Comic Title: Showcase Presents Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2006
On Sale Date: October 25, 2006 Direct Market Date October 18, 2006
Source: Previews, Vol. 16 #7 (#211)

Direct Market Date October 25, 2006
Source: Usenet, New Releases List for Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 544
Editor: Bob Joy

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Walk Not in the Desert's Sun..."
Pages: 22

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

Writer: Gerry Conway
Artist: Jim Aparo

Reprinted From:
Phantom Stranger #11 (1971)

Feature Character(s)

• Phantom Stranger (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #10; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #12)

Villain(s)

• Tannarak (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #10; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #17)
• Two terrorists (no further appearances)
• Alien computers (no further appearances)
• Tannarak's guards (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Lynn Berg and Teddy (no further appearances)
• Two astronauts (no further appearances)
• A young woman murderer (no further appearances)

Comments:
(Part 2):"And the Gods Call Me Messiah..."

Synopsis:
Mysterious disappearances strike the east coast. The Phantom Stranger senses a connection with a strange triangle spotted in the night skies around the world. When a pyramid appears suddenly in Sudan, the Phantom Stranger crosses the ocean to investigate. On the plane he meets Lynn Berg, a woman returning to her homeland after years of living abroad. When they arrive, Lynn witnesses her brother Teddy killed by terrorists. Lynn is enraged. She attacks and brutally kills the terrorists before she disappears.

The Phantom Stranger heads for the pyramid where he finds Lynn and the other people captives. He is captured by Tannarak who claims to be an anointed messiah of hate. The Phantom Stranger opposes him and discovers his power comes from an alien computer. The computer analyses the Stranger and Lynn and realizes it erred. It thought all humanity was evil. To correct its error, the computer self-destructs. Tannarak is caught in the blast, but the Stranger escapes to safety with Lynn. However, the experience has damaged her mind.