X-Band: The Phantom Podcast
Episodes
#246 - March 2023 Comics & News
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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, th...
#245 - March 2023 Open Mic
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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....
#244B - January & February 2023 Fantomen & Indian Comics & News
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
#244A - January & February 2023 Frew Comics
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
#243 - Previewing Fantomen 2023
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 Thos...
#242 - Introducing Ash Nicholls and Art of Play
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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. Th...
#241 - With Ivan Pedersen (Phan & Colourist)
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
#240 - Our Best of 2022
08 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The team Dan Fraser, Jermayn Parker and Stephen East join together along with contributors Duncan Munro, Mikael Lyck and Ankit Mitra to discuss EVERYT...
#239 - New Years Resolution - Let's Read Some Back Issues
01 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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, s...
#238 - December 2022 Comics & News
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 Dec...
237 - Presenting the Phantom Bible
11 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Fraser and Stephen East are joined by contributors Duncan Munro and Ankit Mitra as they discuss and grill Jermayn Parker over the project "Th...
#236 - November 2022 Comics & News
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
#235 - When The Phantom Became Swedish
20 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mikael Lyck takes over the reigns and leads the interview with special guest Robert Aman about his new book "When the Phantom Became Swedish"...
#234 - Kelby Wooldridge & His Kickstarter Campaign
06 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Reapers Quest this past week (2nd November 2022) has started his kickstarter campaign for miniatures of the Phantom country. We sit down with Kelby Wo...
#233 - October 2022 Comics & News
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
#232 - A Look into the End of the Phantom?
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 Pha...
#231 - with Chris Walker (Cosplayer from USA)
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jermayn Parker chats with Christopher Walker a cosplayer from USA who is in the middle of something special including finding some other cosplayers in...
#230 - September 2022 Comics & News
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 Phant...
#229 - with Cosplay Chris (Chris Stanley)
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#228 - Paul Mason & Masked Marvel
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East join forces again to discuss with phan phav creator Paul Mason on his latest Frew Publications created sto...
#227 - The Phantom Goes Digital
21 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 anno...
#226 - July & August 2022 Comics & News
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen East and Jermayn Parker join together talking all the latest Phantom comics and news from around the world. Joined by Mikael Lyck and Christia...
#225 - With Sy & David Barry
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ti...
#224 - With Pidde Andersson
10 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 c...
#223 - June 2022 Comics & News
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker join together talking all the latest Phantom comics and news from around the world. Joined by Mikael Lyck who reviews th...
#222B - Reviewing Sydnova 2022
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser from Chronicle Chamber and many other Phantom phans converged to Sydney the past weekend (17, 18 & 19 June 2022). Here ...
#222 - With Rene White Previewing Sydnova 2022
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jermayn Parker is joined by Frew Publications co owner Rene White as they go over Sydnova 2022 featuring the Frew open house, Supanova and the LFMBEC ...
#221 - Online Phundraiser Studio Session
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Three young bucks, artists Jamie Johnson, Daniel Picciotto and Camillo Di Pietrantonio banded together in an 'online studio session' to rais...
#220 - May 2022 Comics & News
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The three are together talking all the latest Phantom comics and news from around the world. Joined by Mikael Lyck who reviews the latest Fantomen com...
#219 - Regal Publishers & the new "Terror of the Python" TPB
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jermayn Parker is joined by Ankit Mitra as they talk to Pratheesh from Regal Publishers, the Indian publisher bringing back the Phantom with great suc...
#218 - Matt Kyme (Creator and Phan)
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker continues the series of having a good chat with phans who also wear the hat as a creator. We tackle all the hard questio...
#217 - April 2022 Comics & News
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The three amigo's are together talking all the latest Phantom comics and news from around the world. Joined by Mikael Lyck and Ankit Mitra who re...
#216 - Duncan Munro (Phan & Creator)
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jermayn Parker tackles Duncan Munro on his own and together they get up to some mischief and phun talking everything Phantom. It is a fast paced chat ...
#215 - 2022 Melbourne Supanova
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A huge shout out to Sean Bassett who was our reporter for the day down at the 2022 Melbourne Supanova on the weekend of March 5 and 6. Sean records hi...
#214A - Call out to Support Ukraine
26 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A video call with Sal Velluto who together with Chronicle Chamber calls out phellow Phantom artists to support Ukraine through some donations of their...
#214 - March 2022 Comics & News
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The three amigo's are back together talking all the latest Phantom comics & news from around the world. Joined by Mikael Lyck who reviews the...
#213 - Random Phantom Phacts
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Who loves a good random phact? Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser got over 10 random phacts from around the world. We reckon not one phan will know all 1...
#212 - January 2022 Comics
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As we mentioned in our X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #211, due to the festive season, COVID, family sickness and work, we have fallen behind in our comi...
#211 - January 2022 News
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Due to the festive season, COVID, family sickness and work, we have fallen behind in our comics and news monthly podcasts. Our last one December and w...
#210 - Jeff Parker - 'Kings Watch' Writer
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The boys Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East join together to interview Jeff Parker the writer of the popular Dynamite Entertainment "Kin...
#209 - Our Best of 2021 (& Frew Best Of Results)
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a bumper 2 hour podcast Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East go over their favourites for 2021 from around the world. Mikael Lyck and Ankit ...
#208 - New Years Resolution - Read Some Back Issues
02 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To wrap up our festive season we have created a New Years Resolution that we all can get around and ensure we follow through. Forget eating healthy, s...
#207 - Merry Phantoming
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For our Merry Phantoming (Christmas) X-Band: The Phantom Podcast we decided to have some phun. We created a quiz to celebrate the festive season. The ...
#206 - Phan Phavourite Frew 2021
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is just shy of 16 minutes - maybe our shortest EVER!Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East talk about some of their favourite Frew i...
#205 - December 2021 Comics and News
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Another bumper (and long) X-Band: The Phantom Podcast as we look back at the comics and Phantom related news that have come out in November and Decemb...
#204 - Crossovers
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Crossovers are all the rage within the comics universe with success with movies, so why not the Phantom? Stephen East, Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker c...
#203 - Lou Manna
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker are joined by Moonstone and Frew cover and story artist Lou Manna. It was a great phun podcast as we chatted about his...
#202 - October 2021 Comics and News
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Another bumper (and long) X-Band: The Phantom Podcast as we look back at the comics and Phantom related news that have come out in October 2021.Mikael...
#201 - Editor Andreas Eriksson & Fantomen 2022
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fantomen editor Andreas Eriksson joins us in episode #201. He introduces himself, his role and how its different to past editor Mikael Sol (His interv...
#200 - Celebration with our Patreons, Tony DePaul, Mike Manley & Jeff Weigel
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our 200th celebration for X-Band: The Phantom Podcast. It has been an amazing ride for the last 8+ years. Chronicle Chamber gives thanks to...
#199 - Phun with Jason Paulos
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Paulos, is one of the most prolific Frew creators and we have not had him on since 2016 in X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #65 when we where introdu...
#198 - Phan Commentary of the Billy Zane Movie
26 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the 1996 Phantom movie being released we hold a phan commentary on the movie. This podcast is released on the day...
#197 - August & September 2021 Comics & News
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We manage to get the podcast under two hours as we review 6 weeks of comics from Frew Publications and Fantomen by regulars Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser...
#196A: The Death of the 21st Phantom
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
During our recording of our 200th podcast with our patreons and newspaper creators Tony DePaul, Mike Manley and Jeff Weigel, Tony was asked about the ...
#196 - Brainstorming a Phantom Bible
22 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After reading disappointing stories from various publishers and then asking King Features Syndicate about their Phantom bible in X-Band: The Phantom P...
#195 - July 2021 Comics & News
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser with input by regulars Mikael Lyck, Stephen East and Ankit Mitra review all the latest Phantom news and comics from arou...
#194 - Vale Claes Reimerthi
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every Phantom phan was devastated when they heard the news of Claes Reimerthi passing on the 23 of July 2021. Please read our obituary on the legacy o...
#193 - With Glenn Lumsden
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Glenn Lumsden is a very popular Australian artist who first drew comics in Australia back in the 1970's. He was one of the first Australian artis...
#192B - May & June 2021 News (Plus Interview with Ankit Mitra)
04 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker continue the podcast with #192B discussing all the news from May and June 2021. This follows the comics from May and Jun...
#192A - May & June 2021 Comics
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With the team at Chronicle Chamber releasing other topical podcasts it meant the normal practice of a comics and news podcast once a month did not hap...
#191 - With KFS, The Phantom Custodians
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every since we started this website and the X-Band: The Phantom Podcast one of the most common questions we have received is when will we get to hear ...
#190 - The Phantom & The Phuture (with Guest Andrew Constant)
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
*This is the 200th episode actually published.In Frew 1893, Dudley Hogarth the Frew publisher in his Message from the Publisher suggested that the sho...
#189 - Matt Kyme, Shane Foley, Diana & Heartbreak
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you love classic Lee Falk, Wilson McCoy and Ray Moore, this is a must listen (or watch) Podcast as we chat with two Australian creators whose work ...
#188 - Frew & Team Fantomen Artist Anthony Spay
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Spay's first story appeared in the 2019 Fantomen Christmas album and in no time he has seven completed stories to his credit. In this epi...
#187 - April 2021 Comics & News
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are back to a shorter comics and news podcast this month. Due to timing there isn't a Regal Publishers comic to review but Mikael Lyck is join...
#186 - Moonstone & Team Fantomen Writer Ben Raab
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by past Phantom Team Fantomen & Moonstone writer, Ben Raab who wrote 23 Phantom stories over a decade between 1999 and 2009.Some of ...
#185B - March 2021 News
04 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It may be only be a month since our last comics and news podcast but with 11 comics out around the world, Claes Reimerthi retiring, board and card gam...
#185A - March 2021 Comics
28 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It may be only be a month since our last comics and news podcast but with 11 comics out around the world, Claes Remierthi retiring, board and card gam...
#184 - Past Sunday Artist, Terry Beatty
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by past Phantom Sunday artist, Terry Beatty who drew the Phantom in the KFS Sunday newspaper strip between the dates of January 29, 2012...
#183 - Frew Crew 5 Year Retrospect
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FREW CREW!!! Tuesday 23 February we celebrated 5 years of the Frew Crew releasing their first comic and we discussed what they have do...
#182 - Happy 85th Birthday
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!It is The Phantoms 85th Birthday - on this day back in 1936, something amazing happened with the debut of a comic strip in the newspa...
#181 - February 2021 Comics & News
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It may be only be a month since our last comics and news podcast but with a heap of news and four comics to review there is plenty to talk about. Who ...
#180 - The Phantom & Colour
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are Frew readers colourblind? If you like watching your podcasts with props, this will be a podcast to watch on YouTube.To discuss The Phantom & ...
#179 - Phans' Phavourites Of 2020
17 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jermayn, Dan, Stephen & Mikael go over their phavourites from around the world for 2020 including the "Frew Best Of 2020" results as hel...
#178 - January 2021 Comics & News
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It may be only be a month since our last comics and news podcast but with a heap of news and four comics to review there is plenty to talk about.As so...
#177 - Merry Phantoming
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It is time for some phun to end 2020!We are joined by Callum Markin who is one of our loyal patreons as we let down our hair, put on some silly hats a...
#176 - With Tim Boyle Writer of the 2010 "The Phantom Legacy" Movie
13 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is a podcast you do not want to miss out on listening to and watch. We had the honour to interview Timothy Boyle (Boiling Point Pictures & On...
#175 - December 2020 Comics & News
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We have not released a comics and news for a while and it shows with an almost three hour long podcast. Stay with us and be prepared to go through sev...
#174 - With Wulfric Media
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
By now most phans know of Wulfic Media and their huge range of Phantom rings they have released. What follows is an almost two hour chat with Kelby Wo...
#173 - With Thom Schillinger (Phantom 2040 Art Director)
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Phantom 2040 is a French / American animated TV series that aired from September 18, 1994 to March 3, 1996 with 35 episodes. The series was generally ...
#172 - Our Top 10 Phantom Villains
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When talking to Grange in X-Band: The Phantom Podcast Ep #168 we talked about villains and his rogues gallery. Ironically back in 2007 Paul Jonassen ...
#171 - What Would You...
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of our more favourite podcast subjects is the "What Would You Choose" game. The concept is you nominate a question or category with two ...
#170 - Matt Kyme & His All Time Favourite Phantom Story
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Comic creator and Phantom phan Matt Kyme is back reviewing a classic Phantom story. This is now the fourth story of the mini series we have been relea...
#169 - October 2020 Comics & News
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It is a bumper podcast with 10 comics being reviewed and over two months worth of news to go through. It is also our first time we have more than corr...
#168 - Grange Wallis & His 'Ibis Mystery' Covers
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Creator Grange Wallis is the artist behind the Frew Publications covers of the current "Ibis Mystery" saga (issues #1873 to #1876). In typi...
#167 - Matt Kyme & The Diamond Hunters
20 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Comic creator and Phantom phan Matt Kyme is back reviewing a classic Phantom story. This is now the third story of the mini series we have been releas...
#166 - Matt Kyme & The Sky Band
13 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Comic creator and Phantom phan Matt Kyme is back reviewing a classic Phantom story after the popularity of his review of the "Singh Brotherhood&q...
#165 - Marko Davidovic & Phantom Wiki
06 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When www.Deepwoods.org stopped being updated and as technology has improved the Phantom Wiki is now the best Phantom resource out there. What makes th...
#164 - Phantom's World in Retrospect
30 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On August 25 2016 a new concept was released by Frew called "Phantom's World" which consisted of stories from around the world never pr...
#163 - Luke McDonnell, DC Phantom Artist
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After our popular X-Band: The Phantom Podcast episode #155 with DC Phantom writer Mark Verheiden, we had to talk to to the other half of the ever popu...
#162 - Matt Kyme & The Singh Brotherhood
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Kyme takes over the reigns of the X-Band: The Phantom Podcast and goes deep on the first Phantom story "The Singh Brotherhood" with a r...
#161 - July 2020 Comics & News
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While many of our Phantom phriends are still stuck in isolation we have some phun talking about the latest Phantom comics and news from around the wor...
#160 - Luca Erbetta, Frew & Egmont Cover Artist
19 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Luca Erbetta is one of the few artists who draws covers for Frew Publications and also Egmont and as you will learn he also has a new cover coming out...
#159 - With Antonio Lemos
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest podcast we talk to Antonio Lemos Frew cover artist who has been producing covers since 1993 with over 170 to his name. This is phun pod...
#158 - June Comics & News
28 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is a bumper podcast with five phans in Stephen, Dan, Jermayn, Mikael Lyck and Duncan Munro talking about the latest Phantom news and comics from ...
#157 - Dietmar Lederwasch, 99.94 Editions
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest podcast we talk to Dietmar Lederwasch of "99.94 Editions" and the 2014-2017 Phantom Art Gallery fame. Dietmar is a super phan ...
#156 - The Fight Against Singh
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We review the latest installment of the 22nd Phantom saga which see's Kit and Heloise the children of our Phantom the 21st and Diana take over th...
#155 - Mark Verheiden, DC Phantom Writer
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Listeners of the X-Band: The Phantom Podcast have spoken asking for a creator interview from the very highly regarded DC Phantom Series from 1989-1990...
#154 - Rick Hoberg, DotE Art Director
24 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the podcast a lot of phans have been waiting for. We talk to Rick Hoberg who was one of two Art Directors for the hit 1980's TV Series &q...
#153 - The Stories Behind the Cards
17 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by Mikael Lyck, the creator and developer behind "The Phantom: The Card Game" and we discuss and review the stories that form ...