Editing Phantom Zone (section)

{{short description|Fictional dimension in the DC Universe}}
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{{Infobox fictional location
| name        = Phantom Zone
| image       = Phantom Zone.jpg
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| caption     = Superman trapped in the Phantom Zone as seen on the cover of ''Superman'' (vol. 5) #2 (August 2018). Art by Ivan Reis.
| blank_label = [[:Category:Comics publishing companies|Publisher]]
| blank_data  = [[DC Comics]]
| first       = ''[[Adventure Comics]]'' #283 (April 1961)
| creator     = [[Robert Bernstein (comics)|Robert Bernstein]] (writer)<br>[[George Papp]] (artist)
| type        = Prison<br>Dimension<br>Interdimensional realm
| people      = 
| races       = 
| locations   = 
}}
The '''Phantom Zone''' is a prison-like parallel dimension appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[DC Comics]]. It is mainly associated with stories featuring [[Superman]]. It first appeared in ''[[Adventure Comics]]'' #283 (April 1961), and was created by [[Robert Bernstein (comics)|Robert Bernstein]] and [[George Papp]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comics.org/issue/16207/ |title=GCD :: Issue :: ''Adventure Comics'' #283 |publisher=Comics.org |access-date=2010-12-25}}</ref> It was frequently used in the ''Superman'' comics before the continuity was rebooted in the 1980s after ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' and has appeared occasionally since.