Comic Title: Phantom Stranger #1
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May/Jun 1969
On Sale Date: March 18, 1969 Newsstand Date March 18, 1969
Source: Comic Reader, #72

Copyright Date March 18, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969

Newsstand Date March 13, 1969
Source: House Ad, Angel and the Ape #4, Page 32

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Joe Orlando

Title: "The Hermit's Ghost Dog"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Doctor 13 (of Earth-1)

Writer: France E. Herron
Artist: Leonard Starr

Reprinted From:
Star Spangled Comics #125 (1952)

Feature Character(s)

• Doctor Thirteen (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #124; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #126)

Supporting Character(s)

• Marie Leeds (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #124; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #126)

Villain(s)

• Harry Acker (a hunter; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Carter Blane and Marlowe (hunters; both die in this story; no further appearances)
• Bart Harley (a blind hermit; no further appearances)
• Mr. Jennings (a shopkeeper; no further appearances)
• An unnamed police officer (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
While vacationing at a hunting lodge belonging to Marie's uncle, Doctor Thirteen hears the screams of a man under attack. He arrives too late to save the man who was apparently the victim of an animal attack. No animal tracks are discovered, leading some to conclude that it was the ghost dog belonging to blind hermit Bart Harley.

Years ago, when Harley lost his sight he trained his dog Dirk as a guide. Recently, Dirk was shot and killed by three hunters. One of the hunters was the animal attack victim. Doctor Thirteen investigates, but he is unable to prevent the death of a second hunter. He trades places with the third man and barely escapes from a ghost dog.

After recovering from the attack, Doctor Thirteen proves that the ghost dog that attacked him was a real dog coated with luminous paint. The third hunter Harry Acker used the ghost dog story to cover the murder of his friends. He wanted them dead in order to profit from their discovery of radioactive minerals.