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Publishers / DC / The Phantom Stranger (1969) / #16

16November-December 1971
$0.25

The Phantom Stranger #16

DC · November-December 1971 · on sale September 14, 1971

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Identification plate

Series: The Phantom Stranger (DC, 1969 series)
Issue: #16
Publication date: November-December 1971
Key date: November 1971
On-sale date: September 14, 1971
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 52
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Image in Wax	cover	1	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; colors: Neal Adams	The Phantom Stranger; Dalia; Judah Tallow
1	Image in Wax	comic story	17	script: Len Wein; pencils: Jim Aparo; inks: Jim Aparo; letters: Jim Aparo	The Phantom Stranger; Judah Tallow (owner of the wax museum); Dalia; Ernie Drapper
2	The Threat of the Horrible Hex	comic story	11.67	script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort Meskin; letters: Stan Starkman	Mark Merlin; Elsa Magnusson; Henrietta Von Halz; Josef Von Halz (burgermeister); Spinster Toten (witch); Peter Stalb (occultist); Black Moon (medicine man)
3	For Suspense	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Tony DeZuniga; inks: Tony DeZuniga
4	Mail to the Phantom Stranger	letters page	1	script: Joe Orlando
5	And the Corpse Cried, "Murder!"	comic story	9	script: Len Wein; pencils: Tony DeZuniga; inks: Tony DeZuniga; letters: Ben Oda	Doctor Terrence Thirteen; Harry (motorist); Martha (motorist); Paul Williams (TV exec); Sylvia Williams (Paul's wife); Ross Curran (TV technician)

Where to read it

Collection	Year
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #6	1981	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Phantom Stranger #1 ISBN 1-4012-1088-0	2006	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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