#277 - March 2024 Comics & News Review | X-Band: The Phantom Podcast Podcast

#280 - Enter the Phantom: Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser chat with phan phav creator Matt Kyme who was the writer and artist behind Frew #1969 titled "Enter the Phantom". This story is special to a lot of Phantom phan geeks who love these types of stories. Towards the end of the podcast, phans from around the world submit their questions and comments to Matt and the new story. Some of the subjects we touch upon in this podcast are the following:His overall thoughts on the comic including some small problems with the way the comic was printed.The cover by Marcelo Baez.Why did Matt Kyme want to create a prequel for the "Singh Brotehrhood".Why he wanted to explore the back story of Uncle Dave (plus answers the question if he is Lily's blood sister or sister-in-law).Why he wanted to explore the Sunda Trench and Achmed Singh.Background information on the real life Sunda Trench.The juxtapositioning of the Phantom's pose on page 10 and 11.The references to past c by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#279 - Sounds from Supanova Melbourne 2024: Stephen East attended Supanova Melbourne 2024 and it was full of Phantom and got his recorder out to bring us the sounds from the event. We hear from a cosplayer, Ash Nicholls and several artist creators including four Frew cover artists. We have included the panel featuring Ash Nicholls as well as recordings from others including:Chris the cosplayer (Follow him on Instagram) who chats about his design of the costume.Maria Lewis from the podcast "The Phantom Never Dies"Ken Steacy Canadian comic artist and writer who drew a Phantom from the 1990's Gallery Trading card set. He talks about the origin of the card design plus his Australian heritage and connection.Lily McDonnell, who drew the cover for Frew 1913. This is the first time we have heard from her on this podcast.Lauren Marshall, Frew cover artistAlex Trpcevski, Frew cover artistJamie Johnson, Frew cover artist If you ever attend a comic convention and there are creators by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#278 - With Sy Barry & His Worldwide Influence: Presenting a recorded interview with Sy Barry that was originally recorded 18 months ago. Why have we held onto this for so long you may be asking? Great question! Jermayn Parker, and Ankit Mitra originally held this interview for the discussion to be included in the Regal Phantom comics. It can now be released in podcast format in its entirely. Any podcast with Sy is amazing and insightful and this interview is no different. During this podcast Sy Barry discusses a lot with us and some of the subjects are:Sy Barry's influence in India and other countries and how he never understood the influence until after his retirement.Why Sy Barry was so popular?Sy Barry's reference materials.Laying out sound effects in his stories to bring atmosphere in the story.Sy Barry asks us about Lee Falk's writing.Censorship of the strips in India.Reflection of his visits to Sweden and Australia.Colour in India and what Sy Barry thinks of the b by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#276 - February & March 2024 Comics & News Review: We discuss the latest Phantom comics and news from February and March 2024. This includes everything Phantom related from around the world including products, comics, publishers, creator changes and much more. Now is the time to subscribe to our YouTube Channel, website and or our social media platforms in Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Frew Phantom Comics:Frew #1963: 2 MinutesFrew #1964: 19 MinutesFrew #1965: 22 MinutesGiant Size #28: 36 Minutes Fantomen Phantom Comics:Fantomen 4/2024: 47 Minutes 30 SecondsFantomen 5/2024: 49 Minutes 30 SecondsFantomen 6-7/2024: 51 Minutes 30 Seconds German Phantom Comics:Zauberstern #11: 54 Minutes 30 Seconds Daily / Sunday Newspaper Stories ProgressDaily 265: "The Chain": 1 HourSunday 194: "The Commander Will See You Now": 1 Hour 9 Minutes Phantom News From Around the WorldMike Manley and the Daily strip: 1 Hour 14 Minutes & 30 SecondsRedesigned Comics Kingdom website by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#275 - The Phantom and AI: Jermayn Parker, and Dan Fraser tackle a hot button topic on AI alongside guest Grange Wallis who helps us understand the potential dangers, where we can be excited and the potential future of it in the world but also our Phantom comic. Is there room for it? 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. This podcast becomes philosophical and will get you to think. It may even be the most grown up discussion we have ever had. We also open up the floor from the phans and listeners who raise their questions and comments. A huge thanks to Michael Simshauser, Rosco, Sudipta Dutta, Omh Roy, Joe Walters, Mal Briggs, Jimmy James and Thomas Allwin for their comments and questions. Do you have any ideas where AI could help improve a Phantom comic? Why did the computer keep freezing during the winter? Find out during the podcast! Yo by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#274 - Andreas Eriksson The Writer: Jermayn Parker goes one on one with Andreas Eriksson who wears multiple hats when it comes to the Phantom. He writes stories, he is a phan, he edits comics for Fantomen and even helps edit Phantom Wiki. We have chatted with him about his journey as a phan and editor before and now we focus on the stories he has written for Frew, Fantomen and Lightning Strikes. 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. We go over some generic creator style questions like which was his first story he ever wrote, the 10 year journey of getting that story accepted, which Phantom and other creators inspire him plus other insights into how he writes his story including a story of finding inspiration during a multi hour drive. We ask Andreas Eriksson if he is planning on taking the role of the 22nd Phantom saga with the 21st Phanto by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#273 - Frew 2024 Annual Review: 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 G by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

88 min listen

#272 - December 2023 & January 2024 Comics & News Review: 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. Below is a timeline of what we discussed. Frew (Australia) Phantom Comics:Frew #1959: 4 MinutesFrew #1960: 20 MinutesFrew #1961: 43 Minutes & 30 Seconds Fantomen (Sweden) Phantom Comics:Fantomen 25-26/2023: 1 Hour German Phantom Comics:Wick #5: 1 Hour, 4 Minutes & 30 SecondsWick #6: 1 Hour, 7 Minutes & 15 SecondsZauberstern #10: 1 Hour, 8 Minutes & 45 Seconds Daily / Sunday Newspaper Stories ProgressDa by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

128 min listen

#271 - Our Review & Best Of 2023: 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, Christian , Seuj, Mikael, Duncan and Christopher 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 coverBest Frew coverBest Frew cover chosen by the phansBest Fantomen coverBest Indian coverBest German coverBest writerBest story artist Best story published by FrewBest Frew story chosen by the phansBest Fantomen best storyBest Fantomen is by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

113 min listen

#270 - Update on the New Moonstone Series with Mike Bullock: 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. 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 characterThere will be three stories released in 15 installments guarantying at least 15 comics and 150 pagesThe 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 TPBSergio Ibáñez will be drawing the first series, news to come for the Mandrake and cross over seriesKing Features have already approved several parts of the first Phantom and Mandrake seriesThe first Phantom and Mandrake stories take place at the same timeIf you are outside of USA and Canada, by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#269 - New Years Resolution - Read Some Back Issues: 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 M by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#268 - The Phantom Video Game Update: 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 purchaseMarch 20 2024: Playable Demo Release to Patreon supportersApril 6-7 2024: Melbourne Supanova & panel with Ash and Matt KymeJune 22-23 2024: Sydney Supanova & panel with Ash and Matt KymeSept 20 2024: NECA CompetitionOct 17-20 2024: NYCC with final trailerOctober 20 2024: Pre orders on the Limited Run’s websiteNov 30 2024: Digital by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#267 - 2023 Bundaberg QLD "Phantom: Off The Drawing Board" Art Gallery: 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 TwinsWhich past artists inspire himThe popularity of by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#266 - November 2023 Comics & New Review: Jermayn, Stephen and Dan sit down and discuss the comics news from November 2023 from around the world including products, exhibitions and 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 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 MinsFrew #1957: 10 Mins"The Pinstripe Wizards" by Jason Franks and Kay: 19 Mins 30 SecondsFrew #1958: 27 MinsGiantsize #27: 32 Mins Fantomen (Sweden) Phantom Comics:Fan by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#265 - Studio Session with Sy Barry, Lou Manna & Jeremy MacPherson: 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 by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#264 - Our Initial Thoughts on the Moonstone News: 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 includin by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#263 - October 2023 Comics & New Review: We sit down and discuss the comics news from September and October 2023 from around the world including products, exhibitions and much more. 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. Below is a timeline of what we discussed: Frew (Australia) Phantom Comics:Frew #1953: 1 Minutes 30 SecondsFrew #1954: 10 MinutesFrew #1955: 18 MinutesGiant size #26: 31 MinutesThe background information on the Defenders of the Earthi crossover story can be found here. Fantomen (Sweden) Phantom Comics:Fantomen 20/2023: 50 MinutesFantomen 2023 Softcover Album: 53 Minutes Daily / Sunday Newspaper Stories ProgressDaily 264: "The Journey Home": 57 MinutesSunday 194: "The Commander Will See You Now": 1 Hour 8 Minutes Phantom News From Around the WorldArt of Play Game update in New by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

104 min listen

#262 - Happy Frewnersary! Looking at Peter Chapman: 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 by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#261 - Happy Frewnersary! Looking At 75 Years of Frew: 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 through out until the 1980's including how they were key in helping the Team Fantomen stories become apart 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. Ke by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#260 - Frew 75th Anniversary Comic Review: 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 Minut by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#259 - August 2023 Comics & New Review: We sit down and discuss the comics news from August 2023 from around the world. Mikael Lyck, Christian Moeller and Seuj Abir review comics from Sweden, Germany and India. Stick around and let us have some phun as we discuss Phantom news and comics from five different countries (Australia, Sweden, USA, Chili and India). 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 #1950: 4 MinutesFrew #1951: 17 Minutes 30 Seconds Fantomen (Sweden) Phantom Comics:Fantomen 16/2023: 24 MinutesFantomen 17/2023: 26 Minutes 30 SecondsFantomen 18-19/2023: 28 Minutes 30 SecondsFantomen Hardcover “Den Hemliga Kronikan”: 31 Minutes 30 Seconds Indian Comics ReviewRegal #31: 36 Minutes Germany Comics ReviewWick #3: 56 Minutes 30 SecondsWick #4: 59 MinutesZauberstern #8: 1 Hour 3 Minutes Daily / Sunday Newspaper Stories ProgressDaily 263: "Dungeons Undone": 1 by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#258 - With Dr Antonio DiDio: 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 friends by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

75 min listen

#257 - July 2023 Comics & New Review: We sit down and discuss the comics news from July from seven different countries. If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline. Frew Comics:Frew #1947: 1 Minute 30 SecondsFrew #1948: 30 MinutesFrew #1949: 45 Minutes 30 Seconds Fantomen Comics:Fantomen 13/2023: 54 MinutesFantomen 14-15/2023: 57 Minutes Mustanaamio Comics:Karpaattien vampyyri 1 Hour 1 Minute & 30 Seconds Indian Comics ReviewShakti #8: 1 Hour 5 MinutesShakti #9: 1 Hour 17 MinutesRegal #30: 1 Hour 24 Minutes Daily / Sunday Newspaper Stories ProgressDaily 263: "Dungeons Undone": 1 Hour 35 Minutes & 30 SecondsSunday 193: "Return of the Temple of the Gods": 1 Hour 50 MinutesSunday 194: "The Commander Will See You Now": 1 Hour 56 Minutes Phantom News From Around the WorldKFS Announce a New TV Show in Development (link): 2 Hours 1 Minute 30 SecondsWe have created a podcast where the extended team pitche by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#256 - Pitching a Phantom TV Series: We are getting excited about the confirmation on the official KFS Phantom page that a new TV series is in development. Obviously with the very small notice given we don’t know much at all, but that’s not going to stop us speculating wildly! For big news like this, we’ve got Chronicle Chamber members from all over the world to share in the excitement with Mikael Lyck, Ankit Mitra and Duncan Munro joining Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker. Given we know next to nothing (read “absolutely nothing”) about what this series is actually going to look like, we decided to make out like this podcast as a pitch meeting with KFS where each of us pitch our concept to the showrunners, hoping to get greenlit for our idea to make the series. The five elevator pitches are: A Defenders reboot, centred around a near-future Kit Walker NYPD who grows into his Phantom legacy as a team develops to battle a new-age Ming.A two-speed narrative, with a season-long Presidential cou by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#255 - Sydney 2023 Wrapup (Supanova Panel, LFMBEC Speech & More): Did you go to Sydnova 2023? If not, we have you covered. Included in this podcast we have a recording of the Supanova Phantom panel with Alex Trpcevski, Lauren Marshall and Matt Kyme plus Alex Trpcevski's LFMBEC speech. Jermayn Parker also gives his review of the weekend as he discusses the phan catch ups, the LFMBEC dinner, the Frew booth and Supanova in general. The two recordings were recorded on a phone and in a non controlled environment, so the sound may not be the best. We did record the LFMBEC auction but because of the content, it was not included. Please note, we did get in trouble for this recording of the Supanova Phantom panel so there is a small chance that we will be requested to take it down. The Supanova panel starts at the 2 Minute 30 seconds mark and the LFMBEC dinner speech starts at the 46 Minute mark. The review of the whole weekend starts at the 54 Minute mark. If you have any feedback, you by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#254 - May 2023 Frew, Fantomen, Mustanaamio, Shatki & Regal Comics Review: The extended team Seuj Abir and Mikael Lyck join Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East as they go through the comics from May (and June). We review 14 Phantom comics in total - 5x from Frew Australia and 3x from Fantomen Sweden, 1x from Mustanaamio and 2x each from Regal and Shatki which are published in India. It is a huge 33 Phantom stories in total. As you can understand, this is why we split episode #253 and #254 into two separate podcasts. Sit back and enjoy the five reviewers as they discuss 33 Phantom stories first published from 1936 until 2023. 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) Comic Reviews:Frew #1943: 1 Minute 30 SecondsFrew #1944: 25 MinutesFrew #1945: 30 Minutes 30 SecondsFrew #1946: 47 Minutes (Link to learn about the history of the Presidency of Bangalla)(Link to Ep 190 Phuturistic Phantom&ap by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#253 - May 2023 News & Newspaper Stories Catch Up: The team Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East are all together as they go through the news from May (and June). We also go over the latest newspaper stories "Dungeons Undone" and "Return of the Temple of the Gods". It has been a busy but exciting last six weeks as we have new products to display in our Skull Caves, new clothing to wear at comic conventions and those boring Sunday lunches plus comics from Greece and France to discuss. Stick around and let us have some phun as we discuss Phantom news from seven different countries. Our review of 11+ comics from Australia, Sweden and India will come out in our next podcast in a weeks time. If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of what we discussed. Daily / Sunday Newspaper Stories ProgressDaily 263: "Dungeons Undone": 4 MinutesSunday 193: "Return of the Temple of the Gods": 15 Minutes P by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#252 - Supanova Sydney 2023 Preview: Who is excited about Sydnova 2023? For Those Who Have Come in Late a lot of Phantom phans from around Australia and the world gather in Sydney for a bunch of phan gatherings and Sydney Supanova. To help increase excitement, Jermayn Parker is joined by several Phantom creators and phans to preview the upcoming weekend. If you want to learn more about the event read our Phantom Sydnova 2023 preview. Make sure you listen or watch as we have giveaways to pass onto you but you need to give us the secret keyword. Australian Phantom creators in Jamie Johnson, Lauren Marshall, Duncan Munro, Matt Kyme, Jeremy MacPherson and Shane Foley all join us to discuss the event. We are also joined by phans Jon Cookson and Sean Bassett who join me to discuss why this event is indeed the pinnacle of Phantom collecting in Australia. The confirmed guests with a Phantom Influence are:Freddie Williams II (own booth)Daniel Picciotto (own booth)Alex Trpcevski (own booth)Jami by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

108 min listen

#251 - Catch Up on the Latest of the Phantom Video Game: Recently Art of Play Games released some new in game screenshots on the Phantom Video Game and the phan community was very excited so we thought it is best to catch up with him. Join Jermayn Parker and Stephen East as they go through the screenshots and ask all the questions to Ashley Nicholls. Some of the questions we asked Ashley Nicholls are below. These questions were asked by phans that were sent to us or asked on the various social media accounts:Is July 2024 still the targeted release date?Any luck with Billy Zane? Trailer of the story / video game coming out soon?Any plans for downloadable content?Any plans for alternative slipcovers?For those non gamers, what ‘collectable’ element would there be for us? Will there be other collectable's to collect besides the actual video game?Will there be a crowd funding option?How do you plan to deal with the characters' relative obscurity outside selective countries like Au by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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#250 - Introducing 'Draw for Life' Charity Art Auction: Jermayn Parker is joined with David and Sy Barry as they introduce a charity art auction to raise funds for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund. The auction will be held at the new website www.DrawForLife.org between the dates July 1st to July 8th 2023. We talk about the genesis of the event. Why Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund are important and the choice of the charity. We also go through the meaning behind Sy Barry's piece. We mention the names involved which include Sy Barry, Alex Saviuk, Joe and Frank Giella, Sal Velluto, Jeff Weigel, Keith Williams, Chris Nye, Antonio Lemos, Bunny Hoest, Lou Manna, Anthony Spay, Joe Vissichelli and many others. We also go through some of the artwork to be donated. If you would like to submit your own art for the auction, please contact David Barry at either their website www.DrawForLife.org, email at dfl.dfci@gmail.com or their social media Instagram page. I by X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

25 min listen

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