#292 - October 2024 Newspaper Stories, Comics & News Review

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

Join us as we catch up with all the latest happenings with the Phantom from around the world in the month of October 2024. This podcast is truly international as we fly around dissecting Phantom related news from Sweden, Germany, Finland, Italy and Ukraine then review the latest Daily and Sunday newspaper stories and review comics from Australia, Sweden, Germany and USA.

We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. At the bottom of the article, we list some talking points we would love to have your input on.
Below is a timeline of what we discussed

Daily & Sunday Newspaper story progress

• Daily 266 "The Avarice has Landed": 6 Mins, 30 Secs
• Sunday 195 "The Princess of Songhai": 19 Mins, 30 Secs
  • Tony DePaul's blog post about the start of this adventure

Phantom comics

• Frew Comics (Australia)
  • "The Mystery of the Mali Ibex" (Frew #1980): 30 Mins, 30 Secs
  • "The Coast of Chains" (Frew #1981): 40 Mins, 30 Secs
  • "Operation Domino: Silent Running Chapter Four" and "Operation Domino: The Irregulars Chapter Five" (Frew 1981): 50 Mins, 45 Secs
• Mad Cave Studios (USA)
  • Defenders of the Earth #2: 1 Hour, 30 Secs
• Egmont (Sweden)
  • Fantomen 20-2024: 1 Hour, 6 Mins, 30 Secs
  • Fantomen 21-2024: 1 Hour, 10 Mins, 30 Secs
• Wick & Zauberstern (German)
  • Wick #8: 1 Hour, 14 Mins
  • Zauberstern #14: 1 Hour

Phantom news

• Zack Edition release Phantom series (link): 1 Hour, 22 Mins
• Editoriale Cosmo Italian book out: 1 Hour, 24 Mins
• Fantomet 2024 Album out 8th Nov (link): 1 Hour, 25 Mins
• Arki Design merch now out for sale (link): 1 Hour, 28 Mins
• Swedish Fantomen Subscription towel (link): 1 Hour, 34 Mins
• Phantom playset by ElastoWit (link): 1 Hour, 37 Mins

We would love to have your input on the following topics:

• What would you like to see us do for our 300th episode?
• Are you enjoying the AI subject with the current daily story "The Avarice has Landed"?
• Do you think the humanoid looks like the real life Elon Musk?
• Do you like your Phantom stories featuring current and future technology?
• Do you agree that it is best for Frew not to print black and white versions of Don Newton stories?
• Do you see this Operation Domino storyline happening before the Phantom Goes to War Lee Falk story if it was happening in chronological order?
• Do you like the idea of these publishers from around the world creating books featuring their local countrymen stories?
• Will you be purchasing any of the Finnish products? Would you like to see Frew and or PhantomsVault sell them?
• Would you buy a Fantomen subscription just for the freebie of the beach towel?

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