Phantom Stranger Vol 3 1

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"The Heart of a Stranger"

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Phantom Stranger Vol 3 #1
October, 1987

Denny O'Neil, Mike Carlin

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Man will seek hope in any form when all about him seems hopeless. He will follow the loudest voice in the darkest, deepest pits... he will set mortality aside in the name of survival. He will ally himself with the Devil in the name of salvation.

-- Phantom Stranger

Appearing in "The Heart of a Stranger"

Featured Characters:

Phantom Stranger

Supporting Characters:

Villains:

Eclipso
Lycaon
Ralphie "The Nose" Bono
Rizzoli
Tony Wallace

Other Characters:

Dave (Single appearance)
Liz Samuels (Behind the scenes)
Randy (Single appearance)
Ravonovich (Single appearance)
Stiles (Single appearance)
Winston (Single appearance)

Locations:

Mt. Saint Helens

Washington, D.C.

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Heart of a Stranger"

A subtle darkness is gripping the world. All across the globe, disasters ranging from the mundane to the catastrophic are occurring with increasing activity. Mount St. Helens erupts, a nuclear facility goes into meltdown, tensions increase in the Middle East and Soviet/American relations erode.

The Phantom Stranger studies the patterns of these events and it brings him to the Temple of Divine Light in Gotham City. He recognizes cult leader, Lycaeon, as the Chosen of Darkness. Lycaeon summons a large demon to challenge the Stranger. The Phantom Stranger fights the demon until the Gotham City PD led by James Gordon burst into the church. Miraculously, Commissioner Gordon opens fire on the demon dispelling it.

The Phantom Stranger observes the heroism of mere mortals and wonders whether or not his mission still maintains validity as there is no personal cost to the Stranger himself. He traces the demon's activity to the dungeon lair of the evil entity known as Eclipso. The Stranger knows that he cannot destroy Eclipso's evil influence on a global basis, so he decides to consult with Eclipso's human foil, Dr. Bruce Gordon.

Notes

The Phantom Stranger appeared last in Spectre (Volume 2) #7.

Eclipso appeared last in Outsiders (Volume 1) #18.

Negative Woman appeared last in Vigilante #47. She appears next in Phantom Stranger (Volume 3) #3.

Rizzoli the mob clerk appears next in Phantom Stranger (Volume 3) #3.

Trivia

One of the headlines on a Daily Star newspaper reads, "Carlin called on carpet in Fumetti dating scam".

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