| PHANTOM STRANGER | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino |
Phantom Stranger
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CHRONOLOGY
Phantom Stranger first appeared in Phantom Stranger #1 (August-September 1952).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Phantom Stranger in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.
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Phantom Stranger Chronology
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| Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 #1 (August-September 1952): "The Haunters from Beyond" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 #1/2 (August-September 1952): "When Dead Men Walk" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 #1/3 (August-September 1952): "The House of Strange Secrets" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 #2 (October-November 1952): "The Killer Shadow" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 #2/2 (October-November 1952): "Death's Strange Deputy" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 #2/3 (October-November 1952): "The Three Signs of Evil" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 #3 (December 1952-January 1953): "Ghosts for Sale" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 #3/2 (December 1952-January 1953): "Dead Man's Hand" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 #3/3 (December 1952-January 1953): "The Day of Destiny" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 #4 (February-March 1953): "The Hairy Shadows" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 #4/2 (February-March 1953): "The Riddle of the Ghostly Trumpet" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 #4/3 (February-March 1953): "The Dream Killer" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 #5 (April-May 1953): "The Living Nightmare" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 #5/2 (April-May 1953): "The Unseen Familiar" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 #5/3 (April-May 1953): "The Stars Screamed Danger" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 #6 (June-July 1953): "The Ghosts in the Locked Room" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 #6/2 (June-July 1953): "Doorway in the Sky" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 #6/3 (June-July 1953): "Horror in Miniature" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #6 (March-April 1970): "No. 13 Thirteenth Street" [Flashback] |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #7 (May-June 1970): "The Curse" [Flashback] |
| Showcase #80 (February 1969): "The Three Signs of Evil" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #1 (May-June 1969): "Defeat the Dragon Curse...or Die!" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #2 (July-August 1969): "The Man Who Died Three Times" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #3 (September-October 1969): "Some Day in Some Dark Alley" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #4 (November-December 1969): "There is Laughter in Hell This Day" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #5 (January-February 1970): "The Devil's Playground" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #6 (March-April 1970): "No. 13 Thirteenth Street" |
| Brave and the Bold #89 (April-May 1970): "Arise, Ye Ghosts of Gotham" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #7 (May-June 1970): "The Curse" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #8 (July-August 1970): "Journey to the Tomb of the Ice Giants" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #9 (September-October 1970): "Obeah Man" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #10 (November-December 1970): "Death...Call Not My Name" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #10/2 (November-December 1970): "Charlie's Crocodile" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #11 (January-February 1971): "Walk Not in the Desert's Sun" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #12 (March-April 1971): "Marry Me -- Marry Death" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #13 (May-June 1971): "A Child of Death" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #14 (July-August 1971): "The Man with No Heart" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #15 (September-October 1971): "The Iron Messiah" |
| Brave and the Bold #98 (October-November 1971): "Mansion of the Misbegotten" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #16 (November-December 1971): "Image in Wax" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #17 (January-February 1972): "Like a Ghost from the Ashes" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #18 (March-April 1972): "Home Is the Sailor" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #19 (May-June 1972): "Return to the Tomb of the Ice Giants" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #20 (July-August 1972): "A Child Shall Lead Them" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #21 (September-October 1972): "The Resurrection of Johnny Glory" |
| Justice League of America #103 (December 1972): "A Stranger Walks Among Us" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #22 (November-December 1972): "Circle of Evil" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #23 (January-February 1973): "Panic in the Night" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #24 (March-April 1973): "Apocalypse" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #25 (June-July 1973): "Dance of the Serpent" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #26 (August-September 1973): "From Dust Thou Art" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #27 (October-November 1973): "Dr. Zorn: Soul-Master" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #28 (December 1973-January 1974): "The Counterfeit Madman" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #29 (February-March 1974): "The Devil Dolls of Dr. Z" |
| Justice League of America #110 (March-April 1974): "The Man Who Murdered Santa Claus" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #30 (April-May 1974): "The Children's Crusade" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #31 (June-July 1974): "Sacred is the Monster Kang" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #32 (August-September 1974): "It Takes a Witch" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #34 (December 1974-January 1975): "A Death in the Family" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #35 (February-March 1975): "The Demon Gate" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #36 (April-May 1975): "Crimson Gold" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #37 (June-July 1975): "Images of the Dead" |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #218/2 (June-July 1975): "Give Her Liberty--and Give Her Death" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #38 (August-September 1975): "The Curse of the Stalking Skull" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #39 (October-November 1975): "Death Calls Twice for a Deadman" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #40 (December 1975-January 1976): "In the Kingdom of the Blind" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #41 (February-March 1976): "A Time for Endings" |
| Justice League of America #139/2 (February 1977): "The Ice Age Cometh" |
| Justice League of America #145 (August 1977): "The Carnival of Souls" |
| Justice League of America #146 (September 1977): "Inner Mission" |
| Justice League of America #150 (January 1978): "The Key - or Not the Key" |
| DC Super-Stars #18 (January-February 1978): "Hour of the Demon" |
| World's Finest Comics #249 (February-March 1978): "The Vampire of Steel" |
| House of Secrets #150 (February-March 1978): "A God By Any Other Name" |
| Showcase #100 (May 1978): "There Shall Come a Gathering" |
| Justice League of America #156 (July 1978): "The Fiend with Five Faces" |
| Justice League of America #157 (August 1978): "Till Doom Do Us Part" |
| Justice League of America #210 (January 1983): "When a World Dies Screaming" [Flashback story] |
| Justice League of America #211 (February 1983): "The Devil's Bargain" [Flashback story] |
| Justice League of America #212 (March 1983): "War in Space!" [Flashback story] |
| Brave and the Bold #145 (December 1978): "A Choice of Dooms" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #344 (February 1980): "The Monsters Among Us" |
| DC Comics Presents #25 (September 1980): "Judgment Night" |
| Detective Comics #500 (March 1981): "To Kill a Legend" |
| Justice League of America #200 (March 1982): "A League Divided" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #1/2 (May 1982): "In Shadowed Depths" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #2/2 (June 1982): "Soul On Fire" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #3/2 (July 1982): "The Beauty of the Beast" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #4/2 (August 1982): "Hospital of Fear" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #5/2 (September 1982): "But the Patient Died" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #6/2 (October 1982): "Till Death Do Us Join" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #7/2 (November 1982): "The Haunting of Amanda Dove" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #8/2 (December 1982): "If the Sword Should Slay the Dove" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #9/2 (January 1983): "Sanctuary of Shadow" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #10/2 (February 1983): "By All That's Holy" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #11/2 (March 1983): "And I Shall Stand in the Shadow of Death" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #12/2 (April 1983): "Ageless" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #13/2 (May 1983): "The Man Who Isn't There" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #14 (June 1983): "Crystal Visions, Shattered Dreams!" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #15 (July 1983): "Empires Made of Sand" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #8 (March 1984): "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" |
| DC Comics Presents #72 (August 1984): "Madness in a Dark Dimension" |
| Justice League of America #231 (October 1984): "Family Crisis" |
| Swamp Thing Annual Vol. 2 #2 (1984): "Down Amongst the Dead Men" |
| Fury of Firestorm #32 (February 1985): "Ghosts" |
| Blue Devil Annual #1 (1985): "The Day All Hell Broke Loose" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (October 1985): "Beyond the Silent Night" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January 1986): "Death at the Dawn of Time!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #11 (February 1986): "Aftershock" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (March 1986): "Final Crisis" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #49 (June 1986): "The Summoning" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #50 (July 1986): "The End" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #51 (August 1986): "Home Free" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #55 (December 1986): "Earth to Earth" |
| Action Comics #585 (February 1987): "And Graves Give Up Their Dead..." |
| Legends #2 (December 1986): "Breach of Faith!" |
| Legends #3 (January 1987): "Send for... the Suicide Squad!" |
| Legends #4 (February 1987): "Cry' Havoc...!" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #3 (March 1987): "Legends from the Darkside" |
| Legends #5 (March 1987): "Let Slip the Dogs of War" |
| Legends #6 (April 1987): "Finale!" |
| Spectre Vol. 2 #2 (May 1987): "First Stirrings" |
| Spectre Vol. 2 #3 (June 1987): "Justice Beyond the Flesh" |
| Doctor Fate Vol. 1 #3 (September 1987): "Strangers" |
| Spectre Vol. 2 #7 (October 1987): "Pieces of Zatanna" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 3 #1 (October 1987): "The Heart of a Stranger" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 3 #2 (November 1987): "The Soul of the Man!" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 3 #3 (December 1987): "Thunder in the Night!" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 3 #4 (January 1988): "A World Full of Voices!" |
| Millennium #8 (February 1988): "The Rising and Advancing of Ten Spirits" |
| Spectre Vol. 2 #11 (February 1988): "Housewarming Party" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #76 (September 1988): "L'adoration De La Terre" |
| Spectre Vol. 2 #18 (September 1988): "Zombie Transit" |
| Action Comics Weekly #610/2 (July 26, 1988): "Kenny and the Demon" |
| Action Comics Weekly #613/3 (August 16, 1988): "Can't Judge a Book" |
| Action Comics Weekly #614/2 (August 23, 1988): "Death God" |
| Power Girl #3 (August 1988): "Heritage" |
| Power Girl #4 (September 1988): "Destiny" |
| Action Comics Weekly #617/5 (September 13, 1988): "Channel Switching" |
| Action Comics Weekly #623/6 (October 25, 1988): "The Devil Was a Baby" |
| Spectre Vol. 2 #21 (December 1988): "Jenny Dean Is Dead" |
| Spectre Vol. 2 #23 (Holiday 1988): "House of the Secret Enemy" |
| Invasion! #2 (1988): "Battleground Earth" |
| Action Comics Weekly #631/3 (December 20, 1988): "Cat and Mouse, chapter 1" |
| Action Comics Weekly #632/2 (December 27, 1988): "Cat and Mouse, chapter 2" |
| Action Comics Weekly #633/5 (January 3, 1989): "Cat and Mouse, chapter 3" |
| Action Comics Weekly #634/2 (January 10, 1989): "Cat and Mouse, chapter 4" |
| Action Comics Weekly #636/3 (January 24, 1989): "All That Jazz" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #83 (February 1989): "Brothers in Arms Part One" |
| Action Comics Weekly #641/5 (March 7, 1989): "Tommy's Monster" |
| Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame (2000): "Legend of the Green Flame" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #29 (January 1990): "The Kingdom of No" |
| Doctor Fate Vol. 2 #19 (July 1990): "Chaos Descending" |
| Doctor Fate Vol. 2 #20 (August 1990): "The Whirlwind" |
| Doctor Fate Vol. 2 #21 (October 1990): "The Bleeding World" |
| Doctor Fate Vol. 2 #22 (November 1990): "Stoner Transcendent" |
| Doctor Fate Vol. 2 #23 (December 1990): "The Beginningless Beginning" |
| Doctor Fate Vol. 2 #24 (January 1991): "The Endless End!" |
| Books of Magic Vol. 1 #1 (1990): "The Invisible Labyrinth" |
| Books of Magic Vol. 1 #2 (1990): "The Shadow World" |
| Books of Magic Vol. 1 #4 (1991): "The Road to Nowhere" |
| Demon Vol. 3 #9 (March 1991): "Apocalypse Now! 1: Signs and Portents" |
| Demon Vol. 3 #10 (April 1991): "Apocalypse Now! 2: Secret Origins" |
| Demon Vol. 3 #11 (May 1991): "Apocalypse Now! 3: Stranger Than Fiction" |
| Demon Vol. 3 #14 (August 1991): "Apocalypse Now! 6: The End is Nigh(ish)" |
| Demon Vol. 3 #15 (September 1991): "Apocalypse Now! 7: Boom!" |
| War of the Gods #2 (October 1991): "The Holy Wars" |
| War of the Gods #3 (November 1991): "Casualties of War" |
| War of the Gods #4 (December 1991): "In the Beginning... There Was the End" |
| Eclipso: The Darkness Within #1 (July 1992): "All Men Make Faults" |
| Deadman: Exorcism #1 (1992): "Exorcism" |
| Deadman: Exorcism #2 (1992): "Exorcism" |
| Hellblazer #63 (March 1993): "Forty" |
| Vertigo Visions: Phantom Stranger #1 (October 1993): "Geronition" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #137 (November 1993): "Dead Relatives" |
| Scarab #2 (December 1993): "Lost and Found" |
| Eclipso #15 (January 1994): "Judgment Day" |
| Spectre Vol. 3 #14 (January 1994): "Wrath of God" |
| Eclipso #16 (February 1994): "Fallout" |
| Spectre Vol. 3 #15 (February 1994): "Old Blood" |
| Spectre Vol. 3 #16 (March 1994): "Call for Blood" |
| Eclipso #17 (March 1994): "Big Game" |
| Eclipso #18 (April 1994): "Works of Darkness" |
| Spectre Vol. 3 #17 (April 1994): "Into the Dark Side" |
| Spectre Vol. 3 #18 (May 1994): "Final Judgments" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #25 (November 1994): "Family Ties" |
| Fate #5 (March 1995): "Twist of Fate" |
| Sandman Vol. 2 #71 (September 1995): [The Wake] "Chapter Two: In Which a Wake is Held" |
| Underworld Unleashed: Abyss - Hell's Sentinel #1 (December 1995): [Hell's Sentinel] |
| Underworld Unleashed #3 (late December 1995): "Seduction of the Innocent" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #39 (February 1996): "Merriment, Mistletoe, and Mayhem!" |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #105 (January 1996): "Lifelines, Part One" |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #106 (February 1996): "Lifelines, Part Two" |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #107 (March 1996): "Lifelines, Part Three" |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #108 (April 1996): "Lifelines, Part Four" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #166 (May 1996): "Trial by Fire, Part 1: Golden Days Before The End" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #168 (July 1996): "Trial by Fire, Part 3: Last Temptation of Anton" |
| Final Night #1 (November 1996): "Dusk" |
| Final Night #3 (November 1996): "Keeping Hope Alive" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 3 #81 (December 1996): "Funeral for a Hero" |
| Batman/Phantom Stranger #1 (1997): [No Title] |
| Adventures of Superman #548 (July 1997): [28] "Friends, Lovers, and Strangers" |
| Spectre Vol. 3 #62 (February 1998): "Final Rites" |
| Resurrection Man #18 (October 1998): "Secrets & Lies" |
| JLA #29 (May 1999): "Crisis Times Five, Part 2: World Turned Upside Down..." |
| JLA #31 (July 1999): "Crisis Times Five, Part 4: Gods & Monsters" |
| Day of Judgment #1 (November 1999): "The Summoning" |
| Day of Judgment #2 (November 1999): "Lost Souls" |
| Day of Judgment #3 (November 1999): "Choosing Sides" |
| Day of Judgment #4 (November 1999): "The End of the World As We Know It" |
| Day of Judgment #5 (November 1999): "Soul Search" |
| Day of Judgment Secret Files #1 (November 1999): "The Destiny Dilemma" |
| Justice Leagues: Justice League of Atlantis #1 (March 2001): "Justice Leagues, Part III: Sea Change" |
| Green Arrow Vol. 3 #7 (October 2001): "Quiver Chapter Seven: Hard Travelling Heroes" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #118 (November 2001): [44] "Time and Punishment" |
| Spectre Vol. 4 #11 (January 2002): "The Mission" |
| Spectre Vol. 4 #12 (February 2002): "The Spectre of Christmas" |
| Impulse #87 (August 2002): "Crisis on Impulse's Earth, Part Two" |
| Doctor Fate Vol. 3 #1 (October 2003): "" |
| Hellblazer #191 (February 2004): "Staring at the Wall Part 3" |
| Hellblazer #195 (June 2004): "Out of Season Part 1" |
| Day of Vengeance #2 (July 2005): "Some Enchantress Evening" [Flashback] |
| Day of Vengeance #1 (June 2005): "One Last Drink at the End of Time" |
| Day of Vengeance #2 (July 2005): "Some Enchantress Evening" [Behind the scenes] |
| Day of Vengeance #3 (August 2005): "A Hot Night In Budapest" |
| Day of Vengeance #4 (September 2005): "Monkey Business" |
| Seven Soldiers: Zatanna #2 (August 2005): "A Book in the Beginning" |
| Day of Vengeance: Infinite Crisis Special #1 (March 2006): "The Ninth Age of Magic" |
| 52 #50 (June 2007): "World War III" |
| Blue Beetle Vol. 3 #5 (September 2006): "Secrets, Part One" |
| Blue Beetle Vol. 3 #6 (October 2006): "Secrets, Part Two" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #3 (December 2006): "The Tornado's Path, Chapter Three: The Brave & the Bold" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #6 (March 2007): "The Tornado's Path, Final Chapter: Iron Man" |
| Brave and the Bold Vol. 3 #19 (January 2009): "Without Sin Part One" |
| Brave and the Bold Vol. 3 #20 (February 2009): "Without Sin Part Two" |
| Brave and the Bold Vol. 3 #21 (March 2009): "Without Sin Part Three" |
| Brave and the Bold Vol. 3 #22 (April 2009): "Without Sin Part Four" |
| Faces of Evil: Solomon Grundy #1 (March 2009): "The Curse!" |
| Blackest Night #2 (October 2009): "Blackest Night" |
| Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #42 (March 2010): "Deadman Walking" |
| Green Arrow Vol. 5 #8 (March 2011): "Exorcising the Demons" |
| Green Arrow Vol. 5 #9 (April 2011): "Demon Seed" |
Chronology UncertainIt is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology. |
| Action Comics #892/2 (October 2010): "A Look at Things to Come In... Superboy" |
| Book of Fate #6 (July 1997): [Convergence, Part One]: "All That Glitters..." |
| Fate #20 (July 1996): "Convergence" |
| Fate #21 (August 1996): "The Will to Power" |
| Fate #22 (September 1996): "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" |
| Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #7/6 (winter 1993): "...The Starheart!" |
| Hawk and Dove Vol. 3 #1 (June 1989): "Gauntlet!" |
| Hellblazer #94 (October 1995): "Critical Mass 3: The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" |
| JLA #58 (November 2001): "Dying Breath" |
| Martian Manhunter Vol. 2 #28 (March 2001): "Torn Asunder" |
| Reign in Hell #2 (October 2008): "Dark Alliances" |
| Showcase '93 #4/2 (April 1993): "A World To Conquer (But I Wouldn't Want To Live There)" |