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{{short description|Fictional comic book character}}
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{{Infobox comics character
| character_name = Phantom Stranger
| image          = The Phantom Stranger.jpg
| caption        = Cover of ''The Phantom Stranger'' (vol. 4) #4 (January 2013), art by [[Ethan Van Sciver]].
| publisher      = [[DC Comics]]/[[Vertigo Comics|Vertigo]]
| debut          = ''Phantom Stranger'' #1 (August/September 1952)
| creators       = [[John Broome (writer)|John Broome]] (writer)<br />[[Carmine Infantino]] (artist)
| alliances      = The Quintessence<br/>[[Justice League]]<br/>[[The Trenchcoat Brigade]]<br/>[[Sentinels of Magic]]<br/>[[Justice League Dark]]<br/>Council of Immortals
| aliases        = The Spirit of Justice, Philip Stark, Grey Walker, Brotherless One
| powers         = * Magic Mastery
* Conjuration 
* Summoning
* Invoking
* Transmutation
* Transformation
* Reality Alteration
* Dimensional Travel
* Psychic Powers
* [[Immortality]]
* [[Cosmic awareness]]
* Existence Erasure
* Space-Time Manipulation
* Nigh-Omnipotence
* Omniscience
* Oneiromancy
| hero           = y
| module         = {{infobox comic book title | subbox = yes | italic title = no
| title          = The Phantom Stranger
| schedule       = '''vol. 1 and 2''': Bimonthly<br> '''vol. 3''' and '''vol. 4''': Monthly
| format         = '''All''': Standard U.S., color.<br> '''vol. 1, 2 and vol. 4''': ongoing.<br>'''vol. 3''': Limited series
| date           = '''vol. 1''': August/September 1952 - June/July 1953 <br />'''vol. 2''': May/June 1969 - February/March 1976<br />'''vol. 3''': October 1987 - January 1988<br />'''vol. 4''': November 2012 - October 2014
| issues         = '''vol. 1''': 6<br>'''vol. 2''': 41 (issue #42 was published during the ''[[Blackest Night]]'' event)<br>'''vol. 3''': 4<br />'''vol. 4''': 23 (#1-22 plus issue #0) and a ''[[The New 52: Futures End|Trinity of Sin: The Phantom Stranger: Futures End]]'' one shot
| main_char_team = The Phantom Stranger
| limited        = y
| ongoing        = y
| 1shot          = y
| sort           = Phantom Stranger
}}
}}

The '''Phantom Stranger''' is a [[superhero]] appearing in [[American comic books]] published by [[DC Comics]], of unspecified [[paranormal]] origins, who battles mysterious and [[occult]] forces, sometimes under their [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]] imprint. The character first appeared in an eponymous comics anthology published in August/September 1952.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Korte |first3=Steve |last4=Manning |first4=Matt |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |last6=Wilson |first6=Sven |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe |date=2016 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-5357-0 |page=233}}</ref>

The Phantom Stranger made his first live-action appearance in the 2019 [[DC Universe (streaming service)|DC Universe]] television series ''[[Swamp Thing (2019 TV series)|Swamp Thing]]'', portrayed by [[Macon Blair]]. Additionally, [[Kevin Conroy]], [[D. B. Woodside]], and [[Peter Serafinowicz]] have voiced the character in animation.