Editing Phantom Stranger (section)

===Justice League membership status===
The Phantom Stranger is better known for his role as a supernatural assistant to other heroes, such as the [[Justice League]]. His status as either a full, reserve, or honorary member of the League is debatable. After a vote of the majority of the team in ''Justice League of America'' #103, they offered him membership, with Superman declaring the Stranger "a member" without qualification, though he left before accepting. This issue was part of an unofficial [[metafiction]]al [[Intercompany crossover|crossover]] with [[Marvel Comics]], spanning titles from both of the major comics companies. Beginning in Marvel's ''[[Amazing Adventures]]'' #16 (by [[Steve Englehart]] with art by [[Bob Brown (comics)|Bob Brown]] and [[Frank McLaughlin (artist)|Frank McLaughlin]]), the story continued in DC's ''Justice League of America'' #103 (by Len Wein, [[Dick Dillin]] and [[Dick Giordano]]), and is concluded in ''[[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]]'' #207 (by [[Gerry Conway]] and penciler [[John Buscema]]). Each comic featured writers Steve Englehart, Gerry Conway, and Len Wein, as well as Wein's first wife [[Glynis Oliver|Glynis]], [[List of comics creators appearing in comics|interacting with]] Marvel or DC characters at the [[Rutland Halloween Parade]] in [[Rutland (city), Vermont|Rutland, Vermont]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/10/30/rutland-halloween-parade-marvel-dc-crossover/ |title=The Rutland Halloween Parade: Where Marvel and DC First Collided |last=Larnick |first=Eric |date=October 30, 2010 |publisher=[[Townsquare Media|ComicsAlliance]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111094055/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/10/30/rutland-halloween-parade-marvel-dc-crossover/ |archive-date=January 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 5, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2010/10/01/comic-book-legends-revealed-280/ |title=Comic Book Legends Revealed #280 |last=Cronin |first=Brian |date=October 1, 2010 |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116162032/http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2010/10/01/comic-book-legends-revealed-280/ |archive-date=January 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 5, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Gcdb issue|id= 25821|title= ''Amazing Adventures'' #16 (Jan. 1973)}}<br>{{Gcdb issue|id= 25700|title= ''Justice League of America'' #103 (Dec. 1972)}}<br>{{Gcdb issue|id= 25851|title= ''Thor'' #207 (Jan. 1973)}}</ref> The Phantom Stranger has at least twice asserted his membership status when other Leaguers challenged his input, during the vote on the League's re-admission of [[Wonder Woman]]<ref>{{cite comic|writer= [[Martin Pasko|Pasko, Martin]]|penciller= [[José Delbo|Delbo, José]]|inker= [[Tex Blaisdell|Blaisdell, Tex]]|story= Will the Real Wonder Woman Please...Drop Dead!|title= Wonder Woman|issue= #222|date= February-March 1976}}</ref> and during the crossover with ''The [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]''.<ref>{{cite comic|writer= [[Kurt Busiek|Busiek, Kurt]]|penciller= [[George Pérez|Pérez, George]]|inker= Pérez, George|story= Book Three: Strange Adventures|title= [[JLA/Avengers]]|issue= #3|date= December 2003}}</ref> In contrast, many in-story accounts of League membership fail to include the Stranger; when Zatanna was admitted as a member, Superman and Hawkman clarified that the 12-member limit in the League's charter had been rewritten previously to admit Hawkgirl as the 13th.<ref>{{cite comic|writer= Conway, Gerry|penciller= [[Dick Dillin|Dillin, Dick]]|inker= [[Frank McLaughlin (artist)|McLaughlin, Frank]]|story= The Reverse-Spells of Zatanna's Magic|title= Justice League of America|issue= #161|date= December 1978}}</ref> Writer Len Wein commented on the Phantom Stranger's relationship with the JLA in a 2012 interview stating that the character "only ''sort of'' joined. He was offered membership but vanished, as per usual, without actually accepting the offer. Over the years, other writers have just assumed [he] was a member, but in my world, he never really said yes".<ref>{{cite journal|last = Riley|first = Shannon E.|title = Flashback: 22,300 Miles Above Earth A Look Back at the JLA's 'Satellite Years'|journal= [[Back Issue!]]|issue = #58|page= 14|publisher = [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date = August 2012|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref>