The trade paperback from Frew Publications is now available to buy from their website plus comic book stores and book shops. Attached is our detailed review of the book plus the seven stories inside. Our review of the board game will come soon. This is the fourth Frew TPB and follows the standard layout with the other three that does not disappoint with a slick, professional and eye catching presentation that makes it a TPB die hard and casual phans a-like will want to buy. The details for the seven stories are: " Rise of the Red Dragon, Part 1 " written by Dale Maccanti and drawn by Jason Paulos Originally published in Frew #1813 " Rise of the Red Dragon, Part 2 " written by Dale Maccanti and drawn by Jason Paulos Originally published in Frew #1823 " Pirates of the Red Dragon, Part 1: Princess Sin " written by Norman Worker and drawn by Georges Bess Originally published in Frew #1781 & Fantomen 6/1979 " Pirates of the Red Dragon, Part 2: Fatal Passion " written by Norman Worker and drawn by Georges Bess Originally published in Frew #1782 & Fantomen 9/1979 " Pirates of the Red Dragon, Part 3: Sentenced to Doom " written by Norman Worker and drawn by Georges Bess Originally published in Frew #1783 & Fantomen 12/1979 " The Adventure of the Dragon's Leg, Part 1 " written by Julie Ditrich and drawn by Wendell Cavalcanti First time published " The Adventure of the Dragon's Leg, Part 2 " written by Julie Ditrich and drawn by Wendell Cavalcanti First time published As you can tell by the video review, there are not many things wrong with the presentation and or the stories. This is a book that I suggest all to buy. The whole team will be reviewing this TPB in our next X-Band: The Phantom Podcast . We would love to hear from you on what you think of this Princess Sin - Treasure of Drakon TPB and review. You can email us at chroniclechamebr@gmail.com or via our social media profiles: Facebook , Twitter and or Instagram .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FREW CREW!!! Tuesday 23 February we celebrated 5 years of the Frew Crew releasing their first comic and we discussed what they have done throughout the years. Plus we will try and play Nostradamus on what we think they will do in the future. Tale of the tape After Jim Shepherd 's death in April 2013, Judith and their son Stephen stepped in and kept the title alive. Stephen introduced a number of initiatives, such as the Frew website, purchased a license for the posters and brought in the infamous Replica Series. Stephen also started the process of improving the covers. In 2014 Dudley Hogarth came in to replace Stephen. Then in December 2015 Judith signed off and after almost two months of no Frew comics, Frew issue 1745 was released on 23 February 2016. It has been often described, particularly by members of Chronical chamber, as a Frew-naissance ever since. The Frew Crew are: Glenn Ford : Co-Director Rene White : Co-Director Dudley Hogarth : Publisher Sha Hua : Production Coordinator Frank Schultz : Production Manager Issues per Year Frew released are: 2016: 28 2017: 36 2018: 42 2019: 38 2020: 34 Key milestones of each year 2016 Colour (1748), first of heaps of Spada comics (1753), kiwi covers, 80th anniversary (1763), christmas album colour/theme (1772), Signature Series, Supanova stall and accompanying Supanova jam cover (1755) and posters Pholio series, Frew Crew badges 2017 Kid Phantom, Phantom’s World stand alone, Gaslight, Giant Size, first TPB, first themed annual (1774), Triptych cover (1792-4) and then poster, Phantom Universe cards and folder, Phile cards and folder (1775), sketch cover 2018 Frew 70th (1820), sequel/prequel stories to classics (Sin 1813) and Frew 70th, TPB 2, Kid Phantom Kollection 2019 War annual (1830), 1850 (Matt Kyme), 1852 (colour daily and BZ on cover), Frew trading cards, Jam story printed (1855), first graphic novel, Frew games boardgame kickstarter, Phantom Adventures Collection and door poster 2020 Kid Phantom & PW cancelled, TPB #3 out, Comixology 2021 (so far) Frew Games boardgame released, TPB #4 out, We then asked a heap of questions: What has been the THREE best things they have done What has been the THREE worst things they have done If Frew Crew were to end tomorrow, what would be their lasting legacy? Which has been your top THREE moments with Frew? What’s been your favourite Frew product? What’s been your favourite Frew comic/tpb? Looking into the future. What is the next step for Frew? If you were to join Frew, what would you do? What's your Best Frew year? Make sure you stay with us and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel . We would love to hear from you on what you think of this podcast episode and want to know your answers to our questions. You can email us at chroniclechamebr@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles: Facebook , Twitter and or Instagram .

Phans have long suggested strongly that Frew Publications needed to hire a social media manager to take control of their accounts and promote the character and their products better. It is unfair for Dudley Hogarth and Glenn Ford to do that on top of producing comics and merchandise for us to buy. Finally something has happened and Frew have now hired someone who can help them. This is a quick interview with Trenton Ryder the social media manager hired to take Frew into the next century. We plan on getting Trent to join us in our next comics and news X-Band: The Phantom Podcast . In the meantime, read on to learn about him plus his strategy for Frew . ChronicleChamber: Hello, welcome and thanks for your time. First of all, what is your name and how old are you? Trent Ryder: Trenton Ryder and I’m 19, turning 20 in February. CC: Did / do you ever read the Phantom? TR: I do. the first issue I ever read/owned was Frew #1722 "A Plague in Venice" , I saw it in a store back in 2015 and was captivated by the cover artwork which led me to buy it and begin my Phantom comic reading journey. CC: How did you get the role at Frew ? TR: I’ve spent the last two years working in the film industry, I did 2 movies for Vertical Entertainment and then managed the digital marketing for Bret Easton Ellis ’ Smiley Face Killers which was a big deal to me, I loved Bret’s novel and film American Psycho and it was such an honour to work alongside Lionsgate to get the film out there, i was so stoked to be apart of that project. I’m so proud of the work I did on those movies but I didn’t want to be known in my career field for only working on film campaigns, I wanted to do something more hands on and branch myself out and test my creativity. I’m currently at University full time getting my Bachelors Degree in Marketing & Communications, which means I’m unable to work for a company in person due to the scheduling not working well for me. but I also didn’t want to halt my career entirely given how good things have been going for me the last couple months. That’s when me and Rene White from Frew got into contact, Frew were looking to dabble into the digital space and I was looking to direct social campaigns in a way that fits my schedule, after bouncing some ideas to each other we agreed to test the water on giving the publisher a social media presence for up to 12 months to see how things turn out. CC: What is your aim for the Frew role? TR: I think The Phantom is such an amazing character, but he’s not really remembered that well following the influx of superhero’s that spawned from the DC and Marvel brand over the decades. I was chatting with my friend Michael who is the Associate Editor at this massive Superhero / Comic Book news website called Bam Smack Pow the other night about it, we both agreed that this character deserved to be represented in the comic book community based off how big of a part he played in evolving the masked crusader character type we see everywhere in pop culture today. My main goal for my year at Frew is to push the character as much as I possibly can in the social space to try and boost his relevance and get him the attention he deserves amongst comic book fans. If I’m too move onto a new job in a years time I hope I can leave knowing I helped give this character the hype he deserves. CC: What do you look to bring to the table? TR: I love my career field, I have such a great time doing what I get to do; but a big part of that for me is creating stuff that isn’t usually seen from other Social Media Managers and other Digital Campaigns, for example the SFK campaign earlier this year I was chatting with the lead actor, Ronen Rubinstein , about what sort of approach we wanted to take towards the films social marketing, because the marketing plan the studio had invented wasn’t boding well amongst fans and critics - I might get in trouble for this but what the studios marketing team was doing was just straight up awful. Around January we completely revamped the accounts and essentially made the account less of a Professional Work account and more of a friend-like presence amongst Ronen and his fandom. The movie gained a lot more popularity following the change of social media and it was just genuinely such a fun thing to execute for me creatively. So to answer the question, I hope I can bring something new to the table that hasn’t been done before from other brands like DC or Marvel , something that’s less on the professional side and more on the creative side; cause there’s nothing I enjoy more than giving the social pages I run their own voice that is outside the normal of what people expect. I haven’t exactly figured out what I want that special thing to be when it comes to this character and this campaign, but when I eventually figure it out you bet it’s going to be something you wouldn’t expect. stay tuned, it’s only the beginning for PhantomComicsAU ;) CC: We see a new Twitter account @PhantomComicsAU . What's your plan for twitter? TR: I chose to launch the Twitter first because in my opinion it’s the best social platforms out there and it’s a great place to handle fan engagement; The twitter is going to be a great place to showcase fans, fan art, fan projects as well as the talent artists who work for Frew Publications and bring these comics to life.. and obviously on top of all that It’ll be the best place to find out information on all upcoming Phantom related releases and projects. CC: What about Facebook? TR: Frew currently have an existing Facebook Page they’ve used over the last couple of years and we’re currently in the process of transferring ownership of the account to me so I can begin Facebook campaigning. CC: Any other social media platforms you are looking at using? TR: I just launched the Instagram account yesterday and I’m also interested in bringing Phantom Comics to TikTok. Also, I’m developing plans to extend Kid Phantom on social media, but that will come into effect a little later down the line once I’ve established the Phantom socials first. CC: Thank you so much for your time and look forward to chatting with you on our next X-Band: The Phantom Podcast ! TR: Thank you and it will be a pleasure to joining you guys on a podcast!

This picture of the Phantom 21 Generations all together has been one of the most popular images ever since phan Simon Treschow posted it online. That image has been viewed 23,000 odd times as it was shared all through out the Phantom world. The poster is now available at the Frew website here . The story behind the poster is as fascinating as the image itself. In a Facebook post by creator Jeff Weigel he posted: Tony DePaul wrote the currently-running Sunday Phantom storyline concerning the newly-constructed " Hall of Costumes " in Skull Cave. The Hall displays all the Phantom costumes from previous generations. It seemed to me that it would be pointless (and dull, and narratively confusing) to construct a hall filled with 21 identical Phantom costumes, so I consulted with Tony on the idea of making variations to the costumes to reflect their different eras. He gave the idea his blessing. So I designed some historically-aligned variations in the few costumes Phantom references in the story. I thought the variations were a minor detour in the legend for the purposes of one story. Then a Phan contacted me to request a piece of commissioned art displaying all the costume variations across the ages. That was an offer I couldn't turn down. (Incidentally, that Phan did the research to come up with the dates shown on this image.) After the original art was sent off to the buyer, I offered the image to my friends at Frew to see if they'd like to buy the digital image for use as a cover. Glenn Ford jumped at the offer and so this print of the image is now available from the Frew gang. The first time we saw the " Hall of Costumes " in the Skull Cave was April 25, 2021. According to a Facebook post by Frew they were originally going to sell this poster at the June 2021 Sydney Supanova before they decided not to attend due to the COVID pandemic. Have you brought a poster?

Anyone reading Dudley Hogarth 's Message From The Publisher in the FREW editions published through 2021, particularly in the latter third of the year, will have some small understanding of the difficulties faced by the relatively small Australia publisher through a second COVID affected year. Based in a city that went through over 100 days of lockdown from June to October, dealing with key staff working from home, a disrupted postal services and supply issues, FREW nevertheless managed to release a fortnightly comic without missing an issue or deadline, a truly remarkable effort. As the year thankfully comes to a close, the Frew Crew and the Chronicle Chamber team are keen to know what you thought of this year's Phantom releases. What were your FREW Favourite's of 2021? Once again working in partnership, Frew Publications and Chronicle Chamber have created this survey for you to contribute your ideas and opinions. All you have to do is select: your favourite Frew covers your favourite Frew stories your favourite Frew issues and you will be in the running to win one of two Frew Crew badges, or one of three sets of Chronicle Chamber merch, including a sticker, pin and keyring! Just vote for Frew's Best of 2021 , using the link below. Final results and the randomly drawn prize winners will be announced and published in a Frew Phantom comic, on the "Best of 2021" episode of X-Band-The Phantom Podcast , and here on ChronicleChamber.com. The best news is there will be FIVE chances to win a prize. They are drawn randomly, so you must enter your name, postal and email address so we can send you your prize. VOTE HERE Voting closes Sunday January 9th 2021 , so get in now and Happy Voting! #Frew

Frew Publications has announced a new product to go with their generations poster that was a great success. This time it is a set of 27 cards featuring all Phantoms past, present and from the future (phuture). You can buy them here via Frew 's website The themed costumes has been greatly accepted widely after being shown in the Sunday story " The Visitor ". What also is beginning to be accepted is the official timeline which is taken from the Phantom Wiki and merges Lee Falk and Team Fantomen universes. Ad described by Frew these cards have been printed in a typical ‘chase card’ style, with an opaque-white backed Phantom printed over a silver aluminium foil background, making it literally 27 chase cards in the full set... collected in 9-pocket clear Ultra-pro sleeves. It is worth noting that there is also uncut sheets of these cards which can be brought here. You may be asking 27 cards but there is only 21 Phantoms. The extra cards are: Kit jnr (future 22nd) Heloise (future 22nd) Julie Walker (17th Phantoms twin sister) Defenders of the Earth Phantom Phantom 2040 The Phantom from " Forever " which was published in Frew #1893 The " Forever " story features the first of a futuristic robotic Phantom after the last Phantom died. An interesting concept that was discussed in a X-Band: The Phantom Podcast Episode #190 . Below are a set of the images including the sale card and examples of each card. We will do a full review of the cards in a week or so when they arrive in our hot little hands. Have you ordered your set yet?

Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser review the Frew's second graphic novel titled " The Ghost and the Monster ". You can buy this graphic novel on the Frew website and many local Australian comic book shops. The story was written by Andrew Constant ‎ and drawn by Giancarlo Caracuzzo . Giancarlo's daughter Flavia Caracuzzo coloured the story. In our review we look at the cover, the art, the storyline and our overview opinions of the book. Notes from Jermayn 's review is below in bullet point: Thought the cover was a bit bland and doesn't scream out 'Buy Me'. Really enjoyed Giancarlo 's art and his daughters colours. Suits the story and work well together. They are a great team. Andrew and Giancarlo work well together. The fight scenes flow well. Does the monster and Frankenstein theme work with the Phantom? The past Phantom cameo of the 17th Phantom was enjoyable. Andrew wrote Diana perfectly. One of the few that can make Diana more than just a damsel in distress. Creators take note. Unsure if the jail holding the bad guy is Phantom-like. Does the Phantom dwell outside justice? Would like to see more from this team and at least one graphic novel a year. (Please note, these are just the opinions of the reviewers. It is ok to agree or even disagree and let us know why on social media). All comic reviews will be included in our monthly X-Band: The Phantom Podcasts. You can find out more at our website and or subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos

Chronicle Chamber's annual poll on Frew 's phans' phavourites results revealed here! We now know what you loved about Frew Publications last year, as you the phans voted on your best Frew issues, stories and covers, produced and published under the extraordinary circumstances of a COVID affected 2021. After another huge response from the phans, the Best of Frew 2021 results are below, and are discussed in detail in our X-Band: The Phantom Podcast Episode #209 - Our Best of 2021 . Once again we were blown away by the entries - over 260 responses this year. Thanks so much to all of you who took the time to reflect on the year that was and nominate your favourite Frew covers, stories and issues from the year that was 2021. Before the individual results, a standing ovation for the team at Frew ! For the first time since this survey has been running, every single cover, story and issue received at least one vote from the public! ALL 30 covers received votes (i.e. in someone's top 3) ALL 57 stories received votes (i.e. in someone's top 5) ALL 32 issues received votes (i.e. in someone's top 3) Obviously Frew are going from strength to strength in the way that they cater for a very wide audience, and perhaps even broadening the market. Since the advent of the new Frew Crew they certainly have tried a range of approaches - an increase in locally created content; a range of products (regular issues, specials, TPB's, Giantsize) being available; stories from a wide range of genres, including finding that balance of old and new stories. It would appear to be working as everything they produced this year certainly catered to someone's taste, so long may it continue! Phan votes for Best FREW Cover of 2021 According to the popular vote, where people nominated their Top 3 covers of the year: Points of note: Daniel Picciotto takes out first place for a second year in a row. Daniel has produced only three covers for Frew, and they are clearly well received by the phans, with two top spots in succession, as well as a 5th place last year. This particular image has been around for a couple of years now (first seen during The Treasures of Drakon board game Kickstarter campaign), and it's wonderful to see it now being acclaimed as the Cover of the Year. Young Australian artist Alex Trpcevski has well and truly burst onto the scenes, with his dynamic, vibrant and action-packed covers filling places 2, 3 and 4. He is also the only artist with multiple covers in the top 10 this year. For a second year in a row, 9 of the top 11 positions were taken by Australian artists. Phan votes for Best FREW Story of 2021 According to the popular vote, where people nominated their Top 5 stories of the year: Points of note: For the third year in a row, the team of Duncan Munro and Jeff Weigel has been chosen as "Best Story". This makes all three parts of their 'Prince Rex' series to have been adjudged phan phavourite, an extraordinary result for Duncan in particular, these being his first three published stories. Dale Maccanti and Jason Paulos ' Rise of the Red Dragon proves to be incredibly popular with phans, achieving 2nd position in 2021 only three years after coming out on top in our 2018 poll, when it was first published. Life's Blood could be considered the surprise packet here, with Dean Rankine and Jeremy Macpherson 's fun little four-page filler in the Christmas Special sliding up into 6th place. 7 of the top 10 phavourite stories are original commissions by Frew. Phan votes for Best FREW Issue of 2021 According to the popular vote, where people nominated their Top 3 issues of the year: Points of note: Featuring the top cover and second-placed story it's no surprise that the Treasures of Drakon trade paperback would be the leader in the 'Best Issue' category too. For the first time since this annual poll began, the Annual does not feature in the top 3. The effect of Alex Trpcevski 's popularity would seem evident, with issues featuring his cover art finishing in positions 3, 4 and 5. ​ Overall Without question Trade Paperback 4 has to be declared the overall "winner" of 2021, placing top two in every category. The formula of collecting a popular serial from the past ( Pirates of the Red Dragon ), together with a prequel ( Rise of the Red Dragon ) and a brand new sequel ( The Adventure of the Dragon's Leg ) seems to be a winner with FREW's readers and it would surprise if they did not return to this productive well many times in the future. Thanks to all voters, and a huge "Well done!" to everyone who finished rear the top of any category - with Frew pumping out an amazing 32 books and 57 stories last year creating a highly competitive field, to emerge as a popular favourite is no mean feat. Most of all: well done, congratulations and THANK YOU to Glenn Ford , Rene White and Dudley Hogarth - the core of the Frew Crew and the men who make all of this possible. Prize Winners! After all that of course we need to say a special congratulations to the five winners of our lucky prize draw, selected at random from all respondents. We conducted the draw during X-Band: The Phantom Podcast Episode #209 - Our Best of 2021 podcast. Check it out in the video below. Dale Maccanti and Michelle Forrester are our lucky winners of the Frew Crew badges - well done. The next three voters drawn at random are winners of a set of ChronicleChamber merch (keyring, pin, sticker) - congratulations to Wade King, Chad Kyme and Zac Savage . Make sure you all keep an eye on your mail for the next few days as the prizes make their way to you! So what are your thoughts? Did the right issue, cover and story win? Any surprising placings for you? Please let us know via the comments below or on any of our social media platforms!

We present our video review of the Frew Generations Trading Cards. 27 cards of the past, present and future (dare we say phuture?) Phantoms including the twins Kit jnr, Heloise, 2040, Defenders of the Earth Phantoms and the robotic Phantom which debut in a Frew comic in issue #1893. I have given these cards a 4.5 Good Marks out of five. You can buy the cards here via Frew 's website The artwork by Jeff Weigel is top class - he has a great style and is a perfectionist in the way he draws. Even if you do not like the different style Phantom costumes which we first saw in 191st Sunday story " The Visitor " his artwork works as product and will be a great addition to any phans collection. The visual aspect of the cards are top notch, each card (even the index 28th card) is printed and shiny as a chase trading card. The price tags means each card is less than $2 each which is quality for money. The highlight card for me is the 2040 card, with the clouds and the buildings in the background, it gives the card a 3D effect. I would have personally liked to see the 13th Phantom and the 6th Phantom card design feature what they are famous for. The 13th Phantom has been dubbed as the finest swordsman but is carrying a knife and the 6th Phantom founded the Jungle Patrol. The only real negative I have is I do not personally agree with some of the information on the back of each card giving the phan a brief biography on each Phantom. The cards have the 4th Phantom marrying Princess Pura. The only Lee Falk story featuring her by name is the 122nd Phantom Sunday story titled " The Third Phantom " featuring the 3rd Phantom marrying Pura. Lee Falk has mentioned in past stories that the 4th and 11th also married an Indian maharajah's daughter which is where it gets confusing. You can find out more about Pura, the 3rd, 4th and 11th Phantom on our recent X-Band: The Phantom Podcast Episode #213 . It must be said I agree with the plan of merging the Lee Falk and Team Fantomen universes together and apart from the small personal disagreements they have done a top job. More on the hardship of merging the universes to come. As you can see, Frew have produced a top quality product that we would recommend any phan add to their collection. You can buy the cards here via Frew 's website

While trading cards are not as popular as the 1990's, majority of phans still like them and with the success of the Frew Generations collector cards , it is no surprise to see Frew releasing another collector card set. Here is our review of the cards that highlight the different Phantom costumes throughout the years from 14 different countries. Please note, we do not call these trading cards but instead collector cards seeing they do not come in blind bags like the Frew Gallery trading cards released in 2019. You can buy these from the Frew website here for $30AU +GST ($23US, 22Euro, 230 SEK/NOK). These are 18x cards featuring art by Sal Velluto and are shiny foil cards which were first for sale at the recent Sydnova 2022 event ( our review of the event ). Back in 2016, Sal Velluto posted on Facebook that he was after something for a special project. He wrote... I need to complete an accurate list of the countries where each version of The Phantom's uniform has been published. Specifically, I need to know for each version of the costume, ( indicated in the picture by a number) the first country of publication and all the other countries where that costume has been published. This is for a surprise project, coming soon. 6 years later, the secret project has arrived. Sal also mentioned this project in our X-Band: The Phantom Podcast episode #125 without giving anything away. Did anyone remember these hints? If I had to be picky, it would have been nice to see the Phantom embossed and maybe more information about each country but that would have taken away from the image of the first country of each country. The countries are: 1936: USA 1936: Argentina 1936: Itay 1937: Brazil 1938: Australia 1939: USA 1939: Facist Italy 1944: Mexico 1949: New Zealand 1950: Sweden 1954: Brazil 1956: Sweden 1959: Egypt 1964: India 1968: Turkey 1973: Indonesia 1977: Angola 1987: Greece Gave them a score of 4 Good Marks out of 5. How do you rate them? All our reviews can be found at our website and or you can subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos including our fortnightly X-Band: The Phantom Podcast .

One of the best feelings any Phantom phan can experience is seeing themselves feature in a Phantom story. This is something some phans have already experienced in the last few years including Ed Rhoades , Pete Klaus , Ulf Granberg , Paul Andreas Jonassen , Sammy J , Rene White , Duncan Munro , Jaime Diaz and even the crew at Chronicle Chamber. Every one of those phans have enjoyed the experience and now you also have the option to experience it yourself and it will only cost you $700AU ($500US, 475euro & 5,000 kr). Dudley Hogarth , the publisher today announced to subscribers about the chance for you to feature in an upcoming story that will be published by Frew in the next few years. To be a part of this, email Dudley at dudley@frewpublications.com.au . This is the perfect Christmas, birthday, wedding/engagement or celebrational present your loved ones could buy you. The email from Dudley Hogarth reads When we find an appropriate story to cast you as a walk on...that's your moment to shine for all eternity, sitting side by side with the other classic Phantom stories in the Chronicles! All you have to do is let us know that you want your face and name in a Phantom story. Send us a good quality picture of your face front on and side profile, and of your full body front and profile, our talented artist will take care of the rest. The cost of this very rare insertion and collectable Phantom, priceless!!! Frew are offering this rare jewel of a collectable for $700 We won't send you out an invoice until an appropriate story for your image is with the artist and about to be drawn. It may be this year or next... perhaps the year after, as new stories take a long time. Here are a couple of examples of phans being shown in stories through out the years.

Along with the latest Frew Collector Card series , they also released their newest set of Pholio prints. These Pholio's have been a popular ongoing series since the first one was released five years ago. This series focuses on the generations of the Phantom and features art by 13 Australian Phantom artists. Sold for $95Au +postage on the Frew website . 65euro, $65US and 670sek/nok. The generational nature of the Phantom is one of the most powerful elements with the character and Frew are doing a great job using this element. The artists involved in this pholio set and the Phantom's they presented are: Chewie Chan : Gaslight Phantom Shane Foley : The 1st Phantom Glenn Ford : The Interbellum Phantom Antonio Lemos : The 21st Phantom Glenn Lumsden : The Cowboy Phantom Lily McDonnell : The Belle Époque Phantom Jeremy MacPherson : The 17th Phantom and Julie Lauren Marshall : The 22nd Phantom (Kit & Heloise) Paul Mason : The Vietnam Phantom Jason Paulos : The Phantom Crusader Daniel Picciotto : The Second World War Phantom Alex Trpcevski : The 9th Phantom & Flame Grange Wallis : The Robot Phantom In the above video review we go over each print design and highlight our favourites. All our reviews including comics are included in our monthly X-Band: The Phantom Podcasts. You can find out more at our website and or subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos.

In Frew #1925 , a new poster is advertised to celebrate the boxing issue with the classic " The Masked Marvel " reprint in colour & the new sequel story " Until the Final Bell: Requim for a Masked Heavyweight " by Paul Mason . You can buy the poster here It costs $25AU plus postage ($17US, 17EU & 180nok/sek). Anyone that knows about Paul Mason , knows he is a huge boxing fan. It got us curious if there was inspiration and a story behind it. You guessed it, there was and a huge thanks to Paul for allowing us into his mind to explore the story behind the poster. Please note, The X-Band: The Phantom Podcast Episode #228 will feature Paul Mason chatting with us about this much anticipated story that has been in the works for multiple years. Paul had the following to say about his poster inspiration and design: The poster references two designs (though most fight posters of the day were common); it has elements of Joe Louis vs Rocky Marciano fight film poster, and I (Paul) based the phantom’s stance on Ali for his 1975 autobio movie poster. The term “ fight of the century ”, I know had been used in three previous fights at least: Louis vs Marciano , but primarily though, it was Frazier vs Ali 1971. I know we’ll have a podcast shortly where I’ll outlay the thoughts on the time period and boxing at the point of Falk’s story vs my own and where it was in the real world, but just wanted to pull from those references. And though fight posters were usually yellow and red (I did do a yellow version which I had in a promo email when I thought the story was coming out in Frew #1923 ) or black and white (it was originally black and white before the decision of Frew to make it a colour book), I chose to colour it a little more modern- seemingly more uncommon than if you googled fight posters from the eras, but better for a potential poster, with Frew has gone and printed. Though it would make sense to put the other fighter on the poster too, the marketing of the promotors would have wanted to trade off “ The Masked Marvel ”, so I was happy to just feature that fighter - again, like the Ali film poster which in itself, was designed a bit like a fight poster. the speckle/grimy look was because I wanted the poster to look a bit old or like it was stick up in a boxing gym, with sweat from a nearby fighter skipping or sparring or bag work near it flicking onto the wall. Are you going to buy a poster? A huge thanks to Paul Mason for his insight into this poster and ahead of time for The X-Band: The Phantom Podcast Episode #228 were we will discuss much more about the story. If you have any questions, you would like to see asked, please contact us chroniclechamber@gmail.com.

Everyone loves Sy Barry ! No matter your age, if your male or female or what country you come from - the master Sy Barry is a phans phavourite Phantom artist. Frew Publications now have some signed collectible prints to sell. We expect these to sell quickly. According to Dudley Hogarth in his announcement of the stock, they only have a few in stock and if you delay, you will miss out. BUY SY BARRY PRINTS NOW Eagle eyed phans will notice some of these prints before which have all been commissions and then turned into prints: The punching of the bad guy on the wharf has been around for a while including on Frew 's own website. The Phantom on Hero waving to the seaplane was a commission by a phan which you can read about here . The Phantom, Hero and Devil with the burning building was the painting that Sy Barry drew for the 2020 Australia Bushfire Phundraiser which was turned into a book. You can find out all about that here . The Phantom, Hero, Devil with Fraka in front of the Phantoms Head will be a new image for majority of phans.

As first revealed in our Best of 2022 podcast - the results from Chronicle Chamber's annual poll of Frew phans' phavourites results are detailed here! Thanks so much to all the phans who voted over the Christmas break, letting us know what you loved about the work of Frew Publications last year. When it comes to sharing your best Frew issues, stories and covers, you weren't backward in coming forward! Now, as the reality of a new work year settles in for many of us, let's have one last look back at the year that was. Before the individual results, a serving of kudos for team at Frew While not quite matching the herculean feat of last year when every single cover, story and issue received at least one vote from the public, you would have to say that they've still managed to tickle most of our fancies: ALL 31 covers received votes (i.e. in someone's top 3) 50 of 54 stories received votes (i.e. in someone's top 5) ALL 31 issues received votes (i.e. in someone's top 3) It certainly seems that Frew are employing a winning formula when it comes to broad phan appeal. The CC team have a full discussion and dissection of the results on episode #240 of X-Band: The Phantom Podcast - check it out here ! Phan votes for Best FREW Cover of 2022 According to the popular vote, where people nominated their Top 3 covers of the year: Points of note: Voters are telling us that variety is the spice of life, with Matt Kyme 's minimalist cover edging a narrow victory over Lauren Marshall 's action-packed and detailed image. With 2022 being the first year that Frew have published a female cover artist (there were six in total by year's end), it feels only appropriate that they filled three of our top six favourites. The decision to have Glenn Ford create the covers for the Replica Series issues has proven to be a winner, with two of these images seeing Glenn as the only artist to feature multiple times in the top 10. For a third year in a row, 9 of the top 11 positions were taken by Australian artists. Phan votes for Best FREW Story of 2022 According to the popular vote, where people nominated their Top 5 stories of the year: Points of note: Matt Kyme 's prowess and popularity as a Phantom writer is there for all to see. His 1-2 finish this year shows that his previous achievements with "Diana and the Heartbreaker Gang" (4th in 2021) and "A Day at the Races" (2nd in 2019) were no fluke. This is the first time in this history of this poll (run since 2018) that a serialised story has taken out first place. It is an extraordinary achievement for a pair of Lee Falk / Wilson McCoy classics - from 1948 and 1956 respectively - to finish in the top 5 favourite stories of 2022. However before Messrs Falk and McCoy get too carried away making heavenly toasts with their glasses of milk: the only stories to receive 0 votes were four other reprints of their collaborations, all from the various replica series through the year. For the second year in a row, 7 of the top 10 phavourite stories are original commissions by Frew. Phan votes for Best FREW Issue of 2022 According to the popular vote, where people nominated their Top 3 issues of the year: Points of note: Featuring the favourite cover to go with the second-placed story, it's no surprise that #1930 would share the lead in the 'Best Issue' category. It does seem fitting that the Masked Marvel special, featuring the third-placed cover as well as favourite stories 3 and 4, should tie in first place. Congratulations to Paul Mason for his thoughtful and creative additions to a Lee Falk favourite. This is the first time in the history of the poll (begun in 2018) that we have had a tie for first place, Despite increased costs, longer 'special' issues remain popular with phans. All four "specials" produced through the year finished in the top six places. ​Thanks to all voters, and a huge "Well done!" to everyone who finished rear the top of any category - with Frew pumping out an amazing 31 books and 54 stories last year creating a highly competitive field, to emerge as a popular favourite is no mean feat. Most of all: well done, congratulations and THANK YOU to Glenn Ford , Rene White and Dudley Hogarth - the core of the Frew Crew and the men who make all of this possible. Prize Winners! After all that of course we need to say a special congratulations to the five winners of our lucky prize draw, selected at random from all respondents. Check out the prize draw in the video below: Brad Eade and Chris are our lucky winners of the Frew Crew badges - well done. The next three voters drawn at random are winners of a set of ChronicleChamber merch (stubby cooler etc) - congratulations to David Ennis, Luke McDermott and Steve Seabert . Make sure you all keep an eye on your mail for the next few days as the prizes make their way to you! So what are your thoughts? Did the right issue, cover and story win? Any surprising placings for you? Please let us know via the comments below or on any of our social media platforms!