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Issue: The Phantom Stranger #3
Publication Date: December 1952
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 10/22/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Editor credit confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records dated 1952/08/18 (18 August 1952), provided by DC Comics. No script or art credits were indicated for this issue.

On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 6, Part 2, Numbers 1-2, Periodicals, January-December 1952. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B387271.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, occult
Marcia Mitchell
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Uncle Bernie's Fun Shop

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?; ? (photos)
?; typeset
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Subject Matter
Happy the Cowboy
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ads for various toys from Novelty Mart, Dept. 10, 59 East 8th Street, New York 3, N.Y.
Inside front cover.
Ghosts for Sale!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, occult
Greystone; Marcia Mitchell; Phillip Mitchell; Tabor; Al; Mrs. Mitchell
A magician's assistants vanish on stage. They are kidnapped and held for ransom by the stage manager.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5.67
The name of the stage magician "Greystone" is obviously a play on the noted stage magician Harry Blackstone.
Boys! Girls! Tune in Tootsie Hippodrome

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
Ad for a TV show sponsored by Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops.
[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens
stage driver
Whoopee! This is the real wild West!
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Fleer's bubble gum ad.
Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
DC Comics
A list of DC's advisory board plus a list of currently published comics. Thirty-nine titles are listed. Also, there's a special blurb for the latest of Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
opinion, superhero
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Dead Man's Hand!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, occult
Hank Wheeler; Jim Pomeroy
A rodeo rider feels "jinxed" by a deck of cards. But it's only a colleague trying to scare him into losing.
Reprinting
FlagCentury Comic #97 published July 1964
as Dead Man's Hand [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAdventure Comics #419 published May 1972
as Dead Man's Hand! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Magic Circles...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, occult
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Script and art credits for fillers verified from DC records of Nelson Bridwell.
Hurry! Get Your Own Gold Lettered Personalized Wallet!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Ad for a premium available for 35 cents plus the front cover of a Smith Brothers box.
How to Spot a Witch!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
Ways to tell if someone is a witch.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Script and art credits for fillers verified from DC records of Nelson Bridwell.
The Man Who Carved Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Curt Brent; Lobenga; Bukema; Jon Carter; Derek Richards; Alvin Peters
The members of a treasure hunt expedition kill themselves out of greed.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5.67
Previous indexer suggested Manny Stallman for pencils.
Your Hair's Best Friend

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?; typeset
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
Hair tonic ad with a gag panel.
The Eerie Eddys

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Text with illustration. Script and art credits for fillers verified from DC records of Nelson Bridwell.
The Day of Destiny!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, occult
Dr. Jayson Adams; Leonard Hall; Mr. Linton
Employee plans a fraud on his company, but the Phantom Stranger steps in.
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Miscellaneous
6
Now More Than Ever -- This Famous Symbol on the Cover of Any Comics Magazine is Your Guarantee in the Best of Comics Reading

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
horror, occult
DC Comics
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ad for House of Mystery #9.
Draw Me!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ad for an art correspondence school. Win an art course worth $280.00 from Art Instruction Inc., Dept. 10502-1, 500 S. 4th, Minneapolis 15, Minn.
The Famous Daisy 1000-Shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?; typeset
?
Subject Matter
western
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ad for four different models of Daisy Air rifles and BB shot, featuring the 1000-shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine.
Inside back cover.
Biggest Stopper on the Block!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?; typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ad for the Blue Moc, available from Thom McAn for $7.98 per pair.
Back cover.

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