- Kit Walker, Jr.: [opening narration: season 2] A father's desperate sacrifice. A young boy survives to swear an oath: I swear to devote my life to the destruction of piracy, and injustice. My sons and their sons shall follow me. This is the legacy of my family. A vow handed down from father to son for over five-hundred years. Now, in the year 2040, I am The Ghost Who Walks. I am The Phantom.
- Opening Narrator: [opening narration: season 1] The year is 2040. The place is Metropia. Here, a new hero prepares for action. The Man Who Cannot Die. The Ghost Who Walks. The Phantom. The Phantom's pledge: to fight evil and injustice wherever it may be found. In this future world, in this dying city, with the fate of the Earth and all humanity in the balance, The Phantom is there.