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Showcase #80 (1969) · The Collector

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Showcase (1956)
#80

DC Comics#80

Showcase

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Showcase #80

Men Call Me the Phantom Stranger / The Three Signs of Evil / I Talked with the Dead!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: February 1969
On sale: Dec 12, 1968
Cover price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Key issue

1st appearance of Dr. Thirteen
1st appearance of Marie Thirteen

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Credits

Writers: Mike Friedrich, John Broome
Pencillers: Jerry Grandenetti, Carmine Infantino, Leonard Starr
Inkers: Bill Draut, Frank Giacoia, Joe Giella, Leonard Starr, Wayne Howard
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Grand Comics Database issue 22510

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The Phantom Stranger finds young Robbie and his buddies in a spooky cave, all scared of a curse. He tells them a scary story about curses and then leaves. Soon after, Doctor Thirteen and his wife Marie arrive to investigate a supposed town curse. They assure the kids there's no such thing as a curse and go on to tell them another story. After, the Phantom Stranger returns and he and Doctor Thirten decide to work together to figure out what's really behind the town curse.

Milt Snapinn, Ira Schnapp

Cover

Neal Adams

Cover colors

Neal Adams

Editor

Joe Orlando

Cover letters

Gaspar Saladino

Characters

Dr. Thirteen· 1st appearance
Marie Thirteen· 1st appearance
The Phantom Stranger

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