As announced on social media, the Phantom Video Game digital pre order will be open on 25 November 2024. There are two options which really suit the gamers but also the hard core Phantom collectors. You will be able to pre order at their website Digital Pre Order Information (PS5, Xbox, Switch, Steam) - these start Nov 25th for digital and will run through December. They will have TWO awesome packs available. Throughout November until pre order, they will be teasing out all the different exclusive art. Digital release will be 25 February 2025. Physical Pre Order Information Pre Orders for the physical copies will be open in February 2025. Updates will go on their website and social platforms which include more details on the Mega Phan Pack which includes collectors box, prints, digital extras and limited variant covers. Other merchandise including shirts, a Phantom on a motorcycle vinyl statue will be announced soon. We have seen an exclusive sneak peak of the statue and you will love it.

In association with San Diago Comic Con on 5th February to 9th February 2025, they will be hosting a comic con on a cruise ship. It will be four days of comic con and cruise fun all joined together as one with a stop at Conzumel, Mexico on 7th February 2025. You can go to their website to book and find out more What makes this event potentially phun for Phantom phans is that through King Features , The Phantom along with Flash Gordon and Popeye will be celebrated. It will be days before the Phantom's 89th birthday and Flash Gordon 's anniversary for the 1980 film. At this stage no further information on the celebrations have been announced as of yet. When we know more, we will announce it on our platforms. Some of the guests have already been announced and can be found at their website , at the time of writing (October 2024), there are no other Phantom related confirmed guests. You can follow the announcements at their website and or social media platforms ( Facebook , Instagram and X ). If you find other Phantom related news including comic conventions with a Phantom theme, please let us know via our email ChronicleChamber@gmail.com .

The Swedish Comic Con will be held November 1-3 in Stockholm and will feature Kasia Nie as one of the guests who will be in attendance. At the time of writing she has drawn one Phantom cover and one story for Egmont for Fantomen 12/2024 . Fantomen  artist Karl Johnsson  will be present at a booth for a publisher and Andreas Eriksson will also have a booth. Karl Johnsson has drawn several World of the Phantom stories and Andreas Eriksson  has written stories for Team Fantomen , Frew and Lightning Strike . His booth will be for his self publishing company Retrobokklubben which includes hardcover books with Marvel , Transformers , Ninja Turtles and many other comics Book your tickets and find out more We can confirm that Kasia Nie  has opened up a commission list for interested parties. She will also have original art from her story " Stray Dogs " from Fantomen 12/2024 for sale. You can contact her via her Instagram profile to organise your commission. In exciting news, released here first, Kasia Nie , will be back creating a new Fantomen  story for 2025. More on this and other 2025 Fantomen news will be released in our X-Band: The Phantom Podcast Episode #293 due to come out soon. Kasia Nie will also be a guest on a comic panel on 2 November 2024 at 3pm talking about their favourite heroes. Will the Phantom get a mention? We love to promote Phantom creators who attend comic conventions from around the world. If you know of an event featuring an artist, writer, film star or someone else related to our hero, please let us know. We would love to be able to report on events in your area and country. Thanks goes to Kasia Nie and Andreas Eriksson who have let us know about this event.

Regal Publishers #37 was originally published in July 2024 and presenting our video review. This issue features just one story in this comic. The story is: " The Valley of the Elephants " by Lee Falk  and Sy Barry The cover artist is Ranjan Dutta who has now done two Phantom covers for both Shakti and Regal Publishers . The comic also features a trading card of the cover as an extra. The last time a trading card was not used was in issue #31. Would you like these issues released more regularly or have more stories in each comic? All Regal Comics and other Indian and other country 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 and reviews.

First Finland had their Mustanaamio (Phantom) themed beer produced by two different companies, now the brand agency behind that hit Arki Design has released even more products featuring our hero which are now available to purchase. On the Tag Republic website, you can buy 26 different products including canvas bags, clothing, stickers, key rings, lanyards and even coffee. You can buy from the website here At this stage, shipping is ONLY available for Finland addresses - the best way around that is to befriend someone and get them to act as your third party postal service. You can click this link to view all products or click the different items below: Phantom punch black or white canvas bag (€9.90) Phantom crossed arms black or white canvas bag  (€9.90) Scarf (€6.99) Phantom crossed arms sticker (€2.99) Skull mark punch sticker  (€2.99) Phantom and Hero sticker  (€2.99) Phantom face sticker (€2.99) Phantom shout sticker  (€2.99) Skull mark sticker  (€2.99) Good mark sticker (€2.99) Phantom punch sticker  (€2.99) Phantom cross arms shirt in 11 colours and 6 sizes (€24,99) Phantom cross arms jumper in 10 colours and 6 sizes  (€34,99) Phantom punch shirt in 11 colours and 6 sizes (€24,99) Phantom punch jumper in 10 colours and 6 sizes (€34,99) Phantom face shirt in 6 colours and 6 sizes  (€24,99) Phantom face jumper in 7 colours and 6 sizes  (€34,99) Phantom face hoody jumper in 11 colours and 6 sizes (€39,99) 150g pack of Arabica ground coffee in 3 designed packets - Phantom & Devil - Phantom shout - Phantom punch (€6.99 each) Phantom cross arms key ring (€5,90) Skull mark punch key ring (€5,90) Phantom face key ring (€5,90) Lanyard (€4,90) 2x Silicone lids for cans with skull and good mark (€5.50) Thank you to the Finnish phan who wishes to be unnamed who let us know about this exciting news. If you find any Phantom related news that we have missed, please let us know.

Great news following the announcement back in May 2024 the 2024 Fantomet (Norway) album will be out 8th November 2024. Cover art is Sam Klein who has beautifully captured the elements of the recent Wreck and Ruin storyline in the album cover. Buy your copy via this link from 9th November 2024 Egmont Norway has published a Fantomet-årshefte (annual) the three last years. The format has been in landscape format and 62 pages which is what we have been told, a standard Norwegian format. The exciting news is that this years the editors and Egmont are trying something new. The 2024 annual will be a mammoth 150 pages in size in a A4 portrait format with four daily strips per pages and a tabloid format for the Sunday stories. The stories are a mixture of new Daily newspaper adventures and two classic newspaper stories. It is important to note that all these stories have not previously been published in a comic in Norway before. The stories are: " To Wrack and Ruin at Gravelines " by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley " The Chronicle of Old Man Mozz " by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley " Death in the Himalayas " by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley " Phantom's End " by Tony DePaul , Mike Manley  and Scott Cohn " The Plant God of the Massau " by Lee Falk  and Wilson McCoy " Dinosaur " by Lee Falk  and Sy Barry All stories will be printed in colour with the original KFS colours for the Daily stories and colourist Ivan Pedersen has coloured the two Sunday stories. Below is an example of the "The Plant God of the Massau" story by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy coloured by  Ivan Pedersen  that will be in the album. Buy your copy via this link from 9th November 2024 It is worth noting that the album cannot be shipped outside of Norway via the above link. We would suggest using a third party service like Ivan Pedersen 's Facebook page  who offers a service like this. Thank you goes to the staff at Egmont Norway for the information, the album cover, details and for the sample page. If you ever notice Phantom news that we may have missed, please contact us at ChronicleChamber@gmail.com .

Christian Moller reviews the latest issue from Zauberstern #14 which features the following stories which was first published by Charlton and DC comics : " Das Phantom von Shang-Ri-La " (" The Phantom of Shang-Ri-La ") by Dick Wood and Jim Aparo " Der Pharao des Todes " (" The Pharaoh Phantom ") by Dick Wood and Jim Aparo " Im Netz der Angst " (" The Web of Fear ") by Joe Gill and Frank Bolle " Gold " (" Gold ") by Mark Verheiden and Luke McDonnell This comic is of great value with 100 page of comics in full colour on great quality paper for 10€. This magazine see's Zauberstern re-using a past cover instead of creating their own new covers which they have done previously. Do you prefer the publisher creating their own unique covers? This cover was created by Jim Aparo and was original used as the cover #31 for Charlton Comics back in 1969. It is worth noting that the magazine is glued and not stapled, this is a new decision. Do you prefer staples or glue for your comic spines? The main issue for this comic, is that several pages of the Charlton stories are not printed crisply. I am unsure if that is a source problem, a scanning problem or even a print problem. In the video we highlight a couple of pages were this happens. Issue #15 will be out in October 2024. Ensure you read our interview with the publishers and editors behind Zauberstern here - Interview with Simeon Hrissomallis and Charles Bone . You will learn about the extra albums and magazines planned to be published in 2025 by Zauberstern . All Zauberstern and other German 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. If you would like to join the team and review new comics being released around the world, please contact us.

Italy has a rich history with the Phantom publishing Phantom comics before countries like USA, Australia and Sweden. On top of this they have a rich history of quality creators producing many stories that have left an ever lasting impact on Phantom phans from around the world. Italian publisher Editoriale Cosmo will be producing a new mini series to celebrate these Italian creators and their Phantom legacy. No word yet on how many issues will be published but we can confirm they will be including stories created by Angelo Todaro and perhaps other Italian Phantom creators like Felmang . We believe that the stories will be reprints that first appeared in the Frew and Egmont comics. These comics will be 192 pages and printed in black and white and sold for 8,90€ ($15Au, $10US, 100 sek/nok and 850 INR). You can pre order your copy here from the Editoriale Cosmo website It is worth pointing out that at this stage there is no publication date and some pre order information found online and in preview magazines may be wrong. Below is one example which states that Felmang 's stories will be presented but a social post by Editoriale Cosmo hints that at least the first comic will feature stories created by Angelo Todaro . Either way it is good to see new Phantom comics published again in Italy. On top of this new series is the recent Sy Barry Daily story reprint series which started in April 2024 - read about that release here . Thank you to Andreas Eriksson for bringing this news to our attention. If you hear about anything Phantom related that we have missed or would like to join the team, please email us at ChronicleChamber@gmail.com and or contact us via our social media platforms.

The 13th issue of Shakti Comics Phantom came out in August 2024. This is also the first issue with no Hindi and Bengali comic with Shakti deciding not to print those language comics anymore. The comic contains one Daily story: " The Llongo Forest " by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley The cover artist is Ranjan Dutta  who has now done two Phantom covers for both Shakti  and Regal Publishers . It also includes a poster with that was originally sold at previous conventions. Do you like that is a different design to the cover of the comic? This comic does not feature a 'content advisory' note like Frew 's and Regal Publisher comics. This comic was originally scheduled to be published in May 2024. While I received my copy in June, some received their orders much later. Are you happy that Shakti are not printing their comic in Hindi and Bengali anymore? All Shakti Comics  and other Indian and other country 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.

Presenting the review of the 2024 Fantomen softcover book featuring stories of the fan favourite Rex King aka the Prince of Baronkhan. This year's theme is called " Djungelpojken Rex ", which is translated to "Rex, the Jungle Boy". The book is 128 pages, in black and white with a spectacular cover by Luca Erbetta . The book was released in September 2024. This book contains four stories: " Djungelpojken " (" Rex King ") by Lee Falk and Sy Barry " Arvingen " (" Rex, the Missing Heir ") by Lee Falk and Sy Barry " Farofylld semester " (" Dangerous Vacation ") by Ulf Granberg and Jaime Vallvé " Rex hemlighet " (" Tale of Rex ") by Lee Falk and Sy Barry The book will also be printed for the Finland market in the Finish language. This book will likely be released in October 2024. Thank you to Ivan Pedersen  for his review. Most fans will know his work as a colourist for various worldwide publishers including Frew , Zauberstern , Fantomet and Comic Revue . You can follow his work at his Facebook group and or watch/listen to his X-Band: The Phantom Podcast Episode # 241 . If you would to write, review and or participate with Chronicle Chamber, please email us at ChronicleChamber@gmail.com .

Fantomen 21/2024 was originally published 2 October 2024. This issue features just one Phantom story in this comic. The story is: " Mördaren och vålnaden, del 2 " (" The Killer and the Ghost Part 2 ") by Pidde Andersson and Alex Saviuk The cover artist is Henrik Sahlström with his typical high standard digital painted style. This story is the second part of the story created by Pidde Andersson with the first part printed in Fantomen 20/2024 (our review). Pidde Andersson 's previous Phantom stories were created for the Frew Australian magazine. Fantomen 21/2024  also features the story " La Jeunesse de Thorgal " by Yann and Roman Surzhenko . All Fantomen comics and other 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 and reviews.

A hardcover album with the Phantom is out in Denmark right now. You can purchase from their website here. Denmark has a long tradition with Phantom publication. Similar to Norway, comics with The Ghost Who Walks could be read for many decades in the comics anthology “ Skippern ”, Denmark's title was called “ Skipper Skræk ”. The Danes have also seen several albums and digest size books with the Phantom. In addition, the " Fantom-hefte " comic booklet was co-printed among others in Norway and Denmark. From 1971 Denmark had its own Fantomet magazine . After some changes to the concept, the Fantomet comic book was finally closed down in 1999 after 350+ comics. 2024 will make it 25 years since Denmark had a Phantom publication when the publisher E-voke released their first hardcover publication " Fantomet: Legenden vender tilbage ". The publisher has faith in the comic series, because on the back cover we can see the images of two upcoming albums in the series. [Editors note: You can find out more about issue 2 and 3 here ] The first Danish album is a reissue of the Swedish album " Hård mot de hårda " album originally printed in 2021. It includes exactly the same stories and three articles by the Swedish Fantomen editor Andreas Eriksson translated in Danish. The contents are newspaper stories from the 1960s. Writer Lee Falk collaborating with the artists Sy Barry and Bill Lignante . The album starts with the first co-operation between Falk and Barry , " The Slave Market of Mucar ". It is an exciting story in which the Phantom unravels in a mass escape from the large Boomsby prison. In retrospect the story is a Phantom classic, where Sy Barry modernizes the style of the comic. It takes a more realistic approach than what the previous artist Wilson McCoy . The Bill Lignante drawn story is titled: " Samaris XII ”. The story has a completely different graphic expression, where Lignante goes for something best described as between Sy Barry and Wilson McCoy art styles. Lee Falk also uses fantasy elements here, and the main character is the immortal queen who cannot fall in love with anyone. The three other stories are all created by Lee Falk and Sy Barry. " The Golden Sands of Keela Wee " is a story were we get to hear the amusing tale of how Emperor Joonkar gifted the beach to one of today's Phantom's predecessors, and there is also action when some villains take over Keela Wee. " The Lions of Kukhan ", where the hunt for a lion in the jungle leads the Phantom to gladiatorial combat in the Misty Mountains. There is more fighting in the last story " The Jungle Olympics ", where some villains get a chance to do some robbing during the jungle's own Olympic Games. This album collects a nice mix of Phantom comics from a good period of newspaper comics. The stories have been published around the world several times, but some of them appear here as more complete than in some of the other publications. However, there are some objections I have with this printing. The rendition of “ The Slave Market of Mucar ” is not optimal in either the Swedish and Denmark albums released in 2021 and 2024. If we compare the print quality between these and the Fantomet Spesialalbum no. 1  from 1986 , the lines of the art are better and the details have a better contrast in the Norwegian publication . The top example is from the 1986 Norwegian printing with the bottom example from the Denmark E-voke printing. The top example is from the 1986 Norwegian printing with the bottom example from the Denmark E-voke printing. My last point is that both the Danish and Swedish editors, have chosen to reproduce several of the Phantom Sunday newspaper stories that were originally made for color in black and white. I feel it would have been an advantage if these were published in their true colourful glory. " The Fantomet: Legenden vender tilbage " is an interesting release overall. Although it has some flaws which I have highlighted above, the album is a good introduction to the new generation and re introduction to the older phan. For the Denmark and Scandinavian readers, it may be worth following E- voke in the future. You can purchase issue #1 from their website here Find out more about issue 2 and 3 here PUBLICATION FACTS "The Phantom: The Legend Returns " By: Lee Falk , Sy Barry and Bill Lignante ISBN 978-87-7598-045-1 132 pages 239 Danish kroner [Editors note: if you would like to see the team at Chronicle Chamber do more comparison breakdowns of various printings of stories from around the world, please let us know. Thank you to Kristian Hellesund for providing the translated copy of his review which originally appeared in the Sydvesten newspaper in Norway.]

ElastoWit is a company based in Ukraine who create and sell thematic rubberised plastic figure collections. In 2023, the company released a Phantom and Devil figurine sold for $28USD and was very popular. Released from now will be an extended set of the 6th (or 7th) Phantom, The Jungle Patrol and Singh Pirates. From what we understand, this is the potential first set of a possible ongoing Phantom generation set. The best way to explain the play sets are think the "army men" or "cowboys and Indian" sets a lot of phans likely played with as a child. ElastoWit have nearly 50 different designs ranging from popular pop culture icons like Robocop , Planet of Apes , Ned Kelly , The Island of Dr Moreau and many more. The price to buy a complete set is $110USD including shipping with priority airmail worldwide delivery with tracking. If you would like to find out more, go to their Facebook page , You can order a set by emailing Serhii March the designer at elastowit@gmail.com . If you order before January 2025, there is a 5% discount for all sets purchased. The colour sets available are fuchsia and turquoise (like in the photos attached), blue and dark grey and both tan coloured. If you would like to pay an extra $20USD, you can get the Phantom in purple with the Jungle Patrol in green and the Singh Brotherhood in brown. It must be noted that these kits are NOT licensed by King Features Syndicate  but the question has been asked about purchasing a license.

The 12th issue of Shakti Comics Phantom came out in the second week of February 2024 in the three languages. Since the start of pre oders in December 2023 and it's release, the response towards the issue has been diverse  with its printing quality, presentation and colour. The comic contains one clasic Daily story: " The Presidents " by Lee Falk and Sy Barry The cover interestingly doesn't have any number mentioned to identify it as the 12th issue. The same also happened with issue #10. The cover artwork by Abhishek Biswas is very good and stands out with its use of colour. However, the printing doesn't do the cover justice as a change of paper and removal of lamination has occurred with Shakti. The use of the less thicker paper also makes the comic bend easily. The copyrights page has mention of 2022 as the copyright year. The artwork by Biswas on that page have been used since 2022, since their 4th issue. The story ' The Presidents ' is printed on a much less thicker paper compared to the one used in previous issues. The colours of the story are again done by Santosh Adsul , who seems to have become Shakti's primary colourist with him also working on other publications from them. The colours however, seems to have the same problems as before with the over use of colour on faces, backgrounds to name a few. The colour of the phantoms costumes also remain the same with the dark shaded purple used with the colours of the trunks being black and red. Some panels however, do look pleasant to the eye, but with majority of them being coloured too much, the overall result is not quite satisfactory. The video review goes in-depth into the topic of colour. The inclusion of two information pages about the various dictators that the phantom fought is a great inclusion. It surely will be a great tool for the new readers to learn more about the characters. The back cover features a synopsis of the story with its previous publications with images of the covers. However, couple of typos are seen on the page. Shaktis new issue is a mixed bag with the good being the extras like the information, images and cover. While the unpleasant being the change of paper, the colouring among other things, which are also very important for a comic book. Shakti has to be mindful of their quality and the colour, if that is improved along with the great additions there can be surely great things coming from them. Wishing them the best and hoping them to be mindful for their future publications. Until next time, Happy Phantoming! All Shakti Comics  and other Indian and other country 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.

Presenting the review of the 2024 Fantomen hardcover book featuring stories of the fan favourite Lady Kate Sommerset aka The Pirate Queen. This book is printed with a dust jacket, a beautiful cover by Henrik Sahstrom and contains 450 pages in total including editorial pages on the two creators David Bishop and Cesar Spadari . This book contains a mammoth 14 stories: " Klosteröns hemlighet " (" Convent Island ") by David Bishop  and Cesar Spadari " Piratdrottningen " (" The Pirate Queen ") by David Bishop  and Cesar Spadari " Älskade pirat " (" My Darling Pirate ") by David Bishop  and Cesar Spadari " Piratdrottningens son " (" Son of the Pirate Queen ") by David Bishop  and Cesar Spadari " Stupad i strid " (" Death of a Phantom ") by David Bishop  and Cesar Spadari " Av samma blod " (" Of the Same Blood ") by David Bishop  and Cesar Spadari " Dödskallehalsbandet " (" Son of the Pirate Queen, Part 1: The Skull Necklace ") by David Bishop  and Cesar Spadari " Kungligt villebråd " (" Son of the Pirate Queen, Part 2: The Royal Target ") by David Bishop  and Joan Boix " Dödsgudinnan " (" Son of the Pirate Queen, Part 3: The Goddess of Death ") by David Bishop  and Cesar Spadari " Destination Haiti " by David Bishop  and Cesar Spadari " Gamla synder - Första delen " (" Sins of the Past, Part 1 ") by David Bishop  and Cesar Spadari " Gamla synder - Andra delen " (" Sins of the Past, Part 2 ") by David Bishop  and Cesar Spadari " Den nya abbedissan " ("T he New Abbess ") by David Bishop  and Cesar Spadari " En piratdrottnings död " (" Death of a Pirate Queen ") by David Bishop  and Cesar Spadari Thank you to Ivan Pedersen  for his review. Most fans will know his work as a colourist for various worldwide publishers including Frew , Zauberstern , Fantomet and Comic Revue . You can follow his work at his Facebook group and or watch/listen to his X-Band: The Phantom Podcast Episode # 241 .. If you would to write, review and or participate with Chronicle Chamber, please email us at ChronicleChamber@gmail.com .