Showcase #80
(February 1969)

DC, 1956 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly with the exception of Jan., Apr., July and October
On-sale Date
1968-12-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Joe Orlando

Issue Notes

Only Phantom Stranger tryout issue. On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Phantom Stranger / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
Neal Adams ?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (Phantom Stranger logo design)

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Phantom Stranger
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Phantom Stranger logo design credit per Todd Klein.

Men Call Me the Phantom Stranger (Table of Contents: 1)

The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 8.34 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Friedrich
Pencils
Jerry Grandenetti
Inks
Bill Draut
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snappin ?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Phantom Stranger; Dr. Thirteen (cameo)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Framing sequence in segments of 3, 1.67, and 3.67 pages.

The Three Signs of Evil (Table of Contents: 2)

The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Frank Giacoia; Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Phantom Stranger; Moon Cult (villains)
Reprints

I Talked with the Dead! (Table of Contents: 3)

Dr. 13 the Ghost-Breaker / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Leonard Starr
Inks
Leonard Starr; Wayne Howard (traced & re-inked original)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Dr. 13 the Ghost-Breaker [Dr. Thirteen]
Reprints

Who Ever Heard of Jay Scott Pike!?! (Table of Contents: 4)

Wonderful World of Comics / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

#2 [The Golden Age Green Lantern] (Table of Contents: 5)

Fact File / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Phantom Stranger
  2. 1. Men Call Me the Phantom Stranger
    The Phantom Stranger
  3. 2. The Three Signs of Evil
    The Phantom Stranger
  4. 3. I Talked with the Dead!
    Dr. 13 the Ghost-Breaker
  5. 4. Who Ever Heard of Jay Scott Pike!?!
    Wonderful World of Comics
  6. 5. #2 [The Golden Age Green Lantern]
    Fact File
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