Comic Title: Phantom Stranger #4
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Feb/Mar 1953
Approx. On Sale Date: December 19, 1952 Copyright Date December 17, 1952
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1953
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Hairy Shadows"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Phantom Stranger (of Earth-1)

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Murphy Anderson
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted In:
House of Mystery #225 (1974)
Showcase Presents:The House of Mystery Vol. 3 TPB (2009)
House of Mystery:The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Phantom Stranger (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #3; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #4)

Villain(s)

• Creatures from another dimension (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Vic and Ellen Woods (ghost hunters; no further appearances)
• Old Judd (a mystic; no further appearances)
• An unnamed farmer (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Ghost hunters Vic and Ellen Woods visit the house of Old Judd which is suspected of being haunted. Old Judd himself disappeared under strange circumstances after a struggle with a hairy shadow.

Upon arriving at the house the ghost hunters meet the Phantom Stranger. Ellen finds one of Judd's spell books and uses it to conjure an archway. A shadow appears, but the spell is disrupted before it can emerge.

The Phantom Stranger suggests trying to cast the spell again after creating some magical protection. The spell works and a hairy creature emerges. After capturing it, they bargain with the creature for Judd's return. Judd is returned to Earth from another dimension. The creature is sent back through the archway, then the spellbook is destroyed.