Comic Title: Phantom Stranger #5
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Apr/May 1953
On Sale Date: February 20, 1953 Copyright Date February 18, 1953
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.

Newsstand Date February 20, 1953
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V7 #12

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

Title: "The Stars Screamed Danger"
Pages: 6

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

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Frank Giacoia
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted In:
Phantom Stranger #3 (1969)
Showcase Presents Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 TPB (2006)

Feature Character(s)

• Phantom Stranger (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #5; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #6)

Villain(s)

• Vasti (a carnival mystic; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Jerry Cahill and Peggy (an amusement park owner and his wife; first appearance; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #3)
• Various carnival attendees (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A carnival mystic predicts supernatural behavior will increase at an amusement park. Suddenly ghosts and spectres are seen and cause trouble for the park. Phantom Stranger investigates in order to debunk the supernatural explanation. He exposes Vasti as a fraud, trying to force the park owner to sell cheaply.