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5April-May 1953
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The Phantom Stranger #5

DC · April-May 1953 · on sale 1953-02-18

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Identification plate

Series
The Phantom Stranger (DC, 1952 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
April-May 1953
Key date
1953-04-00
On-sale date
1953-02-18
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Gil Kane, Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira SchnappThe Phantom Stranger
1Now More Than Ever -- This Famous Symbol on the Cover of Any Comics Magazine Is Your Guarantee of the Best in Comics Reading!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Living Nightmare!comic story7.67script: John Broome; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Bernard Sachs; letters: Gaspar SaladinoThe Phantom Stranger
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin
6Demon Countcomic story1script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Ira Schnapp
7The Unseen Familiar!comic story5.67script: John Broome; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar SaladinoThe Phantom Stranger
9Twelve-Day Terror!comic story0.5script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker
11Superman Says: "People are People!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappClark Kent, Superman
12Time to Kill!comic story4script: Henry Kuttner; pencils: John Giunta; inks: John Giunta; letters: Gaspar SaladinoJed Bruno; Andrew Seldin
13Strange Secrets of the Ozarkstext article2script: Jack Miller; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
14The Stars Screamed Danger!comic story6script: John Broome; pencils: Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar SaladinoThe Phantom Stranger
15Hand of Glorycomic story1script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker
16The Nameless Ones!comic story1script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker

Plus 3.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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