#302 - February 2025 Newspaper Stories, Comics & News Review

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

What better way to escape the world's troubles with weather patterns and political upheaval dominating our life than spending time with us as we review everything Phantom from February 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.

We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world.

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: 1 Min
• Sunday #196 - "The Princess of Songhai" by Tony DePaul and Jeff Weigel: 20 Mins

Australia (Frew Comics)

• Frew #1989: 27 Mins
  • "Deadly Conspiracy" by Norman Worker and Georges Bess
• Frew #1991: 31 Mins
  • "The Devil Road" by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy
  • "The Impostor" by Lee Falk and Ray Moore
  • "The Toad Men" by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy
• Frew #1990: 34 Mins
  • "The Lost Valley: Maelstrom" by Felmang
• Frew #1992: 47 Mins
  • "The Lost Valley: Two Princesses" by Felmang
• Giant Size #32: 55 Mins
  • "The Haunted Mine" by Giorgio Cambiotti and Lamberto Lombardi

Germany (Zauberstern Comics)

• Zauberstern #17: 59 Mins

News from around the world

• Tony DePaul’s health (link): 1 Hr, 2 Mins
• The Phantom video game updates: 1 Hr, 4 Mins
• Moonstone news (link): 1 Hr, 9 Mins
• Mad Cave Studios announce artist Russell Mark Olson (link): 1 Hr, 11 Mins
• Mad Cave Studios Defenders of the Earth news (link): 1 Hr, 13 Mins
• Preview of Aristocrat Gaming pokie machine (link): 1 Hr, 15 Mins
• Voting for best cover and adventure published in Fantomen 2024 (link): 1 hr, 18 Mins
• Shatki Comics at Kolkata book fair (link): 1 hr, 20 Mins
• Australian Comic Convention Dates (link): 1 hr, 21 Mins

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