38 Facts About Phantom Stranger

Phantom Stranger is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, of unspecified paranormal origins, who battles mysterious and occult forces, sometimes under their Vertigo imprint.

Phantom Stranger made his first live appearance in the 2019 television series Swamp Thing for the DC streaming service played by Macon Blair.

Phantom Stranger first appeared in an eponymous six-issue comics anthology published in 1952 and created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino.

Showcase appearance and the first three issues of Phantom Stranger consisted of reprints from both the 1950s title and the "Dr 13: Ghost-Breaker" feature from the last nine issues of Star Spangled Comics at the same time, with new, brief framing sequences.

Phantom Stranger is better known for his role as a supernatural assistant to other heroes, such as the Justice League.

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The Phantom Stranger has at least twice asserted his membership status when other Leaguers challenged his input, during the vote on the League's re-admission of Wonder Woman and during the crossover with The Avengers.

Phantom Stranger was offered membership but vanished, as per usual, without actually accepting the offer.

Phantom Stranger received a new ongoing series in September 2012 written by Dan DiDio and drawn by Brent Anderson.

Phantom Stranger's appearances in titles featuring Doctor Fate reveal that the Stranger was a servant of the Lords of Order during the Ninth Age of Magic .

Phantom Stranger is judged by the Circle of Eternity, who are implied to be proxies for a higher power.

The Phantom Stranger is condemned to walk the Earth forever as an agent of God.

Phantom Stranger wears a necklace made of the 30 pieces of silver which he took as payment for betraying Jesus.

In later stories, the supernatural events were real and the Phantom Stranger was given unspecified supernatural powers of his own to defeat them.

Phantom Stranger played a major part in Neil Gaiman's The Books of Magic, taking protagonist Tim Hunter through time to show him the history and nature of magic.

The Phantom Stranger had his own limited series, where, lacking much of his power, he tries to foil Eclipso's plan to cause a nuclear war.

Nonetheless, the Phantom Stranger assisted Hal Jordan during his tenure as the Spectre on numerous occasions as well, most notably in a short stint babysitting Hal's niece, Helen.

Phantom Stranger was still able to advise Detective Chimp who sheltered him in his hat while he regained his powers.

The Phantom Stranger has no qualms gathering various forces in order to combat a certain evil, often invading those people's personal lives.

The Phantom Stranger has resisted such people as Doctor Fate in this, although Doctor Fate is, in almost any incarnation, an ally of the Stranger.

Phantom Stranger holds a unique relationship with the Spectre, as the two forces often come into conflict.

Phantom Stranger was responsible for gathering a group of mystic heroes in order to combat the Spectre, when its human host Jim Corrigan seemingly lost control of the Spectre .

The Phantom Stranger participated in Jim Corrigan's funeral, when Corrigan's soul finally earned its rest and left the Spectre.

The Phantom Stranger subsequently became one of the forces that stood against the Spectre when it went on a rampage without its human host, until the soul of Hal Jordan bonded with it.

The Phantom Stranger occasionally took on an advisory role for this new Spectre.

The Phantom Stranger has the body brought into Nanda Parbat and placed under guard, stating that it is of "singular importance".

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Phantom Stranger is subsequently judged along with Pandora of Pandora's Box fame and another man who was turned into the Question.

Phantom Stranger leads him to the abandoned warehouse where she has been kept, but this turns out to be a trap.

Pandora meets the Phantom Stranger and tells him she needs his help to find the person who can open her box.

Phantom Stranger refuses, reminding her of the last time the box was opened, when the sins of the world were unleashed.

John Constantine tries to con the Phantom Stranger to join the Justice League Dark by promising to return one of the 30 silver coins bound to him through his punishment.

The Phantom Stranger rejects the offer, but Constantine feels he will eventually come around and be on the Justice League Dark's side.

The Phantom Stranger is left on the door to the House of Mystery, and the Justice League Dark attempt to revive him, summoning the Nightmare Nurse.

The Phantom Stranger has demonstrated enormous powers and capabilities, the exact origin of which is undetermined.

Phantom Stranger's knowledge has even allowed him to come to the aid of DC Universe characters trapped out of their own times.

Phantom Stranger wandered listlessly, until the Stranger met him and offered a helping hand.

Phantom Stranger is one of the few true immortals of the DC Universe, actually incapable of being killed.

When shown unhatted in the Madame Xanadu miniseries, set in the Arthurian age where the Phantom Stranger's disguise was a simple cloak, his eyes appear completely white - devoid of irises and pupils - and sunk in a gaunt, sad visage.

Phantom Stranger played a major role in the novel DC Universe: Trail of Time, by Jeff Mariotte.