Comics Kingdom, the online digital comics platform owned by King Features, the license holder of the Phantom have released a Free Comic Book Day Phantom comic book.

Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) is an annual event where participating comic book shops worldwide give away free comics to anyone who walks through their doors. Built on the idea that there’s a perfect comic for everyone, this special day offers a diverse selection of free titles catering to all ages and interests.

Phantom comic books have been published as part of this global initiative, notably by Hermes Press and Mad Cave Studios, contributing to the project. Additional information may be found HERE. This year, Comics Kingdom are offering a Phantom digital comic book, available for download free of charge via their online Phantom shop page.

The Phantom comic book offered features a Phantom 2040 adventure as originally published by Marvel Comics in the USA on the 1st of May 1995. It replicated edition number one from this four part mini-series, which contained at the time all original artwork and storyline. The story found in this edition is titled “Generation Unto Generation“, written by Peter Quinones and illustrated by Steve Ditko and Bill Reinhold. The digital download contains 22 full color pages.

The front cover of the Phantom 2040 digital comic can be seen below, containing the same image as originally released in 1995, an illustration by Neil Hansen.

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The storyline of this edition…

In a future world set in the year 2040, the city-state of Metropia is under the corporate thumb of Maximum, Inc., led by the ruthless Rebecca Madison. Seeking to force the city council to approve her “Cyberville” project, Madison orders her subordinate, Graft, to incite riots using experimental “hypno-intensifiers” that manipulate the minds of the citizenry. Amidst this chaos, a young man named Kit Walker meets Guran, a mysterious friend of his late father. Guran reveals Kit’s secret heritage: for 500 years and twenty-three generations, the role of The Phantom, the “Ghost Who Walks”, has passed from father to son to fight injustice. Although hesitant and untrained, Kit dons a technologically advanced suit featuring holographic camouflage and dynamic resistance fabric to rescue his friends, Jenna and Tranh, from a burning virtual reality arcade.

During the rescue, Kit is targeted by the forces of Maximum, Inc., who harbor a deep-seated hatred for The Phantom, blaming the masked hero for the death of Rebecca’s husband sixteen years prior. Inside the burning “Battleworld” arcade, Kit survives a mental assault of virtual illusions and a physical attack by a security “biot” before successfully leading his friends to safety. His heroic actions are captured by a news camera, publicly announcing to the citizens of Metropia, and a vengeful Rebecca Madison, that The Phantom has finally returned. The story concludes with Kit Walker Jr. standing before the “Phantom Flame” in the Skull Cave, formally swearing an oath to take his place among his ancestors as the twenty-fourth Phantom.

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To obtain the Free Comic Book Day Phantom 2040 digital comic book, exclusively available from Comics Kingdom, simply add it to your shopping cart and advance to the checkout procedure. Once the checkout process is completed, an email containing a link will be sent for you to download the comic in PDF format for you to read and enjoy.

The Phantom 2040 digital comic book download can be found on the Comics Kingdom website HERE

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