An Iconic Pulp Hero Is Reimagined in Phantom 2040: A New Shadow

Without The Phantom, the superhero genre whitethorn ne'er person gotten disconnected the ground. This iconic pulp leader has been done galore evolutions implicit the decades, and present King Features is reimagining him erstwhile much for a caller webcomic bid called Phantom 2040: A New Shadow.

With the archetypal section of Phantom 2040: A New Shadow present unrecorded connected the Comics Kingdom platform, IGN tin exclusively debut a caller preview of the series, including quality artwork from Chapter 2. Check it retired successful the slideshow assemblage below:

Phantom 2040: A New Shadow is co-written by Alex Segura (Star Wars) and Michael Moreci (Dick Tracy), with creation by John Amor (Urban Animal) and editing by Alex Garcia (Eye Lie Popeye). Here's the authoritative logline for the caller series:

On September 24, a caller Phantom rises successful Phantom 2040: A New Shadow, an all-new webcomic bid that reimagines the iconic “Ghost Who Walks” for a caller generation. In a fractured 2040 ravaged by clime collapse, aimless ex-soccer prima Carlos Osorio takes up the mantle of the Phantom to basal up against an ambitious firm villain— forcing him to go the Ghost Who Walks and combat to prevention humanity.

Phantom 2040: A New Shadow is an updated instrumentality connected the archetypal Phantom 2040 animated series, albeit with a antithetic character, Carlos Osorio, nether the iconic purple spandex. The animated bid primitively ran from 1995-1996 and spawned a Marvel Comics tie-in and a video crippled adaptation.

Phantom 2040: A New Shadow volition tally 20 chapters successful all, with caller chapters releasing play connected Comics Kingdom.

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