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: "No. 13 Thirteenth Street"
Pages: 23

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

Writer/Penciller: Mike Sekowsky
Inker: Vince Colletta

Reprinted From:
Phantom Stranger #6 (1970)

Feature Character(s)

• Phantom Stranger (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #5; next appearance in Brave & the Bold #89)

Supporting Character(s)

• Doctor Thirteen (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #5; next appearance in Brave & the Bold #89)
• Spartacus, Attila, Wild Rose, and Mister Square (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #5; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #7)

Villain(s)

• Tala (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #5; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #7)
• Creepy Conway (a prankster; in flashback; no further appearances)
• A headless horseman (in flashback; no further appearances)
• Abigail (an elderly woman; no further appearances)
• The Thing (Tala's servant; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The Deggs family (Nancy and Jimmy named; last name given as Debbs once in this story; in flashback; no further appearances)
• David Drew-Gorham and Linda (his wife; in flashback; no further appearances)
• Ainsley Drew-Gorham and Ilene (his daughter; in flashback; no further appearances)
• Maude (Abigail's sister; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story frames two stories:
"The Case of the Diabolical Deggs House..." and
"The Haunting of Drood Wood -- or -- Give Me Back My Head"

Synopsis:
When their car breaks down, four teenagers seek a place to stay for the evening. While walking the street, they witness two women run from the house which appears to be haunted by a poltergeist. The kids call Dr. Thirteen, and the Phantom Stranger just shows up.

Thirteen claims the poltergeist is a fake and tells the kids the tale of the Deggs family which had a poltergeist who turned out to be their creepy neighbor playing pranks. The Phantom Stranger tells his own tale of a headless ghost returning from beyond the grave to find his head.

After the stories are told, the Phantom Stranger forces Tala to reveal herself. She claims that she is not behind the poltergeist, but one of the women who live in the house is responsible. Abigail has been angry that she has been given chocolate ice cream instead of pistachio. With the help of an ancient book, she used witchcraft to create the poltergeist. The Phantom Stranger has the book destroyed, then the kids have ice cream with the other sister. Unknown to everyone, Abigail made copies of the book before it was burned.