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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: DC
Title: The Phantom Stranger
Page Count: 36
Genre: Fantasy, Non-fiction, Science Fiction
Era: Golden
Cover Price: 0.10 USD
Cover Date: April 1953
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Country: United States
Boxing prizefighter Jerry Samson is made to believe he lost his powers. A gambling syndicate coaxed him into thinking he is the reincarnation of the biblical Samson, then cuts off his hair, thusly securing their odds at betting. The Phantom Stranger coaches Samson into winning his match.; At an amusement park, the mystic and fortune-teller Vasti predicts strange things which actually start to happen. The Phantom Stranger steps in and puts an end to Vasti's schemes.; Rich heir Carl Baker is haunted by a ghost being, a familiar, who tries to coax Baker into signing over all his property. The Phantom Stranger exposes the familiar as the butler.; Jed Bruno travels to the future to get revenge on his enemy.; Account of demons.; The candle-bearing severed hand of a hanged man was believed to have magic powers.; The power of names and pseudonyms; Supersititions about the twelve days of Christmas.