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Issue: The Phantom Stranger #16
Publication Date: November 1971
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Issues: #16 of 42 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/14/1971
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Image in Wax

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, horror, occult, superhero
Character(s): The Phantom Stranger; Dalia; Judah Tallow
Synopsis: Dalia faces old, wheelchair-bound Judah Tallow, as an eerie pair of hands awaits to grab her from behind.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Phantom Stranger #1 published December 2006
as Image in Wax [Phantom Stranger #16] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1382
Disclose Notes: The Phantom Stranger appears on this cover in the form of one of the many frightening wax statues on display.
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Image in Wax

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, horror, occult, superhero
Character(s): The Phantom Stranger; Judah Tallow (owner of the wax museum); Dalia; Ernie Drapper
First Line: New York's famous East Village -- wrapped in the mantle of darkness!
Synopsis: Judah Tallow, wheelchair-bound proprietor of a wax museum devoted to sorcery and the occult, kidnaps the amnesiac Dalia (a long-preserved queen of an ancient realm of sorcery), intending to restore her so that she may lead an army of sorcerers to conquer the modern world.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #6 [Direct Sales] published January 1981
as Image in Wax [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Phantom Stranger #1 published December 2006
as Image in Wax [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-1338
Disclose Notes: Two of the wax exhibits at "Tallow's Museum of the Occult" resemble Cain from DC's "House of Mystery" and DC Golden Age mystic Sargon the Sorcerer.
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The Threat of the Horrible Hex

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, mystery, occult
Character(s): Mark Merlin; Elsa Magnusson; Henrietta Von Halz; Josef Von Halz (burgermeister); Spinster Toten (witch); Peter Stalb (occultist); Black Moon (medicine man)
First Line: You volunteered to accept the curse of another! Now, you must pay the price -- with your life!
Synopsis: Mark and Elsa travel to central Pennsylvania to help a young woman (Henrietta Von Halz) escape from a curse on her family from the days of the colonial witch trials.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #64 published January 1964
was The Threat of the Horrible Hex [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
Job Number: J-1370
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For Suspense

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): DC Comics; House of Mystery
First Line: 48 pages only 25ยข
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: DC Comics house ad for House of Mystery. Reproduces the cover illustration for House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #196 (November 1971). "On sale Sept. 21 [1971]" Lower third of page.
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Mail to the Phantom Stranger

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1381
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Matthew Graham, Janie Allen and Gerard Triano.
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And the Corpse Cried, "Murder!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, mystery
Character(s): Doctor Terrence Thirteen; Harry (motorist); Martha (motorist); Paul Williams (TV exec); Sylvia Williams (Paul's wife); Ross Curran (TV technician)
First Line: Suicide! The word splashes across the headlines -- Prominent TV Exec Commits Suicide -- and the matter is quickly forgotten.
Synopsis: Motorists Harry and Martha witness television executive Paul Williams deliberately drive his car off the edge of a mountain road in a suicide attempt. The restless spirit of Paul Williams seeks out Doctor Thirteen to prove his death was murder, and to identify the murderer.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #6 [Direct Sales] published January 1981
as And the Corpse Cried "Murder!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Phantom Stranger #1 published December 2006
as And the Corpse Cried "Murder!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-1118

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