Every month, we take an hour or two to discuss all things Phantom from around the world. This month for May 2025, we review comics from Australia and Germany, catch up on the newspaper adventures printed on Comics Kingdom and discuss every bit of Phantom related news from around the world with comic conventions, the latest comics soon to be released, and much more. 

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 Adventures Progress

• Daily #268 - "The Spark" by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley: 2 Mins
• Sunday #197 - "The Ungraved" by Tony DePaul and Jeff Weigel: 12 Mins

Australia (Frew Comics)

• Frew #1997: 18 Mins
  • "Firepower" by Dai Darell, Magnus Carling, Rafael Ruiz, and Coral Martínez
  • "Waiting for Dad" by Shane Foley
• Frew #1998: 33 Mins
  • “Captured from Above” by Bernd Frenz and Janusz Ordon
  • “Purple Haze” by Paul Mason

German Comics

• Zauberstern #18: 51 Minutes
  • "Goldbeard, der Pirat" ("Goldbeard the Pirate") by Joe Gill and Don Sherwood
  • "Der Fluch des Kallai" ("The Curse of Kallai") by Dick Wood, Pat Boyette, and Vince Alascia
  • "Kampf der Masken - Teil 2" ("The Den of Tigers") by Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan
  • "Kampf der Masken - Teil 3" ("Mexico's Phantom") by Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan

Phantom News from around the world

• The Phantom census (link): 56 Mins
• New USA newspapers publishing the Phantom (link): 58 Mins
• Frew Legacy Series Volume 1 and 2 (link): 1 Hour
• Frew number 2000 details (link): 1 Hour, 4 Mins
• Other items available for sale at Frew booth: 1 Hour and 17 Min 
• Fantomen Prince Rex Softcover album Volume 2 available for pre order (link): 1 Hour and 21 Mins
• Denmark e-Voke #3 and #4 (link & link): 1 Hour and 22 Mins
• Spanish Dolmen #18 out now:  1 Hour and 22 Mins
• Peter David passing (link): 1 Hour and 23 Mins
• Hermes Press distribution update (link): 1 Hour and 25 Mins
• Sydney Supanova guests & updates (link): 1 Hour and 28 Mins

We can only report and discuss what we have seen or been told, We may miss something especially conventions in your corner of the world with Phantom related guests. Please let us know of them so we can promote them. We are also looking for reviewers who can review comics from India, Sweden, Finland, France, Italy and some other locations that publish the Phantom. If you would like to join the team with regular reviews, please contact us.

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