It's a project he has been happy to lead. "It was my original idea to produced the figure. Living in Australia almost all my life I know how big The Phantom phanbase [is] and also know that there is little merchandise, especially a fully articulated 1/6 figure ... I'm guessing all the big boys (major companies) do not want to take the risk to produce one." One of the joys of watching the prototype in development has been the way in which Jerome has responded to phan feedback. Devil has grown considerably in size after a comment that mountain wolves would be larger, while another response to phan feedback was to announce that purchasers would be able to choose between traditional "white" eyes in the mask, or "visible" eyes as per Billy Zane's portrayal in the 1996 film. Only 25 of these high-quality figures are going to be produced: 15 of these will be the Phantom figure with guns, belt, knife and Devil; the other 10 will also include the Skull Throne. At the time of writing, 6 of the 10 Skull Throne sets have already been spoken for, while only 10 of the 15 figure-only sets remain available. As you might expect with such a good looking product produced on a very limited run, these are only for phans with deep pockets. The Skull Throne set is priced at $AU750 while the regular figure is $AU600. Both are sold with free shipping Australia-wide; international orders will pay registered postage. PayPal is the only accepted mode of payment. Many phans will be disappointed that these are not licensed by King Features, nor are they mass produced and more affordable for us to buy them. Jerome Dizon also laments not being able to deliver these, citing the costs involved. Nonetheless, phans lucky enough to add one of these to their Treasure Room will be acquiring a very special piece indeed. Any phans wanting to place a deposit and pre-order their figure should contact Dizon via email - interested Sydney-siders are invited to make arrangements to see the prototype in the flesh. #Toys #Devil #1996movie #BillyZane

Two of the best The Phantom gallery exhibitions of recent times are back in 2017! In Australia, three years after Bradley Peach's Phantom collection was displayed at the Albury museum, it is back! And on the other side of the globe, the hugely successful Swedish exhibition curated by Martin Dahlström that started in 2016 will return. This time the display is solely focused on, in my opinion, the most underrated Phantom artist: Wilson McCoy. Dahlström's 2016 exhibition is considered small compared to what is planned for 2017 at the cultural city Borås prestigious Art Museum just outside of Gothenburg. This will be the world's largest full-length presentation of Wilson McCoy in a museum context from Saturday February 11 to end of May. Some of the features of the exhibition will be several McCoy images in giant billboard format. The entire collection clearly shows how McCoy inspired art through and after his lifetime. It will all be housed in a 300 square metre space - 10 times bigger than the 2016 exhibition. Meanwhile, Bradley Peach's exhibition may not be bigger than his previous one in 2014, but it will still be worth attending with his wonderful collection from the around the world and throughout the years on display. The exhibition will also be interactive with some amazing Fun days! There will be three wall spaces of artwork (one wall will include a panel from each of Luke McDonnell’s 1989-1990 DC Series, plus a commission of the Phantom on the Skull Throne; 14 artworks in total from McDonnell). There will also be about eight display cabinets of The Phantom memorabilia throughout the Library. One will include the Albury Wodonga Phantom Softball Team. Peach's exhibition will run from Saturday 14 January to Saturday 4 March 2017. The BIG day worth attending is on 25 February with a Phantom Fun Morning and a tour by Bradley Peach - details in the image below. The other events are: Mask Making - Tuesday 17 January. 2:30pm-3:30pm Constructing a Comic - Thursday 19 January. 2:30pm-3:30pm #WilsonMcCoy #GodfatherofPop #BradleyPeach #LukeMcDonnell #MartinGoldbeckLöwe

Ever since the teaser card was included in Frew's 80th Anniversary Special, Phantom phans have been waiting with bated breath for the Phantom Gallery Series 2 set of trading cards that have been commissioned by Glenn Ford's Phanfare. Unfortunately, despite the promised 'coming this Xmas' statement made on the teaser card, we are now in January and there is still no sign of the cards. No one is more frustrated with this than Ford himself: "I've been waiting for two artists to finish up their other commitments before they can get to this card series. I'm now off to the printers - who are back from holidays next week. It's a complicated job, from a printer's perspective, so I anticipate it'll be on sale in March." While it is a little disappointing that these cards are a few months behind schedule, it's probably best to keep these things in perspective. After all, the Phantom Gallery Series 1 cards were released over 20 years ago. Another month or two to wait for Series 2 surely won't make that much of a difference! #TradingCards #Phanfare

The Phantom has made an unexpected appearance in the Big Bash League, Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition. During the second innings of Monday night's match between the Perth Scorchers and the Sydney Thunder, talk in the commentary box turned to a rumoured "mystery ball" that Scorchers strike bowler Andrew Tye has been developing. The story was that Tye has been working on a new delivery that he's nicknamed "The Phantom". Tye is a cagey bowler in the shortest version of the game, and is known for experimenting with different ball grips and arm speeds to keep the batters guessing. The Channel 10 BBL commentary team, comprising Mark Howard, Adam Gilchrist and Mark Waugh, were highly entertained by the prospect of a new delivery. They immediately fell to speculating about the delivery and the origin of the name. It seems the commentators need to brush up on their pop culture references! Renowned punter Waugh immediately recalled the New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse The Phantom, who finished second in the 1990 Melbourne Cup and in 1994 was named New Zealand Horse of the Year. Howard was probably closest to the mark when he asked "The Phantom... wasn't that a cartoon?", while Gilchrist remembered that former Australian captain and iconic Nine Network commentator Bill Lawry was nicknamed "The Phantom" during his playing days. After the following advertising break, Howard announced that a viewer had texted through to remind the team that Lawry's nickname was derived from his love of The Phantom comic book and finally the penny dropped. However while they were able to dredge up the Ghost Who Walks moniker, neither Waugh or Gilchrist could respond when Howard asked "What was the name of his dog?" (sigh). During the 14th over, bowled by Tye, the commentary team were able to have an on-field conversation with Michael Klinger, stand-in captain of the Scorchers, who was wearing a Channel 10 microphone. They asked about Tye's new "Phantom" ball. Klinger claimed he had never heard of it, and laughed when Waugh asked him to instruct Tye to bowl it during the over. Within minutes Klinger approached Tye and told him, "You're on mike. They want to see this Phantom ball you've been working on." Tye laughed, went to the top of his mark and delivered what appeared to be a variation of his famous knuckle ball. Unfortunately, the ball floated slowly down the pitch and was immediately deposited into the twelth row of the grandstand by Thunder debutant Jay Lenton for an enormous 6. The commentary team immediately joked that the "Phantom" ball would never be seen again, and that Tye would bury the delivery. But as reported on the BBLs official website, Tye says the Phantom never actually made an appearance. "I can't give too much away," Tye told cricket.com.au. "It's a work in progress and the moment and, as the name suggests, the Phantom – it might not even be true." Does it exist or not? That is indeed the essence of The Phantom. Perhaps Andrew Tye's mystery ball "The Phantom" will truly be the 'Ball That Cannot Die'.

While this may have missed the deadline for all our Christmas stockings, it is still a cool item that is worth adding to your collection. It also is one of those rare cross collectible items with the candle craze. My wife may even let this item come out of the Phantom room. Wicked Replicas, who brought out the Phantom Strip Lamp and Lamp Hero previously, have released a new item. This time, it is a candle... For a price of $20 it is very affordable. We are unsure at this time if you can purchase this on places like Phantom's Vault, but at the moment you can purchase it at Wicked Replicas and also Global Gear. Light up your room with these cool geeky candles, each one comes in a beautiful presentation box and a wooden cap with burnt in logo. The Wicked Replicas Hero Candles are made with high quality soy wax and a wood wick, each one also has it's own scent. The Phantom's scent is Grapefruit After the wax has burnt down you can either replace with a refill or use it as a glass and coaster. Thank you Paul for informing us of this cool item. #WickedReplicas