Frew announced via their mailing list on 11 November 2024 that after the phile card 2000 has been released, they will be stopping providing them at number 2000.
Back in 2017, Frew announced them initially as a subscriber incentive idea. Philecards are trading card-sized collector cards, showing the cover to every single Phantom comic that Frew has produced, starting at #1. On the back are all the relevant information about that issue including the publishing date, the name of the story, the name of the original story, the cover artist, number of pages and cover price.
This information was gathered by historians Barry Stubbersfield and David Budds, distributor Gordon and Gotch, and their own archives.
Issue 2000 will be released around June 2025 and if our math's is correct, that will also mark the comic when the last packet of phile cards are released. What may ruin some phans OCD is the fact that it wont end at a perfect set of 9.
For those who are still collecting and have paid for their Philecard subscription, Frew have announced that any outstanding subscription will be refunded.
Please note, we are talking about the philecards ending and not the Frew comic.
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