X-Band: The Phantom Podcast
X-Band: The Phantom Podcast
ChronicleChamber.com
Via the modern jungle drums Chronicle Chamber present the world's FIRST AND BEST podcast dedicated to the classic adventure comics hero, THE PHANTOM! If you're passionate about the Ghost Who Walks, this is one podcast you won't want to miss out on!Regular Hosts Jermayn, Stephen & Dan discuss everything in the Phantoms world from all the latest comics and news. We also regular interview Phantom creators and phans from around the world.
#343 - John Amor, "Phantom 2040: A New Shadow" artist
In this episode, Jermayn Parker is joined by our USA reviewer Scott Walyn as we interview the main artist of the new Comics Kingdom "Phantom 2040: A New Shadow" web comic series John Amor. In August 2026, we will be interviewing one of the other creators, Alex Segura who was one of the writers of the new web comic series. If you would like to ask any specific questions to him about the series, please contact us at [email protected]. We do love comments and feedback from the Pha...
Aug 2
46 min
#342 - Sounds from the 2026 Supanova panels & LFMBEC charity dinner
In this episode, we provide the recordings from the biggest Phantom phan meetup in the world, which was in Sydney in June 2026. It included the LFMBEC charity dinner and a Phantom-related panel held at Supanova Sydney and Supanova Perth. We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. If you agree and/or disagree with us, you can either email us; leave your comments at our YouTube channel, and/or leave them at our social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter, and/or...
Jul 21
1 hr 47 min
#341 - July 2026 newspaper stories, comics & news review
In this episode, Dan Fraserand Jermayn Parker come together to review and discuss Phantom comics, stories, and related news from around the world. Scott Waldyn joins the team with his reviews of the latest comic from the USA. Included in this review is an in-depth review of Frew's 90th birthday issue, which included 116 pages of full colour and 5 stories, the latest publisher news including Comics Kingdom, Fantomen magazine, and much more. In total you will have two-plus hours of glorio...
Jul 12
2 hr 8 min
#340 - Russell Olson, Mad Cave Studios Phantom artist
In 2025, The Phantom returned to being published in the USA thanks to Mad Cave Studios. In this podcast, we chat with Russell Mark Olson, who is / was the artist of the regular series. We talk about the hits of the series, as well as the controversial moments like the Phantom's eyes being shown and the Phantom swapping out his striped trunks. As Russell Olson is a visual person, he shows us plenty of behind-the-scenes content that is best viewed on YouTube. We talk about many topics, an...
Jun 30
1 hr 13 min
#339 - May & June 2026 newspaper stories, comics & news review
In this episode, the boys Dan Fraser, Jermayn Parker, and Stephen East come together to review and discuss Phantom comics, stories, and related news from around the world. Christian Moller joins the team with his reviews of the latest comics from Germany. Just a friendly reminder that we are a phan website and everyone has full-time jobs, children, and lives outside this website. Occasionally, life does get in the way, which included in this podcast a baby having to join us. We successf...
Jun 15
1 hr 54 min
#338 - Discussing the world’s largest phan gathering
Something a little different, as Jermayn Parker is joined by Nick Moles and Sean Bassett as they chat about the 2026 Phantom phan catch-up in Sydney, Australia. This event is the world’s largest phan gathering weekend and will see phans from around the world gathering together to celebrate our hero, the Phantom. As the three all have faces for radio, we will place throughout the video loads of photos of past Sydney weekends for those who want to watch the podcast on YouTube. Every year since ...
Jun 7
52 min
#337 - Review: 'The Phantom' (1996) 4K UHD Kino Lorber release
Something a little different, as today we review the recently remastered in 4K from a 35mm original camera negative by Kino Lorber, a boutique Blu-ray distributor. This new edition comes in both 4KUHD (two-disc) and Blu-ray (single disc) and can be purchased at the Kino Lorber website. Along with a new master of the film, each set (either two-disc or single) comes with audio commentary from directorSimon Wincer, a new interview with star Billy Zane, and an interview with film composer D...
Jun 1
10 min
#336 - Juancho Vélez, Colourist Extraordinaire
The American in the Chronicle Chamber crew, Scott Waldyn, jumps on the podcast this week to interview Juancho Vélez, the incredible colorist behind Defenders of the Earth, Defenders of the Earth: Dark Destiny, The Phantom vs. The Sky Band #1, and the upcoming The Phantom vs. The Red Dragons #1 from Mad Cave Studios. For comic book fans, Juancho Vélez has made a name for himself by contributing beautiful and rich colors to titles across the Mad Cave Studios slate, as well as work at DC and Mar...
May 17
51 min
#335 - April 2026 newspaper stories, comics & news review
In this episode, the boys come together to review and discuss Phantom comics, stories, and related news from around the world, including the team arguing over story elements in the latest newspaper, Frew, and the latest comics from Germany, Austria, and the USA. We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans. If you agree and/or disagree with us, you can either email us; leave your comments at our YouTube channel, and/or leave them at our social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter, and...
May 5
2 hr 9 min
#334 - Mikael Bergkvist Fantomen creator
Jermayn Parker goes solo as he interviews Fantomen creator Mikael Bergkvist who is one of the few creators who draws and writes Phantom stories for the Fantomen magazine. He joins the likes of Joan Boix, Hans Lindahl, Mikael Sol, Felmang and Lennart Moberg. Mikael is an interesting person whose career has been interwoven with several other known creators, including Fantomen writer Dai Darell and American creators like Neal Adams and Joe Rubenstein. We go over his two stories, his career...
Apr 21
43 min
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