Countdown to Halloween 2023 DC SUPER-STARS "Phantom Stranger and Doctor 13 in 'Wraiths in the Rain' "

When Last We Left Our Mystical Heroes...

While Deadman battled half-human/half-demon gargoyles, The Phantom Stranger has not been idle, and now he's about to be joined by another whom he's met before...under less than ideal circumstances!

Left to right: writer Carla Conway, husband Gerry Conway (who was shown in Rutland during the Beast/Justice League/Thor crossover we presented two years ago, and wrote the Thor story which wound it up!), writer Marty Pasko, writer/editor Paul Levitz, and artist Romeo Tanghal (who drew this entire story except for the caricatures of the real-life people which were done by Joe Staton)!

To Be Concluded...Tomorrow!

Trivia: The mystic Stranger and parapsychologist/skeptic Thirteen were created about the same time in the early-1950s, though they didn't encounter each other until the 1970s.

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Countdown to Halloween 2023 DC SUPER-STARS "Deadman in 'Hour of the Demon' "

We Have Already Seen...

The Phantom Stranger, already in the Vermont town of Rutland, is aware of the threat of a demon named Quabal and his minions...half-human/half-demon beings who look like classic gargoyles!

But another mystical character, the ghost known as Deadman, has also arrived...during the annual Halloween Parade...

The Mystical Mayhem Continues Tomorrow as the Phantom Stranger Joins Forces with Doctor Thirteen: Ghost-Breaker!

BTW, his real name is Dr Terence Thirteen.

It works for another guy you've heard of...Dr Stephen Strange...too!

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Countdown to Halloween 2023 DC SUPER-STARS "Phantom Stranger in 'Gargoyles' "

We return to Rutland's Halloween Parade...

...with someone who attended it several years earlier...the Phantom Stranger, as shown HERE and HERE!

The "old bum" isn't quite what he appears to be.

To find out more, be here...

TOMORROW!

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CountDown To Halloween 2023 SUPERSNIPE "Halloween" Conclusion

When Last We Left the Kid with the Most Comic Books in America...

...Koppy (SuperSnipe) McFad (wearing his original costume), celebrates Halloween by trick-or-treating with his friends Herlock Domes and Roxy, and ends up at the Van Welty mansion where the trio inadvertently helps an assassination attempt on the mansion's rich owner.

When news reports about the police suspecting the costumed kids reach Koppy and Herlock, they investigate in an attempt to clear themselves, discovering the "policeman" who tricked them was a fraud in a rented costume, which he discarded in a trash can!
After the costume store owner gives them the name of the man who rented the police uniform, the now-plainclothes heroes go in search of the criminal...

Usually, SuperSnipe triumphs despite his rather "Inspector Clouseau"-esque antics, but this time he not only figures out the clues (with a couple of handy coincidences), but deliberately puts himself in danger to keep the criminals in the store until the police arrive!

He may not have "super powers", but SuperSnipe proves himself to be a real hero...

Story and art for this tale from SuperSnipe Comics V2N12 (1945) by George Marcoux, who did all the "SuperSnipe Universe" strips himself!

Next Monday: "real" superheroes return to Rutland's Halloween Parade...but which ones?

DC?

Marvel?

A different multiverse?

Yes, there's a number of them!

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CountDown To Halloween 2023 SUPERSNIPE "Halloween" Part 2

When Last We Left the "Kid with the Most Comic Books in America"...

...Koppy (SuperSnipe) McFad (wearing his original costume), celebrates Halloween by trick-or-treating with his friends Herlock Domes and Roxy, and ends up at the Van Welty mansion where the trio inadvertently helps an assassination attempt on the mansion's rich owner.

Discovering that they aided and abbetted a felony, Koppy and Herlock calmly assess the situation...

This tale of terror and trick-or-treat concludes tomorrow...

Story and art for this tale from S&S's SuperSnipe Comics V2N12 (1945) by George Marcoux, who did all the "SuperSnipe Universe" (including occasional strips featuring supporting characters) strips himself!

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