*DC: As rare as hen’s teeth! In 30+ years of flogging comics, we’ve only ever had a couple of issues of the first series of Phantom Stranger through our hands before. In 1952, he appeared from nowhere, without explanation or origin to be DC’s mysterious omniscient and omnipotent being of mystery. Despite numerous theories in the DCU, no concrete information has ever been revealed about his true nature. Edited by Whitney Ellsworth, and created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, this series had the finest creators of the time working on it in a number of horror/supernatural stories. Here we get John Broome scripts with pencils by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson. Whilst perhaps not as Pre-Code horrifically as the fare of other less polished publishers, the Phantom Stranger made up for that in the quality of substance and style of his stories. This is a low grade copy: the cover image is almost unmarked, although there are a few small chips out along the bottom edge, The spine has been glued along its length, so it’s difficult to assess the amount of spine wear, although there is some, with some puckering towards the bottom. Due to the glue, the covers are firmly attached and the staples are tight at the centrefold. Very slight chipping to upper right edge of cover, but good colour and reasonable creamy pages.
PICTURED: PHANTOM STRANGER #3 £170 SOLD