Phantom 2040 Episode Guide

Episode Listing

Season 1 (1994-95) - 20 episodes

101. Generation unto Generation Part 1 (PN 101)
102. Generation unto Generation Part 2 (PN 102)
103. The Sum of the Parts (PN 103)
104. Fire and I.C.E. (PN 104)
105. Reflections of Glory (PN 105)
106. Shadows from the Past (PN 106)
107. The Good Mark (PN 108)
108. Ghost in the Machine (PN 111)
109. Dark Orbit Part 1 (PN 109)
110. Dark Orbit Part 2 (PN 110)
111. The Biot in Red (PN 107)
112. The Gauntlet (PN 114)
113. Three into One (PN 113)
114. Life Lessons (PN 115)
115. The Magician (PN 116)
116. Swifter, Higher, Faster (PN 117)
117. Lasers in the Jungle (PN 112)
118. Down the Line (PN 118)
119. Control Group (PN 119)
120. A Boy and His Cat (PN 120)

199. Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks (90-minute movie) (PNs 101-104)

Season 2 (1995-96) - 15 episodes

201. Rite of Passage (PN 220A)
202. The World is My Jungle (PN 220B)
203. Sanctuary (PN 221)
204. The Ties That Bind (PN 222)
205. The Woman in the Moon (PN 223)
206. Matter over Mind (PN 224)
207. The Sins of the Fathers Part 1 (PN 225)
208. The Sins of the Fathers Part 2 (PN 226)
209. Sacrifice Part 1 (PN 227)
210. Sacrifice Part 2 (PN 228)
211. Rogue (PN 230)
212. The Second Time Around (PN 229)
213. The Furies (PN 232)
214. Moments of Truth (PN 231)
215. The Whole Truth (PN 233)

 

Episode Summaries, with writing credits.

Season One Episodes
Season 1 (1994-95)
20 episodes

101. Generation unto Generation Part 1 (PN 101)
102. Generation unto Generation Part 2 (PN 102)
W: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
The origin of the 24th Phantom, as he is called into service on his 18th birthday, unaware of his family's history.

103. The Sum of the Parts (PN 103)
W: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Maximum's new invention, the fractal (shape-changing) biot is part of a new plot to capture the Phantom. Meanwhile, Professor Archer finds out about Kit's dual identity.

104. Fire and I.C.E. (PN 104)
W: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
A new member joins the team, a superhacker named Sparks, and just in time to "skate" the Integrated Cyber Environment and meet the mysterious entity known only as Cairo.

105. Reflections of Glory (PN 105)
W: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
The story behind the rock star, Vaingloria, is revealed during an adventure involving kidnapped teens.

106. Shadows from the Past (PN 106)
W: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
An Egyptian would-be queen wants revenge on the Phantom, who unified her continent many years ago. However, when her venom-tipped darts affect Guran instead of Kit, we find out a little more about the night Kit's father vanished.

107. The Good Mark (PN 108)
W: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
The Phantom learns the meaning of his Good Mark and, in the course of a plot by Maximum to lure the Phantom into a trap, ends up marking Sagan with it.

108. Ghost in the Machine (PN 111)
W: Brynne Stephens
When Rebecca is partially successful in resurrecting her dead husband, more of the history of the Great Train Wreck of 2024 is revealed, as the Phantom squares off with Max Madison, Sr. at Grand Central Station...again.

109. Dark Orbit Part 1 (PN 109)
W: Len Wein
110. Dark Orbit Part 2 (PN 110)
W: Brynne Stephens
Sean 1 of the orbital platform is close to achieving his dream of acquiring enough power to enforce a declaration of independence. Will Graft and the Phantom team up to stop him from destroying Metropia and part of the world in his quest for a Free Orbital Nation?

111. The Biot in Red (PN 107)
W: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
The further adventures of Heisenberg, the fractal biot, as he explores the concept of "feelings", and Dr. Jak has to do without his biot assistant for a while.

112. The Gauntlet (PN 114)
W: Marc Scott Zicree
The mystery of Sparks' missing parents is finally solved, during an adventure with a new security system at Cyberville.

113. Three into One (PN 113)
W: Michael Reaves
Maximum, Inc.'s latest innovation is a virtual theme park featuring the rock star Vaingloria. But when three people seem to be taken over by a strange psychic force, their combined might may be too much for Metropia, so the police decide they need the Phantom's help - and offer him absolution if he solves the case. And the liaison the police choose to work with the Phantom? Why, Sagan, of course...

114. Life Lessons (PN 115)
W: Brynne Stephens
Heisenberg returns to warn the Phantom of a danger to both biots and humans deep inside Cyberville. Nevertheless, why would anyone care about the destruction of biots, even Heisenberg? After all, they're not alive... are they?

115. The Magician (PN 116)
W: Mel Gilden
When Sagan digs into the mystery of the Phantom's identity, she uncovers an old associate of the Phantom from 20 years ago.

116. Swifter, Higher, Faster (PN 117)
W: J. Larry Carroll & David Bennett Carren
Kit's investigation into the dissemination of a new drug leads him to the athletes at his own college, where his friends confront him about his strange behavior and evasive secrecy.

117. Lasers in the Jungle (PN 112)
W: Shari Goodhartz
When Graft begins to suspect that the Phantom's secret lair is inside the poisoned Sector Zero, he sends in a biot army to find out.

118. Down the Line (PN 118)
W: Craig Miller
A message from the Phantom of 2157 sent back to the Phantom of 2040 leads Kit to some surprising clues and faces him with a difficult choice: whether to continue the Phantom's code against killing, even in the face of the inevitable destruction of the Earth.

119. Control Group (PN 119)
W: Shari Goodhartz
Rebecca's further experimentation with downloading human consciousness into biot bodies leads her to try a daring move. Using Graft as a test case, she attempts to effectively "clone" her security chief into dozens of biot bodies. However, when the Phantom grabs one of the new Graft-biots he gets more than he expected, as he is able to watch Graft's personal memories and see how this former hero became indentured to Maximum, Inc.

120. A Boy and His Cat (PN 120)
W: Lydia C Marano & Arthur Byron Cover
While testing his VR-controlled remote-control biot, Max gets trapped in his VR world; as Rebecca hires an annoying genius to work from Maximum's end, the Phantom works from inside VR to help get Max out before his remote biot wrecks Metropia.

 

Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 (1995-96)
15 episodes

201. Rite of Passage (PN 220A)
W: Richard Merwin
A "retrospective" show, bringing you up-to-date on the goings-on in season 1.

202. The World is My Jungle (PN 220B)
W: Richard Merwin
A "retrospective" show, bringing you up-to-date on the goings-on in season 1.

203. Sanctuary (PN 221)
Story: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Teleplay: Len Wein
When the Egyptian Queen Nia returns to defeat the Phantom, she brings along ace marksman Gunnar to assist. However, while they hunt him in the Ghost Jungle, Gunnar cannot pass up the chance to hunt the rare, supposedly nonexistent Shadow Panther. Meanwhile, Max, Jr. remains blissfully trapped in VR - and Rebecca schemes to coax him out of his reverie by giving Baudelaire the boot...

204. The Ties That Bind (PN 222)
Story: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Teleplay: Brynne Stephens and Michael Reaves
Rebecca launches what may be the first physical attack in her bid to begin the Maximum Era by destroying Dykstra Platform, home of Sean 1. Meanwhile, Max finally is lured out of VR and Pavlova cannot take working for Dr. Jak anymore, exercising her free will to resign. Vaingloria joins the Maximum security force as Sagan is knocked into a coma.

205. The Woman in the Moon (PN 223)
W: Sam Graham and Chris Hubbell
An intercepted shipment of cloned hands being sent to the orbital platform has the Phantom intrigued and sends him on a space-hunt as the orbital platforms vote on whether to form their Free Orbital Nation.

206. Matter over Mind (PN 224)
W: Marc Scott Zicree
The truth behind the origins of Cairo and the contents of the train wreck that destroyed Sector Zero may destroy the Phantom and his friends -- one way, or another.

207. The Sins of the Fathers Part 1 (PN 225)
W: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Many major plots reach a crescendo pitch as Sagan regains consciousness and her relationship with Kit is finally resolved, more truth behind the Sector Zero crash and many of its ramifications is revealed, and the Maximum Era counts down to launch.

208. The Sins of the Fathers Part 2 (PN 226)
W: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Having been convinced by his friend Guran to go to Africa, his ancestral home, Kit finds deeper truth than even he imagined in the Phantom's fight for justice through the ages. Meanwhile, the truth behind Max Madison, Sr.'s original plan and the cause of the train wreck are revealed and lead to a shocking conclusion -- and the beginning of the Maximum Era.

209. Sacrifice Part 1 (PN 227)
Story: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Teleplay: Brynne Stephens
Kit and his friends return to his lair and find the mysterious message left by Kit's father, as the Madisons scheme to escape the dome with the assistance of Gorda (who may or may not be helping...). However, when Kit has to choose between the life of a person he loves and the life of Metropia itself, how does he decide?

210. Sacrifice Part 2 (PN 228)
Story: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Teleplay: Michael Reaves
Kit's continuing search for a way to save his father leads to some interesting revelations about Max Madison Sr., Mr. Cairo, and the 23rd Phantom, and puts Cairo in the worst danger he's ever encountered. Meanwhile, the Madisons and Gorda continue wreaking havoc while Rebecca attempts to put a "positive spin" on their scheming.

211. Rogue (PN 230)
Story: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Teleplay: Shari Goodhartz
Heisenberg returns, still acting as a Biot Messiah, but this time he's branded a Rogue Biot and Max, Jr. is out to reclaim his lost property. Meanwhile, Jak becomes more aware that Pavlova has become more aware...

212. The Second Time Around (PN 229)
Story: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Teleplay: Mel Gilden
When the Phantom stops a crime in progress, the criminal surprises the Phantom with an unexpected sigil, and leads Kit into the first-ever "Virtual Reality" excursion into the Phantom Chronicles, where he enters and interacts with and changes an action-filled story of the 20th Phantom.

213. The Furies (PN 232)
Story: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Teleplay: Brynne Stephens
Fissures in Gorda and Rebecca's "partnership" provide an exploitable weakness - but who is exploiting it, and why?

214. Moments of Truth (PN 231)
Story: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Teleplay: Shari Goodhartz
Gorda and Rebecca fight over Rebecca's smuggling of yellow roses. Why would the all-powerful head of Maximum, Inc smuggle in flowers that can be grown right here in Metropia? Meanwhile, Sparks' ignorance of geography leads Kit to enrolling him at the University.

215. The Whole Truth (PN 233)
W: Richard Merwin
Once and for all we finally experience the whole truth about the night the train wreck ruined Grand Central Station and the Phantom and Max Madison Sr. were killed - from no less a source than Max Madison, Sr. himself.