X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

We have some phun (with a PH) and discuss playing in Lee Falk ’s sandbox. The concept of playing in a sandbox is about playing with someone else’s creation, ie the Phantom. Jermayn Parker , Stephen East and Dan Fraser are joined with Shane Foley and Matt Kyme who are two creators who thrive playing in the sandbox. All creators go some way into adding the “toys” that creators can play with in the s...

The team are all together as they attempt to go through months comic reviews and news from around the world under two hours. Even in a quiet month, they still find a lot to talk about. we would love to hear your opinions as well. 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 Publications Comics Review Frew #1939: 3 Minutes...

Every phan has an opinion so we have opened the podcast microphone and allowed several phans to voice their opinions on several key modern day topics. This podcast is the recorded conversation between Jermayn Parker and five other phans from around Australia and India.  If you missed the open mic invite and are now kicking yourself for missing out and want to participate next time, keep an eye out...

The team Dan Fraser , Jermayn Parker and Stephen East are all together as they attempt to go through almost two and a half months of comic reviews and news. As you can all probably assume, they failed so much, this podcast has been split into two.  The first podcast is the Frew comics which consist of four comics and 14 stories which you can listen to here. This is the second part of the podcast w...

The team Dan Fraser , Jermayn Parker and Stephen East are all together as they attempt to go through almost two and a half months of comic reviews and news. As you can all probably assume, they failed so much, this podcast has been split into two.  The first podcast will be the Frew comics which consist of four comics and 14 stories. The second part of the podcast will be out soon. The second part...

Jermayn Parker is the odd man out as he is joined not by one, or even two but three Swedes in Mikael Lyck , Andreas Eriksson and Jacob Habinc . For Those Who Came In Late: Andreas and Jacob are the editors for Fantomen and they give what we can look forward to for the year 2023. Mikael Lyck helps drill the two editors and we manage to get several exclusives from the editorial team. We start off by...

The team interviews the man behind perhaps the biggest news of the last 10 years - the announcement of the Phantom video game by Art of Play Games . Thousands of phans from around the world were shocked, amazed and generally excited at the announcement.  After the excitement sunk in, the questions flowed so we sat down with Art of Play games director Ash Nicholls who was very open and we think to...

Something a little special this time around as we interview Norwegian Ivan Pedersen who is a long time phan & has worked on 6+ publishers living the dream as a phan. Majority of phans who have a social media profile would know off Ivan . Jermayn Parker flies solo chatting with Ivan as they hash out some online arguments throughout the last 20 years. It is a rather in depth interview as we star...

The team Dan Fraser , Jermayn Parker and Stephen East join together along with contributors Duncan Munro , Mikael Lyck and Ankit Mitra to discuss EVERYTHING that has been published and released in the year 2022.  We do it in two hours. Grab a glass of milk or start that park run and enjoy! 2022 see's 11 countries publishing the Phantom, 98 comics from around the world. That is roughly two Pha...

To wrap up the festive season we have created a New Years Resolution that we all can get around and ensure we follow through. Forget eating healthy, saving your money or doing more exercise - let us all take some time out and read a Phantom back issue. Seuj Abir , Bradleigh Kelly , Duncan Munro and Ankit Mitra join regulars Jermayn Parker , Dan Fraser and Stephen East in reviewing a story that is...

The team join for the last X-Band: The Phantom Podcast of the year as we discuss all the latest comics being released and Phantom related news for December. We also have some phun stating our Phantom related Christmas wish for 2023. Please note that our reviews of the Indian comics Regal Publications #26 and Shakti #6 will be up on our website and YouTube channel after this podcast comes out. If y...

Dan Fraser and Stephen East are joined by contributors Duncan Munro and Ankit Mitra as they discuss and grill Jermayn Parker over the project "The Phantom Bible" which is now open for use.  What is the Phantom bible? One suggested it is a jumping off point for inspiration and a sense check for reigning you in if you go off in the wrong direction for creators. You can view the website at:...

Jermayn Parker is joined by fellow WA resident Callum Markin . With the mad rush to the end of the year forcing the regulars to be absent. Callum, one of our long standing Patreons who has supported Chronicle Chamber for years has pitched in off the bench.  We promise they only spent 5 minutes telling everyone how good WA and Perth is. If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of...

Mikael Lyck takes over the reigns and leads the interview with special guest Robert Aman about his new book " When the Phantom Became Swedish ". It is a rather provocative title and we are sure it will get some reactions from phans around the world.  Please note, we do discuss several stories in this podcast which are listed here and may be worth a read before listening/watching this pod...

Reapers Quest this past week (2nd November 2022) has started his kickstarter campaign for miniatures of the Phantom country. We sit down with Kelby Wooldridge and he goes into great detail on his campaign. Click here to go Pledge at Kickstarter   In this podcast chat we go over the pledge levels, the sizes of the miniatures and ask the hard questions. Have you backed yet? We wont be able to raise...

This is a bumper podcast as we try and squeeze two podcasts into one - comics and news plus a creator interview as Matt Kyme gives us a peak behind the curtain of story. The result? A long podcast. Hope you will enjoy it though. We have the full team  talking all the latest things Phantom from around the world for October 2022. Mikael Lyck reviews five issues plus we have a heap of news including...

Jermayn Parker is joined by Dan Fraser and Stephen East and we talk about one of the most controversial stories ever written. It features the 21st Phantom dying, the eyes being shown of the Phantom, Diana, Kit jnr and Heloise turning away from the Phantom, we see the end of the Walker line and much more. This story has seen a lot of angst and phans upset, sad and unsure what is next. We simply had...

Jermayn Parker chats with Christopher Walker a cosplayer from USA who is in the middle of something special including finding some other cosplayers including a Guran, Sala and Diana. You can view more of Christopher Walker 's work at his website which can be found here . Hope you have enjoyed our mini series of talking to some cosplayers from around the world who are dressing up and showcasin...

Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker join together talking all the latest Phantom comics and news from around the world. It has been a BIG month in the Phantom world. Phan and creator Duncan Munro takes the place of Stephen who is on holidays and does a great job filling his shoes. We are also joined with Mikael Lyck and Ohm Roy who review the Fantomen comics and the amazing Jean-Yves Mitton book by Blac...

Jermayn Parker , chats with Chris Stantley who may be better known as Cosplay Chris who caused a lot of excitement at the 2022 Sydney Supanova event as he cosplayed as the Phantom. Chris goes through the stages of building his costume, sourcing materials from around the world, children's toy shops and his visits to his local tailor. This is a PHUN podcast and we discuss all the interesting po...

Jermayn Parker , Dan Fraser and Stephen East join forces again to discuss with phan phav creator Paul Mason on his latest Frew Publications created story. The story has a lot of phans excited as it is a sequel to the Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy " The Masked Marvel ". We go through why Paul Mason loves the story, this era and the boxing themes in many classic Phantom stories. Paul also high...

Jermayn Parker and David Barry join forces to discuss with Scott Einiger who is the founder of Kleckt. You may remember Kleckt as the company who announced their intentions of turning Sy Barry into NFT on the Phantom's birthday i n 2022.  This podcast we try and dig into the future of the Phantom and getting the character digitised. As you listen or watch be prepared to have your mind blown,...

Stephen East and Jermayn Parker join together talking all the latest Phantom comics and news from around the world. Joined by Mikael Lyck and Christian Moller who review the Fantomen comics and the latest comics from Germany.  For those who cannot listen to the whole podcast, below is a runsheet with time stamps for you to listen to parts that may interest you. Frew Publications Comics Review Frew...

While this may be our third podcast with Sy Barry , he is a legend who has been in the industry for decades and has countless stories to share. This time is no different as we are also joined by his son David Barry who shares with us stories growing up as the son of a legend. This is a phun podcast you can watch or listen to. We do not want to give away everything we talk about but some of the sub...

Stephen East and Jermayn Parker join forces to chat with Pidde Andersson who is a Swede writing stories for the Australian Frew magazine. He is also currently the most prolific story writer for Frew . We discuss many interesting topics including how he got the job, the joys he received seeing his own stories intended for the English audience find its way to be published by the Fantomen magazine. H...