(November-December 1970)
DC,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-09-15
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
The Phantom Stranger / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- J934
- Genre
- detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Phantom Stranger; potential victim; Tannarak (?)(hand only)
- Synopsis
- A potential victim descends a spooky staircase toward a beckoning hand.
- Reprints
-
in Historias Fantásticas (Editorial Novaro, 1958 series) #293 (14 de abril de 1972) -
in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #20 (1973) -
in Skräckserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1973 series) #10/1973 (1973) -
in Skrækmagasinet (Williams, 1972 series) #14/1973 ([November] 1973) -
in Showcase Presents: Phantom Stranger (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([December] 2006)
-
- Keywords
- bat; beckoning hand; candle; dungeon; ominous moment; staircase
Indexer Notes
On the cover, the Phantom Stranger's "DC brand logo" is of his face and beckoning hand. Combined with the cover illustration, it looks as if the potential victim is torn between the Phantom Stranger's beckoning hand of the logo, and the more sinister beckoning hand of the cover illustration. Presumed to be unintentional, but effective.
Death... Call Not My Name!
The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Gerry Conway (credited)
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo (credited)
- Inks
- Jim Aparo (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jim Aparo
- Job Number
- J-890
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Darkness comes in many shapes...
- Genre
- detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Phantom Stranger; Doctor Terrence Thirteen; Lotti; Irene; Michelle; Tannarak (introduction, villain)
- Synopsis
- Tannarak, a suave soul-stealing alchemist prowling a contemporary dance club for victims, renews himself with the life-essence of Lotti, and kidnaps Michelle for an unknown purpose.
- Reprints
- in Historias Fantásticas (Editorial Novaro, 1958 series) #293 (14 de abril de 1972)
- in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #20 (1973)
- in Skrækmagasinet (Williams, 1972 series) #14/1973 ([November] 1973)
-
in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #7 (2ème trimestre 1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] - in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1978 series) #12 (1981) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: Phantom Stranger (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([December] 2006)
-
- Keywords
- alchemist; dance club; immortality
Indexer Notes
Jim Aparo is credited for "art" only. No given credit for lettering.
Part 2: Knock Not on My Door!
The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Gerry Conway (credited)
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo (credited)
- Inks
- Jim Aparo (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jim Aparo
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When men name their fears, they call them demons, ghosts, satans... spectres from an underworld of death.
- Genre
- detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Phantom Stranger; Doctor Terrence Thirteen; Irene; Michelle; Tannarak
- Synopsis
- The secret of Tannarak's immortality is revealed, and so are his plans for Michelle.
- Reprints
- in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #20 (1973)
- in Skrækmagasinet (Williams, 1972 series) #14/1973 ([November] 1973)
- in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #7 (2ème trimestre 1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: Phantom Stranger (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([December] 2006)
-
- Keywords
- alchemist; immortality
Indexer Notes
Jim Aparo is credited for "art" only. No given credit for lettering. Credits only appear in Part One of the story.
The Bewitched Clock!
The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Inks
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Pat Gordon
- Job Number
- J-935
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Did you ever wish you could turn back the clock and re-live yesterday?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Phantom Stranger (host); Amos Stagg; Chinese merchant; various Londoners
- Synopsis
- Vacationing in the Orient, Englishman Amos Stagg buys an antique clock with the power to advance or reverse time for a period of 24 hours.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #11 (February 1953)
- in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #20 (1973)
-
- Keywords
- art or lettering modification or omission; be-careful-what-you-wish-for; clock; greed; magical properties
Indexer Notes
An inset of The Phantom Stranger is seen at middle-left of the opening splash panel, giving the impression that he is the "host" for this story.
The year seen in the final panel of this reprint of a 1952-release story is updated to "1970".
[no title indexed]
Mail to the Phantom Stranger / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Orlando
- Pencils
- Leonard Starr (illustration)
- Inks
- Leonard Starr (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- J-937
- Keywords
- editorial feature
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Dennis Ziolkowski, Scott Gibson and Carl Gafford.
Charlie's Crocodile
The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- J-936
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is the story of... Charlie's Crocodile and it started like this...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Phantom Stranger (host and participant); Charlie Cuddy; Elaine Cuddy; Mr. Scratch; police officer; Charlie's party guests
- Synopsis
- Meek and put-upon Charlie Cuddy enters into a "nuisance removal" deal with a certain "Mr. Scratch" to eliminate his shrewish wife. The Phantom Stranger warns Charlie never to make a deal with "Mr. Scratch". Charlie should have listened to the Stranger.
- Reprints
- in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #20 (1973)
- in Skrækmagasinet (Williams, 1972 series) #14/1973 ([November] 1973)
- in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #7 (2ème trimestre 1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1978 series) #12 (1981) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: Phantom Stranger (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([December] 2006)
-
- Keywords
- best-laid-plans; creator references; deal-with-the-devil; nuisance removal; pool; unhappy marriage; unintended consequences
Indexer Notes
Mr. Scratch operates his nuisance removal business out of a storefront.
Upon closing the deal, Mr. Scratch records Charlie's name in his ledger book. Other names seen in his ledger are Carmine Infantino, Joe Orlando, and Neal Adams - each listed as being with "National Periodical Publications".
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Phantom Stranger -
1.
Death... Call Not My Name!
The Phantom Stranger -
2.
Part 2: Knock Not on My Door!
The Phantom Stranger -
3.
The Bewitched Clock!
The Phantom Stranger -
4.
[no title indexed]
Mail to the Phantom Stranger -
5.
Charlie's Crocodile
The Phantom Stranger -
6.
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This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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