Comic Title: Phantom Stranger Omnibus HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2023
On Sale Date: August 29, 2023 Direct Market Date August 30, 2023
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Direct Market Date August 22, 2023
Source: DC Connect, #32

Direct Market Date November 1, 2022
Source: Previews, #25

Direct Market Date November 1, 2022
Source: Panels, June 2022

Direct Market Date May 24, 2022
Source: Panels, #20

Cover Price: $150.00
Page Count: 1200

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Ghosts in the Locked Room"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Bernard Sachs

Reprinted From:
Phantom Stranger #6 (1953)

Feature Character(s)

• Phantom Stranger (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #5; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #6)

Villain(s)

• Hugh Criley (president of the Doubters Society; no further appearances)
• Criley's gang (disguised as Babylonian gods; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Ira Prentiss (a millionaire; no further appearances)
• Alice Barton (a secretary; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Believing the gems owned by her employer are cursed, secretary Alice Barton invites the Phantom Stranger and Hugh Criley, president of the Doubters Society to a ritual to end the curse. The three are locked in a room, and the lights are turned out. Babylonian gods then appear, knock out the Stranger, and steal the jewels. When the lights come back on, the room is still locked, and both gods and jewels are gone.

Alice gives her account of the story to the police. Hugh Criley also gives his account in which he claims the thieves were inter-dimensional aliens, not Babylonian gods. The Phantom Stranger suddenly appears and reveals what truly happened. He was knocked out from behind by Criley, who let the men into the room. The Stranger was able to follow the gang to their hideout and recover the jewels. Criley is exposed as the leader of the gang and taken into police custody before the Phantom Stranger vanishes.