We open in the underwater dwelling of Ming the Merciless as he discusses with Octon a plan that Ming has considered. Octon suggests that Ming use a robot (who up until this point have been very effective), but Ming is convinced that his plan is sound. Octon argues that humans are not dependable, but an unfettered Ming tells him get over it. A pair a ice robots escort in a tattered looking human male. After introducing himself, Ming tells him that he’s prepared to grant his fondest wish. The man responds that his only wish is to destroy the Phantom. Ming tells him to enter “the chamber” and his wish will be granted; a glorified coat-closet levitates to the floor, the doors open and the man steps in. Energy bolts engulf the man as Ming explains that he will have 24 hrs. to defeat the Phantom; we also learn the man is, in fact, the Phantom’s brother. We are then introduced to a transformed N’Damma Demon of Weather and Ming commands him to destroy the Phantom. 

We transition to a news reporter Harriot Bragton talking about a jungle village in Africa and the weather has been a bit unusual with a foot of snow on the ground in the middle of summer. The newscaster catalogs an array of weather experienced by the continent with scientists baffled. Monitoring the report is both Mandrake, Rick and LJ. As the Phantom and Jedda walk in on the report, Mandrake reminds us that this is their village. Suddenly, the camera of the news story shifts to show a violent thunder and lighting cloud that mysteriously takes on the form/shape of a skull. In danger, the newscaster signs off and Rick reports that those storms can’t be naturally occurring. Mandrake tells Rick that both the Phantom and Jedda will take care of the problem. Rick protests that they will need help, but Mandrake says that unless they ask, they will do it on their own.

We now find ourselves at the imperiled village with N’Damma (who now refers to himself as Spirit Demon of the Wind) at the top of a mountain tells its inhabitants that he’s returned to his ancestral land to rule and that they must obey him. The village chief  of the Bandar people Guran seems to recognize the voice he is hearing and defies N’Damma by telling him that they only follow teachings of the elders. N’Damma, not amused or impressed threatens to destroy the village. Undeterred, Guran tells N’Damma that he is not a god, but in fact a “bad child” and that they are protected by “the Ghost Who Walks.” N’Damma comes down from the mountain to directly confront the people of the village and reminds them that they have not seen the Phantom for months. One of the villagers tells another that N’Damma is correct. Guran refers to the Phantom as protector/brother and reiterates that he will not fail to protect the people now. N’Damma tells Guran that he and his people have a choice to be his subjects by nightfall or be destroyed. N’Damma leaves in a flash of lightning leaving Guard to opine the villages need for their protector the Phantom.

Meanwhile, on route to the village, the Phantom and Jedda discuss their need to protect the village with Jedda saying she sees her future as the Phantom as her duty. Unbeknownst to them, N’Damma is watching from a distance. We learn that its been at least 20 years since he and the Phantom last saw each other. At that moment clouds encircle the helicopter forcing Jedda and the Phantom on the defensive. N’Damma sends a bolt of lightning strikes the helicopter and forcing the two to eject. The two free fall to the jungle floor using their Tarzan-like prowess to manage their descent. Once on the ground they narrowly avoid the damaged helicopter. N’Damma, proud of his power warns of a greater test to come. 

From there we shift to a village meeting of elders where they debate between leaving for the hills for safety or surrendering to N’Damma. One elder questions why the Phantom has not returned, but Guran reminds them that the Phantom has protected them for 400 years and there we get a flashback of Phantom fighting with “assumed pirates” and taking on a charging rhino. However, some of the elders out of fear for their families argue that N’Damma is too powerful and therefore they must give in; one of the elders protests saying he will only live as a free man. Just then, a villager comes running to tell everyone the Phantom has arrived. Arriving on horseback, the phantom and Jedda greet the elders but mainly Guran. When Jedda questions the origins of the strange weather, Guran tells the Phantom of N’damma and hints at a connection his father would understand. The Phantom, however is not picking up what Guran is putting down, so Guran must tell him that N’Damma has not forgotten the father. Jedda jumps in to ask where they will be able to find N’Damma and is told that he waits at the Skull Cave. Back again on horseback and riding to their hideout, the two are bombarded with lightning strikes along their path, but they manage to evade them and make it to their destination. The Phantom and N’Damma come face to face and the Phantom recognizes him through his change. N’Damma reveals his name as Kurt and he threatens to take the mantle that was due to him. 

The Phantom laments the brothers reunion, but N’Damma reminds him that their confrontation was inevitable. Jedda asks Phantom why she never knew he had a brother and we get a flashback that shows the two brothers (easily distinguished by both height and hair color, Kit being shorter with black hair and Kurt is taller and blonde). We see them counseling with their father (the 26th Phantom) who tells them there will be a “rite of passage” to determine who willl take up the mantle of the Phanom at a future time. They are instructed to go Mount Intanga and bring back the jewel of Zandoon back for a ceremony. A visibly annoyed Kurt asks his father to let him go alone, but his father refuses telling him he must learn the lesson of working with others. Kurt argues that Kit would only get in the way, when the younger brother chimes in to tell his older brother he is just as good. Kurt continues to argue, but his father shuts him down saying the decision has been made. When the Phantom leaves, Kurt turns the request into a contest to see who will get to the jewel first. When Kit tells him that’s not the point of the exercise, the older Kurt goads his brother to agree. Kit gives in and the two are off. 

As the two move through the jungle they are confronted by a lion. As the two brothers scatter, Kit ends up in the bushes while Kurt climbs a tree. At first, Kit is willing to leave his brother to win the jewell for himself, but quickly changes his mind and goes back to assist because teamwork is what his father asked him to do. A nervous Kurt calls to his brother for help and Kit confronts the lion by himself and draws the animal away from the tree. Kurt gets himself out of the tree but makes it clear he has no intention of helping his younger sibling. Kit manages to evade the lion by jumping into a river and keeping himself under water for approximately 5 seconds and the lion immediately loses interest. We shift to Kurt making his way up a mountain trash-talking about his brother the entire way. We time jump to find Kit working his way up the mountain and his older brother taking a rest. Kurt awakens to see his brother below him and the two continue to shit-talk each other. When Kit accuses Kurt of cheating, Kurt responds by stomping at the cliffs edge which triggers a small avalanche and Kit is injured. For a moment, Kurt display care for his brother asking him if he’s alright and claiming it was an accident. However, he quickly shifts back to asshole-mode and assumes that Kit might be faking being hurt and telegraphs that he’ll be back to check on his brother AFTER he gets the jewell. Kurt finishes his journey up the mountain and obtains the shining jewel for himself certain that he will be the next Phantom. When Kurt returns to check on his bother, Kit is nowhere to be found. Kurt then decides that he’ll have to make up a story to tell his father.

Back at Skull Cave, Kurt proudly shows his father the jewel and claims “victory.” When the elder Phantom asks about his bother, Kurt lies and talks about Kit falling and trying to save him. At that point, Father Phantom reveals the lie. Kurt is pissed and tells his dad that he’s making a mistake and runs off. When Kit attempts to follow his brother, the father stops him saying Kurt must find his own destiny. Flashback over. 

Using his new powers, N’Damma knocks the phantom to the ground eliciting a responds from Jedda who fares no better.  The Phantom tells Kurt that he was hoping years would give him wisdom and then calmly walks away from his brother taking his daughter with him. 

Outside the cave, the Bandar elders confront N’Damma with Guran claiming the fight is there’s as well. 

In the cave, we see N’Damma walking through a “halls of pictures’ of past phantoms and is clearly disturbed by them telling the photos that he would have been a better Phantom given the chance. He then attacks the family photo and leaves the cave to seek his brother out again. The Phantom has not left, however and attacks his brother from behind. The two again fight with the Phantom being overcome by N’Damma’s powers. When Jedda attempts to intervene, she also succumbs to the attack. 

A seemingly victorious N’Damma stands over the bodies of his two family members threatening to finish them off when suddenly, from out of the family photo, the ghost of the elder Phantom distracts his son and challenges his right to be a Phantom at all. N’Damma continues to yell at the photo, finally destroying it completely all the while claiming that he has the right to the mantle. This interlude however has given both the Phantom and Jedda time to recover. The Phanom jumps his brother and is able to take off his mask which reveals Kurt Walker once again with a full beard. He turns however and pushes the Phantom away saying that no one is allowed to see his face. He then claims that if he cannot be the Pahntom then no one will. Yet when he attempts to leave the cave, the Bandor elders are there and Guran orders them to attack, but N’Damma easily dispatches them. When Jedda and Phantom catch up, N’Damma threatens to kill all the Bandor elders. The Phantom asks what he wants and N’Damma proposes another race for the Jewel of Zandoon with the winner once again claiming the mantle of the Phantom. Jedda protests her fathers decision to agree but the Phantom opines the threat of too many innocent lives. Jedda offers to go ahead of the race to make sure its fair, but the Phantom tells her know, that this is between brothers. 

The two men immediately begin the race and once again, N’Damma cheats by using his magic powers to stop Phantom. 

Jedda has stayed behind to help the elders and wonders aloud of she made the right choice to stay out to the race. Guran tells her the decision to help is hers alone at which point she chooses to go. As the two bothers continue their race, when reaching a river cliff, N’Damma again uses his magics to hinder the Phantom. N’Damma seemingly has the upper hand, however the Phantom pushes himself off the cliff and uses his brother to assist him in making it to the other side of the embankment, together. The race continues and N’Damma uses his magic to make a herd of elephants stampede in the way of the Phantom. Not to be stopped the Phantom leaps onto, over and through the rampaging herd to the other side. Its at this point that Phantom calls on the power of ten tigers. Once he catches up with an exasperated N’Damma and gains the upper hand, N’Damma uses his lightning strikes to attack Phantom before he reaches the jewel. An arriving Jedda uses her telepathic powers to communicate with her horse hero, how rushes at N’Damma and knocks him off the mountain ledge. The Phantom, heroically, tries to help his brother, but its too late as he falls. Jedda apologizes to her father as the Phantom is frustrated by the overall outcome, but N’Damma uses a biast of wind to push him salfey to another league far below. At this point, N’Damma concedes defeat. We then brought back to Ming’s fortress who acknowledges the lose but vows that N’Damma will return. 

The End

• Years before the similar Batman was created, Lee Falk (creator of the Phantom) originally intended the Phantom's alias to be a rich playboy. However, halfway through his first story, "The Singh Brotherhood", he decided to move the Phantom to the jungle and gave him the name of Kit Walker

• Sighting of the Claw Copter (???)

• Throwback on the Phantom costume with the father (Phantom 22) having the traditional striped bottoms in his costume

• No sighting of Zuffy (the space alien) in this episode

• Kurt is a male given name in Germanic languages; in Turkish it means “wolf”

• Kit is a gender-neutral baby name of Greek origin. Though the name has many cultural and film associations, Kit actually derives from the names Christopher and Katherine; meaning “bearing Christ,” or “pure"

• A feminine moniker, Jedda comes from a language spoken by the Noongar people of Western Australia’s southwest region. In this language, the word djida means “wren” or “little wild goose”