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Issue: The Phantom Stranger #4
Publication Date: February 1953
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 12/17/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Script and art credits for fillers in this issue have been verified from copies of DC editorial records from Nelson Bridwell.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
horror, occult
Stop! Don't read another word from that evil book!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Draw Instantly

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ad for a lightbox that projects images on paper so they can be traced, from Master Art Helper Co., Dept. 136, 318 Market Street, Newark, New Jersey.
Inside front cover.
The Hairy Shadows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
horror, occult
Vic Woods; Ellen Woods; Judd; old farmer
The Phantom Stranger and two ghost hunters rescue a man from another dimension. They perform a spell and open a gateway.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly #43 published January 1968
as The Hairy Shadows [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagHouse of Mystery #225 published June 1974
as The Hairy Shadows [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagHorror #53 published ?
as Der behaarte Schatten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Per Murphy Anderson interview in Comic Book Marketplace 88, he drew at least one Phantom Stranger story that was written by Manly Wade Wellman.

Writer ID by comparing to known Wellman stories in other Schwartz titles of the period.
Ring the Bells!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
Odd facts about the mystical significance of bells.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Magic Tricks

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?; typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Ad for a chocolate drink mix.
Tops in Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
crime, science fiction
DC Comics
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.67
House ad for Mystery in Space #12 and Gang Busters #32.
Superman Is on Television!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
Ad for the Superman television show.
The Riddle of the Ghostly Trumpet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
crime, fantasy, occult
Clay Whitman; Hal Davies; Perry Fulton
The Phantom Stranger exposes the killer of famed trumpet player Kix Dexter.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5.67
Your Hair's Best Friend

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
Hair tonic ad and gag cartoon.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens
Poor Pud...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Fleer's bubble gum ad.
Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
celebrity
DC Comics
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
A list of DC's advisory board plus a list of currently published comics. Thirty-nine titles are listed. Also a special plug for the latest issue of Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Superboy Talks About... "The Holiday Spirit!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
opinion, superhero
Pete
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Trail of the Lucky Coin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, horror
A lucky coin wanders from hand to hand.
Reprinting
FlagThe Witching Hour #38 published January 1974
as Trail of the Lucky Coin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3.67
Tune in Tootsie Hippodrome

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
Ad for a television program sponsored by Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Pops and Tootsie Fudge.
Mystery at Cape Cod

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Short article about the fate of a lost submarine.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
text with illustration
Green Thoughts

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
Odd facts about the color green.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Hi, Pardner! Get This Swell Cowboy Knife and Chain!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Ad for a knife available for 25 cents, a 3-cent stamp and 1 Necco Wafer Wrapper.
The Dream Killer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
horror, occult
William Wilson; Harold Devers
Successful art painter William Wilson has premonitions about future deaths. He is haunted by terrible dreams and threatened by a medusa-like character. The Phantom Stranger steps in and discovers an evil plot behind Wilson's dreams.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly #42 published October 1968
as The Dream Killer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Per Murphy Anderson interview in Comic Book Marketplace 88, he drew at least one Phantom Stranger story that was written by Manly Wade Wellman.

Writer ID by comparing to known Wellman stories in other Schwartz titles of the period.
The Crazy House!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, occult
Mrs. Golding; Anne Robinson
Short story about a haunted house.
Reprinting
FlagHouse of Secrets #23 published August 1959
as The Crazy House! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Unexpected #108 published August 1968
as The Crazy House! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLynvingen #2/1970 published February 1970
as Det gale huset! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photos)
? (photos)
typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ad for vehicle repair manuals from Motor Book Dept., Desk 92, 250 W. 55th St., New York 19, N.Y.
Inside back cover.
Announcing the New Daisy Defender Repeating Air Rifle

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?; typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ad for four different models of Daisy Air rifles and BB shot, featuring the 1000-shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine.
Back cover.

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