Kit Walker Jr. meets his father's old friend, Guran, who informs him of his heritage and tries to convince him to become the next Phantom.

Kit must stop Maximum Inc. from using a virtual reality game to brainwash young citizens into rioting.

Maxwell Madison Jr. creates the first stable fractal biot; Jack Archer, one of Kit's professors, discovers Kit's true identity.

An orphaned teenage cyber-surfer nicknamed Sparks finds a way to penetrate Maximum's system, and Graft mistakes him for the Phantom.

Vaingloria uses hypnotic mirrors to brainwash the children of city councilors; Kit and Enforcer Sagan Cruz are forced to cut their date short as the Phantom takes action against Maximum's plot.

Queen Nia, deposed heir to the throne of Egypt, tracks down the Phantom to seek revenge for his unification of Africa long ago, but Guran is hit by her poisonous darts in the Phantom's place.