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Our special guest may be our most educated and most professional guest ever. Duncan Munro and Jermayn Parker do their best to try and contain this larger than life Phantom personality. He is a practicing clinician with over 30 years experience, combined with ongoing service through several significant Federal and State medical policy roles providing outcomes to improve the well being of Australians. Was the Chairperson for the International Health Assessment Panel under Medevac Legislation 2019 assessing claims of refugees from Manus Island and Nauru. All that is very impressive but perhaps his most important role is to be the comedy relief for the LFMBEC dinners. Along with learning all about Antonio DiDio we talk a lot about past Lee Falk Bangalla Members Explorers Club dinners and some of the guests including Jim Russell, Doc Neeson, Rod Cavalier, Kerry Chikarovski, Walter Simonson, Ian Sharpe, Greg Florimo and many more. Antonio reflects on his friendship with Richard Fry and what is next for the famous dinners. Please send us your feedback on this chat. You will have some fun as you listen to a born storyteller reflect on his journey with the Phantom. You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Please also let us know of your own pitch. Make sure you stay with us and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel.

Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser sit down and discuss the comics news from September and October 2023 from around the world including products, exhibitions and much more. We are joined by Mikael Lyck who reviews the latest Fantomen comics from Sweden. We also sneak peak some exciting news that you will hear first on our platform. Now is the time to subscribe to our YouTube Channel, website and or our social media platforms in Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of what we discussed. Frew (Australia) Phantom Comics: Frew #1953: 1 Minutes 30 Seconds "The Kiss of the Devil, Part 2" by Pidde Andersson and Giancarlo Caracuzzo Frew #1954: 10 Minutes "Night of the Jesters" by Michael Tierres and Jaime Vallvé Frew #1955: 18 Minutes "The Demon in the Tower" by Michael Tierres and Jaime Vallvé Giant size #26: 31 Minutes "The Frame-Up" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry "A Voice from the Dead" by Shane Foley "Prisoners of a Painting" by Bob Scarlatti and Romano Felmang The background information on this story can be found here. Fantomen (Sweden) Phantom Comics: Fantomen 20/2023: 50 Minutes "Monstret i Montargis" ("The Wolfman of Montargis") by Norman Worker and Hans Lindahl Fantomen 2023 Softcover Album: 53 Minutes "Den maskerade cowboyen" ("The Phantom Cowboy") by Lee Falk, Sy Barry, George Olesen, and Keith Williams "Spökbyn" ("The Massacre") by Lee Falk and Sy Barry "Wagon Master" by Ulf Granberg, Janne Lundström, and Özcan Eralp "Indianhataren" ("The Indian Hater") by Janne Lundström and Özcan Eralp "Terror i öknen" ("Terror in the Desert") by Janne Lundström and Özcan Eralp "I laglöst land" ("Badlands") by Özcan Eralp Daily / Sunday Newspaper Stories Progress Daily 264: "The Journey Home": 57 Minutes Sunday 194: "The Commander Will See You Now": 1 Hour 8 Minutes Phantom News From Around the World Art of Play Game update in New York and coming up on one of our next podcasts: 1 Hour 14 Minutes Chronicle Chamber, David & Sy Barry hosting an Online Studio Session (link): 1 Hour 16 Minutes & 30 Seconds Bundaberg Phantom art exhibition 18 November 2023 to 4 February 2024 (link): 1 Hour 20 Minutes Including a chat with Shane Foley Monogram Key Chains out October 2023 and our Review now online (link): 1 Hour 32 Minutes Melbourne Comic & Toy Fair Sunday October 29th with Glenn Ford (link): 1 Hour 38 Minutes The Phantom again on the ABC Hard Quiz TV Show (link): 1 Hour 39 Minutes You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. We would love some feedback on what we discussed on the podcast and on the following topics: Do you like the splash page or the front cover best on Frew #1953? would you like to see more covers from Marcello Baez? Would you like to see Lon and Lila Luaga return in more stories? Do you enjoy these crossover stories with the Phantom and other Frew characters like Sir Falcon, Shadow etc? Do you remember the Phantom story where a past Phantom was framed for a murder and was unable to prove his innocence? Would you like to see a quick return to some stand alone adventures in the newspaper strips before we go to the next phase? Did you get all the ABC Hard Quiz TV Show questions correct? You excited for the Phantom video game? Do you like the blind bags concept or hate it? Are you going to attend the Bundaberg Phantom art exhibition? Make sure you stay with us and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel.

Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser are joined by Kevin Patrick as they go over the 75 years of Frew. It is a fascinating chat and we guarantee that you will learn something new! Kevin Patrick is a great researcher, and he has dug up a lot of information for us like stories about Ron Forsyth, Lawford Richardson, Jack Eisen and Peter Watson the original creators of Frew. We learn about one important person who to most has been forgotten about is Sylvia Eisen and we explore her importance to Frew history and the family connections between her and Yaffa Syndicate. The significance of this connection continues all throughout until the 1980s, including how they were key in helping the Team Fantomen stories become a part of the Frew publishing schedule. Another great story you will learn about is how Frew Publications almost lost the license in the late 1980's and how it took a last minute stand to ensure they continued the comic. Kevin was also able to dig up some sales figures for issue #1 from the 1950s, 1970s, and 2010s. We would love your own answers on these hot seat questions we asked towards the end of the podcast: Best thing Frew has ever done? What is their biggest impact / legacy? What is next for Frew? Where will Frew be in 5 years time? What do Frew need to do to continue publishing the Phantom? How do they reach the next generation of phans? You can email us your answers at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Coming up in a later podcast we also chat with Jeremy MacPherson and Daniel Best about Frew cover and story artist Peter Chapman. Make sure you stay tuned with us so you do not miss out on that and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel. Please note: On the video when Kevin Patrick talks, there is a placeholder image instead of motion of him. Rest assured, we have added heaps of imagery, so you will find it worth the effort watching on YouTube. You can purchase the Phantom Unmasked book by Kevin Patrick at the IOWA Press Bookstore.

Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser are joined by two guests as we look at one of the unsung heroes of Frew Publications in Peter Champan. The two guests who join us are Jeremy MachPerson and Daniel Best two budding detectives in realm of Australian comics. In this podcast you will learn all about Peter Chapman. Did you also know that he created over 400 comics and created artwork from the late 1940's all the way until the 2000's? That is nearly 60 years of professional work behind him. No wonder many see him as the grandfather of the comics scene in Australia. In this podcast you will learn about his process of creating a comic including creating the comic (cover, script and art) inside a week. How to spot which Phantom cover he drew including the fact that he drew the first 7x Giant Size issues from the 1950's. For more information and for those who prefer to read, you may find this article written by Kevin Patrick useful (Article link) plus an article on some censoring work in a Frew comic that may be drawn by Peter Chapman. We would love your feedback and comments at either our email address chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles in Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Make sure you stay tuned with us so you do not miss out on that and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel.

Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser do their best (& fail) to review this 180 page full colour Frew special comic inside an hour. They go down various rabbit holes and get caught up loving this comic which we both label is a hands down winner of the best Frew comic of the year and likely all time. They discuss the overall package of the comic with the paper quality, the cover, the historic article written by Kevin Patrick and each story in full detail - the writing, the drawings and even the colouring and how it presented on the paper. This review will contain spoilers. You can buy your copy at the Frew website. If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of the stories that we discussed. Overall Comments of the issue plus phan reactions: 2 Minutes 30 Seconds The Stories "The Slavers, The Women and the Bogey Man" written & drawn by Shane Foley and coloured by Ivan Pedersen. 22 Minutes "The Singh Raiders" written by Andreas Eriksson, drawn by Ivan Rodriguez and coloured by Daniel Jnr. 29 Minutes 30 Seconds "Ghost of Ships Past, pt 1" written by Andrew Constant and drawn/coloured by Jason Paulos. 42 Minutes 30 Seconds "Undergrowth" written by Dean Rankine, drawn by Ivan Rodriguez and coloured by Tarella Pablo. 51 Minutes 30 Seconds "The Kiss of the Devil, pt 1" written by Pidde Andersson, drawn by Giancarlo Caracuzzo and coloured by Flavia Caracuzzo. 56 Minutes 30 Seconds "And our Friends are all Aboard" written, drawn and coloured by Paul Mason. 1 Hour 5 Minutes "To Wrack and Ruin at Gravelines" written by Tony DePaul and drawn by Mike Manley. 1 Hour 10 Minutes "The Box" written by Dean Rankine, drawn by Jeremy MacPherson and coloured by Tom Mason. 1 Hour 18 Minutes Kevin Patrick's Article. 1 Hour 23 Minutes You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. We would love some feedback on what we discussed on the podcast and on the following topics: Did you like the fact that we only got new stories in this issue? Would you have liked to see reprint stories? What is your favourite story out of these 8? Do you like colour in your Phantom comics? Is the "The Singh Raiders" story a good template for the 22nd Phantom stories? Do you like short 2-6 page stories? Did you get caught with the Flick on page 82 looking like another word? Do you like having the current Daily stories published regular or would you like to see them collected together when it ends? Would you like to see a podcast with Tony DePaul to discuss this arc with us? Do not forget that we are holding a competition for our YouTube viewers that if you comment in the next week, you will be in the running for a Phantom shirt posted to you for Free. Make sure you stay with us and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel.

A huge thank you to all who contributed to this podcast in Rebecca McDuff and Duncan Munro for their time recording and reviewing the exhibition. To Bradley and Joyful Peach, Terry Krahe, Chris Hill, Amanda Bacchi and Paul Mason for their videoing and photos we used throughout the podcast. Because of what they did, it has allowed those who did not attend the ability to enjoy this PHantastic exhibition. To find out more about the event you can go to their Facebook page or their website. If you would like to purchase a shirt, catalogue or other items, please contact them. This podcast consists of three parts: The first part is a chat with Rebecca McDuff the curator of the exhibition. The second part is Duncan Munro giving a phan perspective of the exhibition. The third part are the audio musings of Shane Foley as he discusses everything Phantom including: Diana and the Twins Which past artists inspire him The popularity of the Phantom How to draw the Phantom's face The Phantom's rings The process behind the page art About his studio The Swedish influence His favourite covers Make sure you read the written review by Christopher Schaffer as well. You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Make sure you stay with us and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel.

Jermayn Parker, Stephen East and Dan Fraser sit down and discuss the comics news from November 2023 from around the world including products, exhibitions and much more. We are joined by Mikael Lyck, Seuj Abir and Christian Moeller who all review the latest comics from Sweden, India and Germany. All together we review 15 comics and 25 Phantom stories. No wonder it takes us nearly 2.5 hours to do it... We also sneak peak some exciting news that you will hear first on our platform for the Phantom video game. Now is the time to subscribe to our YouTube Channel, website and or our social media platforms in Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of what we discussed. Frew (Australia) Phantom Comics: Frew #1956: 2 Minutes "A Web of Lies" by Claes Reimerthi and Kari Leppänen Frew #1957: 10 Minutes "Jean Lafitte's Treasure" by Claes Reimerthi and Kari Leppänen "The Pinstripe Wizards, Part 1 & 2" by Jason Franks and Kay: 19 Minutes 30 Seconds Frew #1958: 27 Minutes "The Super Apes" part 1 by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy "The Matchmaker" by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy "The Thuggees" part 2 by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy "The Thuggees" part 1 by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy Giantsize #27: 32 Minutes "The Mystery of the Great Swamp" by Giorgio Cambiotti and Annibale Casabianca "Sir Falcon: A Voice from the Dead Part 2" by Shane Foley Fantomen (Sweden) Phantom Comics: Fantomen 21/2023: 42 Minutes "Döden i Himalaya" ("Death in the Himalayas") by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley "Tirangis gravplats" ("Tirangi's Burial Ground") by Johan L. Borgnes and Kari Leppänen Fantomen 22-23/2023: 44 Minutes 30 Seconds "Belle epoque del 6: Gargoylen från Notre Dame" ("The Gargoyle of Notre Dame") by Pidde Andersson and Percy Ochoa "Belle epoque epilog: Jane räddar presidenten" ("Jane Saves the President") by Pidde Andersson and Percy Ochoa Fantomen 24/2023: 48 Minutes "Den allseende ögonstenen" ("The All Seeing Eye Stone") by Jacob Habinc and Janusz Ordon Indian Phantom Comics: Regal #32: 52 Minutes "Luaga's Undercover Tour" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry Regal #33: 58 Minutes "The Fence" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry "Return to the Temple of the Gods" by Tony DePaul and Jeff Weigel Regal #34: 1 Hour 6 Minutes "The Crusaders' Treasure" by Tony DePaul, George Olesen, and Keith Williams Shakti #10: 1 Hour 10 Minutes & 30 Seconds "The Lake Lady" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry Shakti #11: 1 Hour 21 Minutes "The Return of General Bababu" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry German Phantom Comics: Zauberstern #9: 1 Hour 27 Minutes & 30 Seconds "Betondschungel" ("Concrete Jungle") by Mike Bullock, Kevin Grevioux, and Samicler Gonçalves "Die rückkehr der Python" ("The Return of Chatu") by Tony De Paul and Paul Ryan "Sklavenhändler" ("The Doorman") by Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan ECR-Verlag Werner Reuß: 1 Hour 30 Minutes Comicrundschau 17 Sammlerherzchen 1 Daily / Sunday Newspaper Stories Progress Daily 264: "The Journey Home": 1 Hour 37 Minutes Sunday 194: "The Commander Will See You Now": 1 Hour 51 Minutes Phantom News From Around the World Moonstone Update: 1 Hour 55 Minutes & 30 Seconds Art of Play Game update - Stay tuned for our next podcast: 2 Hours Bundaberg Phantom art exhibition 18 Nov to 4 Feb (link): 2 Hours 2 Minutes & 30 Seconds Christmas Shopping List (link): 2 Hours 5 Minutes & 30 Seconds New Perth Mint mini figurine style coin (link): 2 Hours 9 Minutes Boss Fight Studio's Phantom Wave 2.0 Figurines out now (link): 2 Hours 11 Minutes & 30 Seconds Finnish TPB #2 To Be Released in February 2024 (link): 2 Hours 12 Minutes New series in Denmark for 2024 (link): 2 Hours 13 Minutes New German Phantom Comic Series (link): 2 Hours 13 Minutes & 30 Seconds The Norwegian Fantomet Kronologisk Series is Cancelled (link): 2 Hours 16 Minutes New Patreon updates - please support us (link): 2 Hours 18 Minutes You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. We would love some feedback on what we discussed on the podcast and on the following topics: Did you enjoy the The Pinstripe Wizards, Part 1 & 2" by Jason Franks and Kay? Would you like to see more art from Tadam Gyadu? Who would you like to see take the reigns of the Frew Giant Size comic covers? Would you like to see more Fratelli Spada stories published in Giant Size or in another publication? Have you sent the Christmas list to your loved one for a hint? Are you going to the Bundaberg Phantom art exhibition? With the knowledge that the Daily story ends towards the start of January / end of December helps you get reconnected to the story? Would you like to see Rhodia target Lamanda Luaga and Bangalla in the Daily adventures? Do you have any Phantom items we can archive on the Phantom Preservation Project? If so, please contact us. Make sure you stay with us and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel.

Presenting our recorded studio session with not one, or two but three highly talented artists in Sy Barry, Lou Manna and Jeremy MacPherson. This event was held on Saturday 4 November 2023 (New York time) with a dozen phans interacting with the three artists and asking various questions while they watched them draw. The bonus was that everyone who brought a ticket went into the draw to win one of the three pieces. All funds from the tickets were raised for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Jimmy Fund. Together we raised over $500au which will see cancer suffers life a little more comfortable. If you would like to see another studio session with different artists around the world, please contact us. We recommend you watch this podcast on YouTube as you will get to see them draw while they talk. If you have your own questions we did not ask, please send them to our email address chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles in Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Make sure you stay tuned with us so you do not miss out on that and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel.

No your eyes do not deceive you - It is a shorter podcast than most. Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser join to quickly discuss the news about Moonstone publishing new Phantom comics from the first half of 2024. You can read our initial report here. Like you, we have questions, heaps of questions. So we go over our own questions plus recap what we do know. We go over our initial responses plus why this is important news. We discuss the state of new Phantom stories release from USA since Moonstone lost the license 10 years ago and how it all coincides with the TV show in development, the new video game and how the NECA figurines was popular with high in demand sales. What we do know about the new series is: The stories will be serialised - think the KGB Noir issues and or what Frew release. Each story will be around 50 pages (give or take) and the comics themselves will be around 50 pages (give or take). Will feature several stories including stand alone Phantom story and a cross over story with Mandrake and Lothar. Some stories will be in black and white. Released bi monthly. Mike Bullock will be the main writer. Argentinian Sergio Ibáñez will be one artist. Others to be named. First comic will be out in the first half of 2024. Majority of the stories will be about the 21st Phantom in today’s modern Africa The questions we would like to see answered: Will there be variant covers? Is it a continuation of the previous Moonstone continuity or a new start? ie will we see the same bad guys like Ali Gutaale, Temur Singh, Arthur Locke, Anna Bacia and Manuel Ortega? If it's a new start: Will the Moonstone stories have a consistent lineage of historical Phantom's and the Phantom bible? How they go about fitting their tales into the existing universe and/or extending on that / breaking that Will they reprint the old stories again? Will the issues be standalone stories or part of a wider arc? What stories must I read from a decade ago to follow on from what will be told in 2024? Now as mentioned in the article, we will be having Mike Bullock and hopefully Joe Gentile as well on a future podcast so if you have your own questions we did not ask or answer, please send them to our email address chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles in Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Make sure you stay tuned with us so you do not miss out on that and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel.

To celebrate the new Moonstone comic book series featuring both the Phantom and Mandrake we catch up with Mike Bullock the writer from the old and new series. He gives us more insight into the new series including a sneak peak of the artwork by Argentinian Sergio Ibáñez - however you will need to watch the whole podcast to see this. It is worth it! What is confirmed and discussed by Mike Bullock is the following: The initial comic series will be like the past KGB Noir series with The Phantom and another character. There will be three stories released in 15 installments guarantying at least 15 comics and 150 pages. The titles of the stories are: "Phantom: Last Night", "Mandrake the Magician: Seven Kings Calling" and "Phantom and Mandrake: The Seven Kings". The stories will be re released in a hardcover TPB. Sergio Ibáñez will be drawing the first series, news to come for the Mandrake and cross over series. King Features have already approved several parts of the first Phantom and Mandrake series. The first Phantom and Mandrake stories take place at the same time. If you are outside of USA and Canada, you can pre order the series through Diamond Comic Distributors through your local comic bookstore. There will be variant covers. We touch upon the cover competition. There will be some returning, new and surprising characters. The story is based in USA and in current day. Possibility of re releasing past Moonstone comics in hardcover format. We will see new and old characters including Old Man Mozz' grandson. What past Moonstone comic book series to re read (hint: Our 2024 New Years resolution). Which past Moonstone creators that may return and do more Phantom work. Will other Moonstone licensed characters crossover with the Phantom? What is next after the "7 Kings" storyline? Will the Phantom be coming to Australia? As you can tell this podcast is a goldmine of information on the upcoming series and should warm the hearts of all Phantom phans. If you have missed out on many of these past comics in your collection, you can now buy many back issues from their online shop. We would also suggest going back and listening to past podcasts, articles and interviews with Moonstone creators if you are coming in late to what they created over a decade ago. Our 2024 New Years resolution to read more back issues including these key Moonstone comics. Chronicle Chamber reviewed all of their comics (Part one and Part two) Interview with writer Mike Bullock. Interview with writer Ben Raab. Interview with cover artist Douglas Kluaba. Interview with cover and sequential artist Pat Quinn. Interview with cover and sequential artist Lou Manna. Interview with sequential artist Silvestre Szilagyi. A farewell post to Moonstone. You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Make sure you stay with us and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel.

To celebrate the new year, we have resolutions on what to do differently. Instead of trying to lose weight or eat healthy, this is a resolution all can get behind. Join us with our resolution to read more back issue Phantom comics! This year the team reviews some Moonstone comics which are worth digging out. This year Dan Fraser, Duncan Munro, and Jermayn Parker review the following stories and comics: "Five Days of the Dragon Chapter 1" by Ron Marz and Rubén Procopio "Five Days of the Dragon Chapter 2" by Tony Bedard and Allan Goldman "Five Days of the Dragon Chapter 3" by Chuck Dixon and Graham Nolan "Five Days of the Dragon Chapter 4" by Rafael Nieves, Tony Akins and Ken Wolak "Five Days of the Dragon Chapter 5" by Mike Bullock and Juan Ferreyra "The Hammer, Part 1 to Part 6" by Mike Bullock and Fernando Peniche "Enitan" by Mike Bullock, Silvestre Szilagyi and Sergio Mulko Suej Abir then takes the mammoth task to review the two prose books from the "The Phantom Chronicles" series. He does not review each story but goes over in his reviews. We from Chronicle Chamber hope you have enjoyed these reviews from phans from around the world. Our next podcast is an interview with Mike Bullock who will go into the new series more. If you loved what they did, you will want to watch/listen this. If you are unsure or cautious hopefully it will help alleviate those fears. If you have missed out on many of these comics in your collection, you can now buy many back issues from their online shop. You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Make sure you stay with us and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel.

During the podcast we discuss and dissect the new Phantom video game trailer plus much more. We ask about NYCC 2023, his dealings with King Features plus rattle of some key future dates including the announcement of Ashley Nicholls and Matt Kyme attending Supanova events in 2024 in Melbourne and Sydney. If this video game excites you, this podcast is must watching and or listening. You do not want to miss out! Some of the key dates to add to your Phantom calendar and that we discuss are: Dec 15 2023: Teaser Trailer Release Feb 20 2024: Site Update with new screenshots, opening the Patreon and merchandise to purchase March 20 2024: Playable Demo Release to Patreon supporters April 6-7 2024: Melbourne Supanova & panel with Ash and Matt Kyme June 22-23 2024: Sydney Supanova & panel with Ash and Matt Kyme Sept 20 2024: NECA Competition Oct 17-20 2024: NYCC with final trailer October 20 2024: Pre orders on the Limited Run’s website Nov 30 2024: Digital release date for Switch and P5 network Feb 30 2025: Physical copies release date If you are wanting to have your name in the game as a supporter or even have the Phantom punch and leave a skull ring mark on your face during the game, you will want to listen to the podcast at around the 50 minute mark. For those collectors who want a cool item to add to their shelf, at the 1 Hour and 4 Minute mark Ash Nicolls gives us a few clues on the contents and price for collectors edition pack. Ash also calls out all Phantom phans to go into their EB Games or local shop that sells video games to ask them to pre order a game in September/October 2024. You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Make sure you stay with us and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel.

Jermayn Parker, Stephen East and Dan Fraser sit down and discuss the latest Phantom comics and news from not one but two mammoth months. This includes everything Phantom related from around the world including products, comics, creator changes and much more. Normally we try and review everything once a month but December 2023 was busy. So please sit down, grab a milk (or wine if your a post modern phan) and watch / listen to us as we review and discuss the latest from a Phantom perspective for the past two months. Now is the time to subscribe to our YouTube Channel, website and or our social media platforms in Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Please note, we will review the Frew 2024 Annual in a standalone podcast next. If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of what we discussed. Frew (Australia) Phantom Comics: Frew #1959: 4 Minutes "Rak-Ah's Star" by Daniel Carlsson and Anthony Spay "Bad Blood in Bangalla, Part 1: The Old Devil Road" by Shane Foley Frew #1960: 20 Minutes "The Ingenues" by Tony DePaul and Jeff Weigel "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 Frew #1961: 43 Minutes & 30 Seconds "Ghost of Ships Past, Part 2" by Andrew Constant and Jason Paulos "Ghost of Ships Past, Part 3" by Andrew Constant and Jason Paulos "Of Man and Beast, Part 1" by Andrew Constant and Jason Paulos Fantomen (Sweden) Phantom Comics: Fantomen 25-26/2023: 1 Hour "Storstadstrubbel" ("The Ingenues") by Tony DePaul and Jeff Weigel "Fången i Marrakech" ("The Prisoner in Marrakech") by Janne Lundström and Jaime Vallvé German Phantom Comics: Wick #5: 1 Hour, 4 Minutes & 30 Seconds "Die Sensationsreportage" ("The Sensational Reportage") by Peter Mennigen and José María Ortiz Tafalla "Der Piratenfreund" ("The Pirate Friend") by Peter Mennigen and José María Ortiz Tafalla Wick #6: 1 Hour, 7 Minutes & 15 Seconds "Die Uranfalle" ("The River Pirates of Sambesi") by Peter Mennigen and José María Ortiz Tafalla Zauberstern #10: 1 Hour, 8 Minutes & 45 Seconds "Der Wandelnde Geist" ("The Ghost Who Walks") by Peter David, Joe Orlando, and Dennis Janke "Schatten der Vergangenheit" ("Across the Great Divide") by Peter David, Joe Orlando, and Dennis Janke "Zeit der Vergeltung" ("In Over Their Heads") by Peter David, Joe Orlando, and Dennis Janke "Das Phantom schlägt zurück!" ("The Phantom Strikes Back") by Peter David, Joe Orlando, and Dennis Janke Daily / Sunday Newspaper Stories Progress Daily 264: "The Journey Home": 1 Hour, 12 Minutes & 30 Seconds Daily 265: "The Chain": 1 Hour, 16 Minutes & 30 Seconds Article referenced in the podcast. Sunday 194: "The Commander Will See You Now": 1 Hour, 32 Minutes & 30 Seconds Phantom News From Around the World Bundaberg Phantom art exhibition Closing Soon (link): 1 Hour, 40 Minutes & 30 Seconds New Phantom Themed Beer Released in 2024 (link): 1 Hour & 41 Minutes Mad Cave Studio’s Announce DotE TPB (link): 1 Hour, 44 Minutes & 30 Seconds Frew Release Digital Comics for 2022 (link): 1 Hour, 47 Minutes & 45 Seconds Frew Best Of 2023 Results (link): 1 Hour, 53 Minutes & 30 Seconds Fantomen Best Adventure for 2023 Vote now open (link): 1 Hour & 54 Minutes Editions Dante New Products: 1 Hour, 55 Minutes & 30 Seconds Lithograph set (link) New Moonstone TPB vol 3 released in March 2024 (link) Walmir Amaral Passes (link): 1 Hour & 57 Minutes Phantom Creators & Australian Creators having Artwork displayed in China (link): 2 Hours & 30 Seconds You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. We would love some feedback on what we discussed on the podcast and on the following topics: Is there room for both an Indian and Australian publisher to print a TPB of the "Wrack and Ruin" saga? Do you prefer Christmas themed covers? Can you handle multiple Frew stories being started & not finished? Or would you prefer having one at a time? Do you like Phantom by Gaslight? Are you a phan of the Lee Falk story titled "The Chain"? What is your views on the new art by Bret Blevins? What about the theory from Team CC, that we will evolve and grow to like any style? Do you subscribe to that? Can you handle your Phantom Lore being changed or modified? Did you go to the Bundaberg gallery? Please give us your thoughts. Has anyone brought and drunk the Phantom themed beer from Finland? The Phantom community is amazing and we are asking for help. If you can help in the following areas, please contact us: If you're from Greece, France, Hungry and or Brazil and you would like to review the comics that come from your country for Chronicle Chamber, please contact us. We are still chasing someone who can review and taste the Finnish beer for us. If you can help, please contact us. We will even pay for the beer to be brought - Free Beer! Are there any Phantom phans who understand the copyright law? Please get in touch with us. Does anyone have a copy of the A&E Biography episode of the Phantom? We would love a copy for the Phantom Preservation Project. Make sure you stay with us and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel.

Jermayn Parker, Stephen East and Dan Fraser sit down and discuss the 2024 Frew Annual which consists of 8 stories, featuring 6 Sunday newspapers, 1 from Team Fantomen, 1 story from Moonstone featuring 5 chapters and of course the replica of Frew issue #34. Now is the time to subscribe to our YouTube Channel, website and or our social media platforms in Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Make sure you leave a comment, review and subscribe. Note what you will see on the YouTube video will be the stories in colour, the Sunday stories printed in the Frew annual are in black and white. We also recommend watching / listening to our podcast interview with both Tony DePaul and Graham Nolan as a lot of the discussions and questions we ask are covered in these interviews. If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of what we have discussed and reviewed. "The Viking Fortress Mystery" by Tony DePaul and Graham Nolan: 7 Minutes "The Iron Python" by Tony DePaul and Graham Nolan: 15 Minutes "The Prince Rex Conspiracy" by Tony DePaul and Graham Nolan: 23 Minutes "On the Trail of an Assassin" by Tony DePaul and Graham Nolan: 30 Minutes "The Fire Peak Tribe" by Tony DePaul and Graham Nolan: 39 Minutes & 30 Seconds "The Time Skip" by Tony DePaul and Graham Nolan: 47 Minutes & 30 Seconds "The Boy from San Diablo" by Graham Nolan and Kari Leppänen: 58 Minutes & 30 Seconds "Five Days of the Dragon Chapter 1-5": 1 Hour & 5 Minutes "Five Days of the Dragon Chapter 1" by Ron Marz and Rubén Procopio "Five Days of the Dragon Chapter 2" by Tony Bedard and Allan Goldman "Five Days of the Dragon Chapter 3" by Chuck Dixon and Graham Nolan "Five Days of the Dragon Chapter 4" by Rafael Nieves, Tony Akins and Ken Wolak "Five Days of the Dragon Chapter 5" by Mike Bullock and Juan Ferreyra Points of discussion on the Annual: 1 Hour & 12 Minutes Please note, this podcast includes a prepared statement to apologise for a mistake we made in X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #272. It is also worth noting that we recently reviewed the "Five Days of the Dragon Chapter 1-5" in our X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #269. You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. We would love some feedback on what we discussed on the podcast. 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 try and review 2023 in two hours. We go over the tale of the tape, highlighting every comic and merchandise released around the world in 2023 and then go over our favs. We have regular contributors joining us in Ankit Mitra, Christian Moeller, Seuj Abir, Mikael Lyck, Duncan Munro and Christopher Schaffer and giving their input as well. We also go over the Frew best cover, best issue and best story as voted by you, the phans. Towards the end of the podcast we draw the winners for the 5 prizes. First up, we go over the comics and stories published from around the world, the collectables and the newspaper stories that were published or released in 2023. Then we go over our "best of's". The topics we cover are: Best non-Frew/Fantomen/Indian cover Best Frew cover Best Frew cover chosen by the phans Best Fantomen cover Best Indian cover Best German cover Best writer Best story artist Best story published by Frew Best Frew story chosen by the phans Best Fantomen best story Best Fantomen issue Best Regal/Shatki story Best Regal/Shatki issue Best German story Best German issue Best Frew issue Best Frew issue chosen by the phans Best merchandise new in 2023 Best Chronicle Chamber moment Overall reflection on 2023 What will be the big news of 2024? We choose from the following tale of the tape: Newspaper Stories (worldwide) 3 Daily stories (1x started in 2022 and 1x ending in 2024) 2 Sunday stories (1x started in 2022 and the other ending in 2024) Frew - Australia Regular issues: 26 (1935-1960) (link) 15x different cover artists Frew Created Stories: 21 (15 in 2022, 12 in 2021 and 7 in 2020) 1st time published by Frew but not Frew stories: 23 (2022 had 11) Stories previously published by Frew: 22 stories (2022 had 28x reprinted stories. Only one was published in the regular series - "T" in issue #1947) 66 stories total (54 in 2022, 58 in 2021, 60 in 2020, 69 in 2019) Giant Size Phantom: 4 Issues (link) 8x stories (2022 had 4) Fewer total comics / books than the past 2017: 36 2018: 42 2019: 38 2020: 34 2021: 32 2022: 31 2023: 30 Fantomen - Sweden (link) 19 Regular Issues 2 TPBs 4 Replica HC books 1 HC collection Stories: 9x cover artists. Much higher than previous years 8 new newspaper stories (11 in 2022, 10 in 2021, 8 in 2020, 11 in 2019) 8 repeat stories (12 repeat stories in 2022, 24 repeat stories in 2021, 21 repeat stories in 2020, 0 repeat stories in 2019) In Total: 24 new stories. 8 repeat. 32 all together (2022 had 27 new stories, 12 repeat with 39 all together. 2021 had 22 new stories, 24 repeat with 46 all together). Hermes Press - USA: (link) 4 Daily (link) 1 Gold Keys Vol 2 (reprint) (link) Comics Revue - USA 6 issues (link) 1 with Phantom on the cover.(2 in 2022, 3 in 2021, 2 in 2020 & 3 in 2019). Regal - India 6 regular issues of English series (link) Shakti - India 5 issues (3x languages) (link) Mythos - Brazil (link) 1x TPBs 1x Ray Moore Collection Zauberstern - German (link) 6 Regular issues Including a total of 6x newspaper stories, 10x Moonstone, 1x TF & 4x DC stories). Wick - German (link) 4 Regular issues Other German Series Mitton HC & SC book (link) ECR 2x Magazines Norway 1 Year Album (link) 4 Chronicle Albums (link) Finland 2 Softcover album (link and link) Spain 1 Daily strip Albums (similar vein as Hermes) (link) Greece 5 issues (link) 1x Phantom on cover Total comics from around the world: 10 countries (maybe 11 with Hungary but not 100% sure. We lost France. NOTE: We have backdated the Greece comics which came out in 2021 which we initially didn’t know about). 2022: 12x 2021: 11x 2020: 9x 105 comics (most since the early 1990’s). 2022: 98 2021: 101 2020: 77 2019: 76 35 brand new stories (not reprints or seen before in any language). 2022: 30 2021: 21 2020: 22 2019: 23 From a Collectables point of view, we had the following released: Boss Fight Studio: Wave 2, Blind Bag Mini Figurines (link) and Power Stars figurine DotE Keyrings (link) Henrik Salhstorm prints (link) Iron Studio’s Phantom & Devil (link) New Fantomen tote bag (link) Mallon 2024 Diary (link) Reapers Quest Jewellery Boxes (link) Perth Mint: Coloured Coin (link), 2oz coin (link) & figurine coin (link) Clothing (Brisco USA (link) & Souled Store (link)) Ikon Collectables 3D mug (link) Maku Brewing Beer cans (link) Frew Pholio 9 (link) ElastoWit army men style figurines (link) Gold Gilded Perth Mint Coin (link) Frew Posters (link) If you feel we have missed something in our reviews of 2023 and or do not agree with our votes, please let us know. We would love to know your opinions on the best of 2023. You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Make sure you stay with us and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel.