The Time...
In the year 2040, the Earth teeters on the brink of environmental disaster. The ecological excesses of the 20th century combined with the aftereffects of the Resource Wars of the early 21st century have created a world that is increasingly incapable of supporting life. Around the world, the elite have insulated themselves with cutting-edge technology in the towering upper reaches of immense city-states. The poor and disenfranchised have been abandoned to live among the corroding ruins of the same cities' lower levels, making do with rebuilt and scavenged refuse from decades past.

The Place...
Nowhere is this shocking disparity between the haves and the have-nots more apparent than in METROPIA, the largest and most powerful of the city-states to arise from the economic ashes of the Resource Wars. Here, the global super corporation MAXlMUM INC. has used its armies of robotic BIOTS to create a futuristic landscape of mile-high skyscrapers complexly intertwined with twisting loops of magnetic induction TubeTrain tunnels. Here, too, Maximum will begin work on CYBERVILLE - a chilling project that represents humanity's ultimate surrender to its own greed and selfishness. For CyberVille is little more than a gigantic survival shelter where a handful of the richest and most powerful individuals on the planet will retreat when the environment becomes unlivable. Rather than change their ways or fight to save the world, these individuals have chosen to turn their backs on their fellow humans and save themselves.

A New Hope
But in the darkest regions of Metropia, in the forgotten underground levels that stretch beneath the city, there is evidence that humanity and the Earth might have one last chance to restore the environment and ensure that life will continue. Deep beneath the concrete and steel of Metropia lies the GHOST JUNGLE - thousands of square miles of mutated vegetation that could be the planet's salvation, if its secret can be discovered in time. Fortunately, there is one per-son in the world who has the heritage, the talents, and the skills to unlock that secret and save the Earth. His name is Kit Walker, Jr., and Kit's only problem is that he does not have the slightest idea that he is the one person in the world who can save it. Because, though he does not suspect it, Kit Walker, Jr. Is about to learn that he is the 24th PHANTOM, and nothing will ever be the same again.

"He lives in the whispers of twenty-three generations..."
The Phantom's story began in the year 1956 (when a merchant vessel was attacked by Singh pirates in the Bay of Bangalla. All crew and passengers perished, save one-a boy who was rescued by the Bandar tribe, taught their secret ways, and who swore an oath on the skull of his father's killer to fight injustice wherever it might be found. Ever since that time, the role has been passed on from father to son so the world believes there is only one ... the Man Who Can not Die ... the Guardian of the Eastern Dark ... the Ghost Who Walks ... is the Phantom.

The 24th Phantom
But Kit Walker, Jr. is the first Phantom in almost five centuries not to have been trained from birth for his role. In the: year 2040, he is an ordinary university student in love with what's left of nature. He wants to be an environmental engineer and work in the eco-preserves of New Brazil. But all that will change just days before his eighteenth birthday when he is sought out by a mysterious visitor from Africa and his beloved Aunt Heloise is critically wounded in an attack of deadly assault Blots. From that moment on, Kit. Walker, Jr. is in a race with destiny. He's confused, unready, untested, but at his core is the heart of a hero. And no matter what dangers he must face in this future world, no matter what foe he must fight-- human, machine, or some grotesque combination of both-- Kit will not turn his back on history. In a future world, in a dying city, with the fate of the Earth and all humanity in the balance, someone has to care. Kit Walker is that someone, and in the year 2040, the Earth has a second chance.


PHANTOM 2040 The Animated Series

• It is the compelling story of Kit Walker, Jr., how he discovers his heritage, how he fights for his destiny, how he risks his life to fulfill his pledge to fight evil and injustice wherever they may be found.
• It, is fast-paced excitement and non-stop action in a future world of breathtaking technology where human greed and ignorance still exist, but where love and compassion can and will still triumph.
• It is tile sweeping saga of one family--the Walkers--scorn to protect the innocent, battling against another family-the Madisons of Maxium Inc. - sworn to exploit all.
• It is the epic adventure of Earth's greatest challenges, from, the boundless corporate greed of Maximum, to the new wave of political terrorism fostered by the fledgling FREE ORBITAL NATIONS, determined to declare their independence from the Earth they orbit.
• It's a whole new world of entertainment, excitement, and most of all, of hope.

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Phantom 2040
Because someone has to care !

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