Editing Phantom Stranger (section)

===Volume 2===
After an appearance in ''[[Showcase (comics)|Showcase]]'' #80 (February 1969), he received another series beginning May–June 1969<ref>McAvennie, Michael "1960s" in Dolan, p. 133: "Sixteen years after he faded into obscurity, the Phantom Stranger rematerialized in ''Showcase'' #80 (February 1969) before making his way back into his own series".</ref> that lasted until February&ndash;March 1976.<ref>{{cite book|last1= Overstreet|first1= Robert M.|title= [[Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide]]|edition= 49th|publisher= [[Gemstone Publishing]]|date= 2019|location= Timonium, Maryland|pages= 928|isbn= 978-1603602334}}</ref> The ''Showcase'' appearance and the first three issues of ''Phantom Stranger'' consisted of reprints from both the 1950s title and the "[[Doctor Thirteen|Dr. 13: Ghost-Breaker]]" feature from the last nine issues of ''[[Star Spangled Comics]]'' at the same time, with new, brief framing sequences. These had Dr. Thirteen, certain that the Phantom Stranger was an impostor, determined to expose him.

Beginning with issue #4 (November-December 1969), the series began featuring all-new material, with stories produced by [[Robert Kanigher]], [[Len Wein]], [[Jim Aparo]], [[Neal Adams]], [[Tony DeZuniga]] and others. In these stories, while the Stranger's past remained a mystery, the writers added a semi-regular cast of characters for him. A demonic sorceress named [[Tala (comics)|Tala]]<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Robert Kanigher|Kanigher, Robert]]|penciller= [[Neal Adams|Adams, Neal]]|inker= [[Bill Draut|Draut, Bill]]|story= There Is Laughter in Hell This Day!|title= Phantom Stranger|volume= 2|issue= #4|date= November–December 1969}}</ref> would become his archenemy; an alchemist/sorcerer named Tannarak<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Gerry Conway|Conway, Gerry]]|penciller= [[Jim Aparo|Aparo, Jim]]|inker= Aparo, Jim|story= Death... Call Not My Name!|title= Phantom Stranger|volume= 2|issue= #10|date= November–December 1970}}</ref> was first an enemy and would later assist him against the [[Dark Circle]];<ref>{{cite comic|writer= Kanigher, Robert; [[Len Wein|Wein, Len]]|penciller= Aparo, Jim|inker= Aparo, Jim|story= A Child Shall Lead Them!| title= Phantom Stranger|volume= 2|issue= #20|date= July–August 1972}}</ref> and a blind [[psychic]] named Cassandra Craft<ref>{{cite comic|writer= Wein, Len|penciller= Aparo, Jim|inker= Aparo, Jim|story= Like a Ghost from the Ashes|title= Phantom Stranger|volume= 2|issue= #17|date= January–February 1972}}</ref> would assist him. The stories hinted at a romantic attraction between the Stranger and Craft, but he eventually left her, deciding she could not be part of his life, convincing her he had been killed in their final battle against the Dark Circle.<ref>{{cite comic|writer= Wein, Len|penciller= Aparo, Jim|inker= Aparo, Jim|story= Apocalypse|title= Phantom Stranger|volume= 2|issue= #24|date= March–April 1973}}</ref> She eventually learned differently and turned up occasionally. Doctor Thirteen, dropped along with the reprints, was given a back-up series here as of #12 (March-April 1971) which morphed into "The [[Frankenstein (DC Comics)|Spawn of Frankenstein]]" in #23 (January-February 1973).

The second volume originally ended with the forty-first issue in November 1975, cover dated March 1976. In January 2010, a forty-second issue was added to the second series during the ''[[Blackest Night]]'' event, effectively a [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]].