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Phantom Stranger (1969 2nd Series) comic books

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    Phantom Stranger (1969 2nd Series) 1 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts May 6

    First and only 12-cent cover price. Cover art by Bill Draut. "When Ghosts Walk!", script by Mike Friedrich (p. 1 and top half of p2-3) and John Broome (bottom half of p2-3, 4-7), pencils by Bill Draut (p. 1 and top half of p2-3) and Carmine Infantino (bottom half of p2-3, 4-7), inks by Bill Draut (p. 1 and top half of p2-3) and Sy Barry (bottom half of p2-3, 4-7); When three friends die in a plane crash, the spirits seem to be haunting those they left behind, but the Phantom Stranger reveals that the ghostly appearances are really the work of an embezzler attempting to cover his tracks. "The Hermit's Ghost Dog" starring Doctor Terry Thirteen, Marie, Bart Harley, and Dirk the dog, script by Ed Herron, art by Leonard Starr. "Defeat the Dragon Curse...or Die!", script by Mike Friedrich, art by Bill Draut; When Dr. 13 and Marie Leeds visit their friends Harry and Rosemary in San Francisco during the Chinese New Year, they find that their friends have been killed; When the Phantom Stranger appears, he suggests that it is the curse of Ching Hi Fu; The Phantom Stranger works to capture the culprit, a man worshiping Ching Hi Fu, who has been trying to destroy modern buildings which he believes are an effrontery to his Chinese heritage. Letter to the editor from comics writer Martin Pasko. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.