Comic Title: Phantom Stranger #3
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Dec/Jan 1952
Approx. On Sale Date: October 24, 1952 Copyright Date October 22, 1952
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1952
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Dead Man's Hand"
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Phantom Stranger (of Earth-1)

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Frank Giacoia

Reprinted In:
Adventure Comics #419 (1972)

Feature Character(s)

• Phantom Stranger (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #3; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #3)

Villain(s)

• Jim Pomeroy (a rodeo rider; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Hank Wheeler (a rodeo star; no further appearances)
• Two unnamed riders and three children (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Wild Bill Hickok (in flashback)

Synopsis:
Rodeo star Hank Wheeler tells a group of children the story of Wild Bill Hickok's death. He explains that Wild Bill was holding a poker hand of "Aces and Eights" which would become known as the "Dead Man's Hand."

Wheeler then receives his own "Dead Man's Hand," as Aces and Eights begin showing up in his life. When the final eight shows up during a rodeo ride, he is thrown from the bull.

After the match, Hank meets the Phantom Stranger. He then joins a poker game with other rodeo riders. The Phantom Stranger deals each a "Dead Man's Hand," causing Jim Pomeroy to reveal himself as the man behind Wheeler's strange hand. Pomeroy intended to scare Wheeler and become the rodeo champion.