Comic Title: Showcase Presents Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2006
On Sale Date: October 25, 2006 Direct Market Date October 18, 2006
Source: Previews, Vol. 16 #7 (#211)

Direct Market Date October 25, 2006
Source: ComicList, New Releases List for Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 544
Editor: Bob Joy

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "How Do You Know My Name?"
Pages: 11

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

Writer: Mike Friedrich
Artist: Bill Draut

Reprinted From:
Phantom Stranger #3 (1969)

Feature Character(s)

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

Supporting Character(s)

• Doctor Thirteen (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #2; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #4)

Villain(s)

• Jay Cahill (disguised as Vasti; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Jerry Cahill and Peggy (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #5; no further appearances)
• Jody and three of his friends (young boys; no further appearances)
• Mr. Yanchus (a carnival guard; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Comments:
Chapter 1:"How Do You Know My Name?"
Chapter 2:"No Such Thing as Ghosts"
Chapter 3:"Some Day in Some Dark Alley..."

This story serves as the framing sequence for two reprint stories.

Pages 1-2 appear first
"The Stars Screamed Danger" is then reprinted
Pages 3-4 appear next
"The Phantom of Paris" is then reprinted
Pages 5-11 then conclude the framing sequence.

Synopsis:
Several children including Jody Cahill sneak into an amusement park after dark where they discover the body of a night watchman. The Phantom Stranger appears and explains how he once solved a mystery in this very same park ten years earlier.

Meanwhile, the owner of the park, Jerry Cahill, is meeting with Dr. Thirteen to investigate the recent string of accidents which are affecting the park. The ghost of Vasti is said to be to blame, but Thirteen does not believe in ghosts. When Jody is discovered missing, Dr. Thirteen rushes to the park to find him.

Dr. Thirteen finds the Phantom Stranger and the children, but Jody has disappeared. They search the park and avoid attacks by the supposed ghost. Eventually, the ghost is unmasked. It turns out to be Jay Cahill, Jerry's brother, who hired Vasti years ago to sabotage the park. Jay is caught, Jody is rescued, and the Phantom Stranger uncovers dynamite which was intended to bring an end to the park.