Phantom Stranger (1969 2nd Series) comic books 1972-1974

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52-page giant. Cover art by Neal Adams. "Like a Ghost from the Ashes," script by Len Wein, art by Jim Aparo; Coming to the rescue of a man being pursued by thugs to recollect stolen scrolls, the Phantom Stranger decides to defend the man; However, when the thugs come at him, the Stranger is suddenly weakened by magical forces and beaten by the thugs who take what they want before leaving; The Stranger is rescued and taken in by Cassandra Craft, a blind girl with an affinity for the occult. "Suicide Tower!", script by Ed Herron, art by Leonard Starr; story featuring Doctor Thirteen and Ghost-Breaker. I "Was a Victim of Black Magic!", pencils by Jon Smalle, inks by George Roussos; A wheat fungus makes a French woman fantasize about demons. Letter to the editor from Cerebus writer/artist Dave Sim. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

52-page giant. Cover art by Neal Adams. "Home Is the Sailor," script by Len Wein, art by Tony DeZuniga; When a lonely mariner girl named Lorelei is visited by ghosts out at sea, she is rescued by the Phantom Stranger; Later, she and her father are visited by a ship captain named Hans Vanderdecker, who has come to their port to wait out a storm; When the storm lets off, the impulsive Lorelei decides to leave with Vanderdecker. "War of the Toy Soldiers!", script by Jack Miller, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs; Retired general Roger Fielding loves to play with his toy armies and dies of exhaustion. "Stopover!", script by Steve Skeates, art by Tony DeZuniga; Called to witness a seance, Dr. Thirteen and his wife Marie are witness to something altogether different; Aliens who have decided steal the Earth's atmosphere arrive. "The Demon Spirit That Invaded Mark Merlin!", script by Arnold Drake, pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos. Letter to the editor from cartoonist Jay Zilber. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

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52-page giant. Cover art by Neal Adams. "Return to the Tomb of the Ice Giants!", script by Len Wein, art by Jim Aparo; An oil expedition in the arctic uncovers the hidden lair of the Ice Giants, who capture all involved and the Phantom Stranger who has returned to the area following the reopening of their lair; The Ice Giants take everyone prisoner because the continued work to find oil in the region has caused the sought after chemical to leak into their domain and pollute their world; The Phantom Stranger helps free them. "The Voice of Vengeance!", script by Steve Skeates, art by Tony DeZuniga; Terrence Thirteen and his wife are asked to help John Richards, who claims that since his fathers death he's been haunted by a voice blaming him said death. "Captive of the Cat Curse," script by Arnold Drake, pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos; Mark accidentally uses a mystical charm to transfer his consciousness into the body of a black cat, which helps him expose a sinister plot. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Jim Aparo. "A Child Shall Lead Them!", script by Robert Kanigher (plot) and Len Wein (script), art by Jim Aparo; The Phantom Stranger has come to an Asian village whose current Lama has been slain by Kasmet, the evil magician; However, this was framed on a small boy named Song; The Stranger works with Song to try and expose Kasmet as the guilty party. "The Power," script by Mark Hanerfeld, art by Jack Sparling; Dr. Thirteen tells a tale of the unexplained of how a magician is forced to show his assistant how to do his magic levitation spell; Finally learning the secret, the man tries to use this power to lift money out of a bank truck. "A Far Away Place," script by John Albano, art by Jack Sparling; George Wheemy meets a man who wants to take Mr. Letterman, who has been sick, on a long trip, but finds that Mr. Letterman died on the day of the intended "trip." 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Jim Aparo. "The Resurrection of Johnny Glory!", script by Len Wein, art by Jim Aparo; After Johnny Glory is sent to the electric chair for his crimes, his body is later picked up by minions of Cerebus, a member of the Dark Circle who uses his magic powers to resurrect Glory; He sends Glory to kill Chandu Gamal, the leader of a small mid-eastern country, who is in America on a good-will mission with his daughter Indiria; However, attempts to assassinate Chandu attract the attention of the Phantom Stranger, who comes to the rescue after Indiria is captured by Glory. "Woman of Stone," script by Len Wein, art by Tony DeZuniga; When Marie Thirteen witnesses what appears to be a real live Medusa, Dr. Thirteen goes to work to determine the truth of the situation; After much investigation, Dr. Thirteen solves the mystery, revealing it all to be part of an elaborate plan by the local doctor and his wife, using a convincing Medusa costume and a pistol that fires a stone-like spray. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Jim Aparo. "Circle of Evil!", script by Len Wein, art by Jim Aparo; Cassandra Craft is kidnapped by Morgg and Dorian, agents of the Dark Circle organization; When the Phantom Stranger tries to save her, strike him down with mystic bolts and shackled in preparation of the Ritual of Passage. "Creature of the Night," script by Steve Skeates, art by Tony DeZuniga; While passing through a town, Dr. Thirteen notices a man who is shunned by all; He realizes that the people literally believe this man to be a vampire; However, he fails in convincing them that their notions are ridiculous and watches in horror as they stake the man through the heart. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Jim Aparo. "Panic in the Night!", script by Len Wein, art by Jim Aparo; In their quest to end the terror of the Dark Circle, the Phantom Stranger and Cassandra Craft end up in Paris; The city has been terrorized by the appearance of Quasimodo and the Phantom of the Opera; While attending the opera, the "Phantom" captures Cassandra; Going after the "Phantom," the Phantom Stranger learns that it's really his old foe Tannarak. "The Spawn of Frankenstein" Part 1, script by Marv Wolfman, art by Mike Kaluta; When Victor Adams, a colleague of Dr. Thirteen recovers the frozen remains of Frankenstein's Monster, he becomes determined to revive the creature; Even when the university he works for fires him for his proposed plan, Adams decides to continue with the project on his own; When his wife calls in Dr. Thirteen and his wife Marie, the two arrive just as Adams has used a laser device to revive the monster. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Jim Aparo. "Apocalypse," script by Len Wein, art by Jim Aparo; Phantom Stranger, Cassandra Craft, and Tannarak investigate the Paris hideout of the Dark Circle; After some work they locate their headquarters where they learn that they are lead by Tala who hopes to bring forth the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and bring about chaos, death and destruction; During the battle, Tannarak attacks Tala directly, knocking both into a fissure in the cavern which swallows them up. "The Spawn of Frankenstein" Part 2, script by Marv Wolfman, art by Michael Kaluta; Following the funeral of Victor Adams, Dr. Thirteen vows to track down and destroy the Spawn of Frankenstein; The monster itself however, after dressing itself with a cape and hat, goes to the cemetery where Victor's body will be buried, the Monster attacks everyone in his path to collecting what he wants: Victor Adam's body. Letter to the editor from comics writer Mike Barr. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Luis Dominguez. "Dance of the Serpent," script by Mike Pellowski (idea) and Len Wein, art by Jim Aparo; Documentary filmmaker Jim Colter has gone to his secretaries home, the island of Costa Roja, where he hopes to film her native peoples perform the Dance of the Serpent; However, in spite of the warnings that an outsider view, let alone film the dance is forbidden and those who cross the Cult of the Serpent will end up dead; Ignoring the warnings, even the ones given by the Phantom Stranger, Colter locates the Cult of the Serpent and films their ceremony. The Spawn of Frankenstein" Part 3, script by Marv Wolfman, art by Michael Kaluta; As Rachel Adams plots her revenge against the Spawn of Frankenstein, she is captured by a Satanist who hopes to use a satanic spell to sacrifice her soul to Satan for immortality; Coincidentally, the Spawn of Frankenstein has finished digging up the grave of Victor Adams when it beings to rain and seeks shelter in the same house; Interrupting the ceremony, the Spawn of Frankenstein is knocked out by the Satanist's loyal subject and put in Rachel Adams' place. Statement of ownership--average print run 306,288; average paid circulation 155,641. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Mike Kaluta. "From Dust Thou Art...," script by Len Wein and Marv Wolfman, art by Jim Aparo; Leaving the flaming home of a Satanist, the Spawn of Frankenstein (carrying the body of Rachel Adams) is possessed by two demons who have appeared on this world as a result of the Satanist's spell; Meanwhile, Terrence Thirteen is visiting his unconscious wife in the hospital; He is visited by the Phantom Stranger, to warn Thirteen of coming danger; Just then the Spawn of Frankenstein bursts into the hospital to steal Victor Adam's laser device, and also kidnap Marie Thirteen's body. Half-page text feature, "Behind the Scenes at DC: The Story Behind Strange Sports Stories." 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Nick Cardy. "Dr. Zorn: Soul-Master," script by Arnold Drake, art by Gerry Talaoc; When the Phantom Stranger is present when a famous musician goes mad during one of his performances, he follows him to his doctor: Matthew Zorn. Zorn has a very famous clientele including celebrities and military personnel; The Stranger feigns illness so that he can go and see the doctor, and is given one of his special "medicines" which creates a powerful hallucination in which Phantom Stranger is ruler of the world; Shaking off the effects of the drugs, Phantom Stranger decides to investigate further. "The Terror and the Compassion," script by Steve Skeates, art by Bernard Baily; The Spawn of Frankenstein awakens from a dream to find a young woman about to be raped by her date; The Spawn scares the man and woman, and carries the fainted woman to safety; However, the man revives and tries to run down the Spawn, but the monsters strength and durability only ends up wrecking the car and not harming the monster; When the girl revives from her spell, she flees the monster and tries to get away, she ends up running into a cult who wishes to use her as a sacrifice in one of their black masses. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Nick Cardy. "The Counterfeit Madman!", script by Arnold Drake, art by Gerry Talaoc; When Willie Limmick apparently pulls out a gun and holds an entire plane hostage for a ransom due to his split personality known as Joseph Gantz; However, the Phantom Strangers intervention ends with Willie being taken into police custody; The jury presiding over Willie's case believes that the man suffers from a split personality; The Phantom Stranger warns them not to be so quick to believe his story. "Night of the Snake God," script by Steve Skeates, art by Bernard Baily; The Spawn of Frankenstein is trying to save the life of a woman about to be sacrificed by a cult that worships a snake god; However, the jilted lover of the woman wants to kill the Spawn for interrupting his attempt for forcibly have his way with the woman; The monster disarms the man and saves the woman before she can be sacrificed by the cult; However in fleeing, the limbering monster accidentally kills her when his awkward limbering causes her to break her neck when her head strikes a tree. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Luis Dominguez. "The Devil Dolls of Dr. Z," script by Arnold Drake, art by Gerry Talaoc; After Dr. Zorn has gotten off for his previous crimes when his victims refuse to testify, he has setup in a high rise apartment for the wealthy; There the Phantom Stranger tries to ward off Dr. Z's dabbling in voodoo; Dr. Zorn uses this new skill to terrorize the local security guard for the building. "The Snake-God Revealed!", script by Steve Skeates, art by Bernard Baily; Being persecuted by towns people, the Spawn of Frankenstein is invited in by a snake worshiping cult who believes that the monster is a gift from their gods; The leader of the cult reveals their god, which has transformed his hand into that of a snake; When the Spawn of Frankenstein sees what the cult is all about, and their intention to sacrifice another woman to a pit of snakes, the monster tries to stop them only to be cast into a pit himself. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Luis Dominguez. "The Children's Crusade!", script by Arnold Drake, art by Gerry Talaoc; Children of a town have been coerced into joining a cult led by Ara Ben-Baal, a charismatic young man who worships the demon Baal; When all the children in town suddenly leave home to live with Ara, the people of the town hold a meeting to try and figure out what to do when they unsuccessfully try to stop Ara Ben-Baal; The Phantom Stranger appears and offers his aid in saving the children from Ara Ben-Baal's influence. "Turn-About!", script by Steve Skeates, art by Bernard Baily; With the Spawn of Frankenstein trapped in the snake pit, the snake cults latest intended victim manages to escape and alert the police; When they arrive, the cult decides to flee and avoid capture; When the Spawn of Frankenstein escapes the snake pit, the police believe him to be responsible. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Luis Dominguez. "Sacred Is the Monster Kang!", script by Arnold Drake, art by Gerry Talaoc; When soldiers of fortune take over an ancient temple where it's followers have spent generations building a giant maze to apparently keep a demon at bay, they intend to sell the men off to slavery; However, one of these soldiers is an opium addict named Jones is visited by the Phantom Stranger, who tries to convince Jones to shake off his dependencey on the drug (which is the reason why he is part of this operation) and do what's right before it's too late. "Island of Fear!" featuring Black Orchid, script by Sheldon Mayer, art by Tony DeZuniga. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Luis Dominguez. "It Takes a Witch!", script by Arnold Drake, art by Bill Draut; When a local town is rife with anti-witch hysteria, the local witch Mrs. Haggarty is blamed for various twisted rituals; Things swell to the point in which the mayor, Miles Lanyard III demands that all books on witchcraft and all items pertaining to witchcraft be burnt; When people try to hurt Mrs. Haggarty she is protected by the Phantom Stranger, and later when she is knocked out and her house set ablaze, the Stranger rescues her. "The Crime of the Black Orchid," script by Mike Fleisher and Russell Carley, art by Nestor Redondo; The Black Orchid appears to be using her abilities for criminal activities. Letter to the editor from comics writer Roger Slifer (and comics artist? Tim Burgard). 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Jim Aparo. "Deadman's Bluff!", script by Arnold Drake, art by Mike Grell; When Lou Ubric, owner of Ubric Investment Corp. and secretly a crime boss, goes to see his Doctor, Dr. Zorn, Zorn uses his powers of manipulation to motivate his own agenda; Reviewing Ubric's patient tapes, he learns of his involvement in the murder of Boston Brand; Now knowing of the existence of Deadman, Zorn uses his mental powers to call Phantom Stranger; He records a conversation with the Stranger, and later edits the tape so, that the Stranger sounds as though he is confessing to the murder of Boston Brand; When Deadman arrives, he possesses Zorn and plays the tape; When the Stranger hears his own false confession, he tries to fight Zorn, but soon learns that Deadman is in control of Zorn's body; Deadman learns that the information about his murder came from Ubric originally, and so Deadman goes after him. Letters page "Mail to the Phantom Stranger" includes letter from Mark Verheiden. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.