(February-March 1953)
DC,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-12-17
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Julius Schwartz (actual)
Issue Notes
Script and art credits for fillers in this issue have been verified from copies of DC editorial records sent to Gene Reed from Nelson Bridwell in 1986. On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
The Phantom Stranger / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stop! Don't read another word from that evil book!
- Genre
- horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Phantom Stranger
The Hairy Shadows
The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Phantom Stranger; Vic Woods; Ellen Woods
- Synopsis
- The Phantom Stranger and two ghost hunters rescue a man from another dimension. They perform a spell and open a gateway.
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #53 -
in Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #43 ([circa 1968-1970]) -
in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #225 (June-July 1974) which is reprinted - in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #4 ([September 1977]) [Job number (J-1538) and Cain (host) deleted from this reprint. “Next Issue” blurb deleted and last three panels of story slightly extended.]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Per Murphy Anderson interview in Comic Book Marketplace 88, he drew at least one Phantom Stranger story that was written by Manly Wade Wellman. Writer id by Bob Hughes, comparing to known Wellman stories in other Schwartz titles of the period.
Ring the Bells!
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Odd facts about the mystical significance of bells.
The Riddle of the Ghostly Trumpet!
The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- crime; fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- The Phantom Stranger exposes the killer of famed trumpet player Kix Dexter.
Indexer Notes
Giacoia/Giella inks per Nick Caputo, March 2019. Previous indexer credited Bernard Sachs.
Superboy Talks About... "The Holiday Spirit!"
Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
Trail of the Lucky Coin!
comic story / 3.67 pages
- Script
- Jack Miller
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker ?
- Inks
- Bernard Sachs ?; Frank Giacoia; Joe Giella ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A lucky coin wanders from hand to hand.
- Reprints
- in The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #38 (January 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Previous indexer suggested Jerry Grandenetti for pencils. There is a "MD" signature across the tie of a person in the splash. Nick Caputo suspects Giacoia and Giella are the inkers. B
Mystery at Cape Cod
text article / 2 pages
- Synopsis
- Short article about the fate of a lost submarine.
Indexer Notes
text w/illo
Hi, Pardner! Get This Swell Cowboy Knife and Chain!
Necco Assorted Wafers / advertisement / 0.5 page
The Dream Killer!
The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Phantom Stranger; William Wilson
- Synopsis
- Successful art painter William Wilson has premonitions about future deaths. He is haunted by terrible dreams and threatened by a medusa-like character. The Phantom Stranger steps in and discovers an evil plot behind Wilson's dreams.
- Reprints
- in Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #42 ([October] 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Per Murphy Anderson interview in Comic Book Marketplace #88, he drew at least one Phantom Stranger story that was written by Manly Wade Wellman. Writer id by Bob Hughes, comparing to known Wellman stories in other Schwartz titles of the period.
The Crazy House!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mrs. Golding; Anne Robinson
- Synopsis
- Short story about a haunted house.
- Reprints
- in House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #23 (August 1959) which is reprinted
-
in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #11 (1 de julio de 1960) - in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #108 (August-September 1968)
-
in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #2/1970 ([februar] 1970)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Stop! Don't read another word from that evil book!"]
The Phantom Stranger -
1.
Draw Instantly
Master Art Helper Co. -
2.
The Hairy Shadows
The Phantom Stranger -
3.
Ring the Bells!
-
4.
Magic Tricks
Baker's Instant Cocoa Mix -
5.
Tops in Comics!
DC Comics -
6.
Superman Is on Television!
Superman -
7.
The Riddle of the Ghostly Trumpet!
The Phantom Stranger -
8.
Your Hair's Best Friend
Wildroot Cream-Oil -
9.
["Poor Pud..."]
Fleer's Dubble Bubble -
10.
Editorial Advisory Board
DC Comics -
11.
Superboy Talks About... "The Holiday Spirit!"
Superboy -
12.
Trail of the Lucky Coin!
-
13.
Tune in Tootsie Hippodrome
Tootsie Roll -
14.
Mystery at Cape Cod
-
15.
Green Thoughts
-
16.
Hi, Pardner! Get This Swell Cowboy Knife and Chain!
Necco Assorted Wafers -
17.
The Dream Killer!
The Phantom Stranger -
18.
The Crazy House!
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19.
[no title indexed]
Motor's Auto Repair Manual -
20.
Announcing the New Daisy Defender Repeating Air Rifle
Daisy Manufacturing Company
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Tillmann Courth
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Andrew Garrett
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Steve Jenner
- Arthur Lortie
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- Mark Waid
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