Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	April-May 1953
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Genre	occult
Pencils	Murphy Anderson
Inks	Bernard Sachs

7 page Phantom Stranger story "The Living Nightmare"

Characters	Phantom Stranger
Genre	occult
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Reprinted	in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #226 (August-September 1974); in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

1 page story "Demon Count"

Script	Morris Waldinger
Pencils	Morris Waldinger
Inks	Morris Waldinger

6 page Phantom Stranger story "The Unseen Familiar"

Genre	occult
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Murphy Anderson
Inks	Joe Giella

1 page Superman public service announcement "People are People!"

Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Letters	Ira Schnapp

4 page story "Time to Kill"

Script	Jack Miller
Pencils	John Giunta
Inks	John Giunta

2 page text story "Strange Secrets of the Ozarks"

Script	Jack Miller
Pencils	Raymond Perry
Inks	Raymond Perry
Letters	typeset
Notes	text w/illo

6 page Phantom Stranger story "The Stars Screamed Danger"

Characters	Villain: Vasti the Fortune Teller
Genre	occult
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Frank Giacoia
Inks	Joe Giella
Reprinted	in Phantom Stranger, The (DC, 1969 series) #3 [incorporated into: "How Do You Know My Name?"]; in Showcase Presents Phantom Stranger (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page story "Hand of Glory"

Script	Morris Waldinger
Pencils	Morris Waldinger
Inks	Morris Waldinger

1 page story "The Nameless Ones"

Script	Morris Waldinger
Pencils	Morris Waldinger
Inks	Morris Waldinger