Mad Cave Studio's Defenders of the Earth Returns Dec 2025

Mad Cave Studios teased a return of the comic series in the last panel of issue #8 which saw the Defenders of the Earth save us from Kro-tan and his plan against humankind. Thanks to information from Mad Cave Studios, we can share that the new comic series will be released in December 2025.

At this time the plot and creator team are unknown, but the title of the series will be "Dark Destiny". In a podcast interview with World at War Comics, Dan DiDio did say at the 28-minute mark that he had already written a second storyline outline back in April 2024.

We have a bunch of questions after issue #8 and we are wondering if we will see any of them answered in the new series or if we will just get a new set of questions. Some questions the team would like to see explored are:

• Is Ming really dead?

• Who was the ice robot/slave who killed Kro-tan?

• Is Dale really alive?

• What happened with Princess Castra?

• Will Kurt return?

• Will we see the Phantom's wife/Jedda's mum?

• Will Jedda now be the full-time Phantom?

• Considering that Barin Atomics was used in the first series, will we see Prince Barin?

• How will K'shin grow as a magic user? Will he once more seek guidance under Mandrake?

We will explore these questions plus more in our whole series X-Band: The Phantom Podcast which will be out in August / September 2025.

Keep an eye out on our website, podcast, and social media platforms for further updates when we learn more about the new series.