Showcase #80 - Neal Adams cover + 1st Phantom Stranger revival

Neal Adams

Showcase v1 #80 featuring the Phantom Stranger, 1969 - With the exception of a few framing pages, silver age Phantom Stranger reprints fill most of the issue. Still, you have to admire Neal Adams' darker, contemporary version of the character. Note how the ghostly images swirl clockwise toward the focal point. This is also the only time I recall seeing the Stranger's face and hair in full view. Inside, he appears in nine new pages surrounding two reprints. This is technically the Phantom Stranger's first appearance since the cancellation of his series in 1953. Other artists in this silver age comic include Jerry Grandenetti and Bill Draut. 

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Key 1st revival Phantom Stranger 

Showcase v1 = 1 Adams issue

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Adams cover pencils and inks = ***

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