Comic Title: Showcase Presents:The House of Mystery Vol. 3 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2009
On Sale Date: January 28, 2009 Direct Market Date January 28, 2009
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Direct Market Date January 28, 2009
Source: Previews, #241

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 520
Editor: Scott Nybakken

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Hairy Shadows"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Murphy Anderson
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted From:
Phantom Stranger #4 (1953)

Feature Character(s)

• Phantom Stranger (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #3; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #4)

Villain(s)

• Creatures from another dimension (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Vic and Ellen Woods (ghost hunters; no further appearances)
• Old Judd (a mystic; no further appearances)
• An unnamed farmer (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Ghost hunters Vic and Ellen Woods visit the house of Old Judd which is suspected of being haunted. Old Judd himself disappeared under strange circumstances after a struggle with a hairy shadow.

Upon arriving at the house the ghost hunters meet the Phantom Stranger. Ellen finds one of Judd's spell books and uses it to conjure an archway. A shadow appears, but the spell is disrupted before it can emerge.

The Phantom Stranger suggests trying to cast the spell again after creating some magical protection. The spell works and a hairy creature emerges. After capturing it, they bargain with the creature for Judd's return. Judd is returned to Earth from another dimension. The creature is sent back through the archway, then the spellbook is destroyed.