Comic Title: Phantom Stranger #36
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Apr/May 1975
On Sale Date: January 7, 1975 Newsstand Date January 7, 1975
Source: Comic Reader, #114

Copyright Date January 7, 1975
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1975

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 32
Editor: Joe Orlando

Title: "The Crime Computer"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Black Orchid (of Earth-1)

Writer: Sheldon Mayer
Artist: Nestor P. Redondo

Feature Character(s)

• Black Orchid (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #35; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #38)

Villain(s)

• Howard Lunge (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #35; no further appearances)
• Oscar and Harold (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #35; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Two policemen (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Flint (in flashback)
• Joel Dubbish (in flashback)

Comments:
This story is continued from the second story of Phantom Stranger #35.

Synopsis:
After the Black Orchid has proven that she has knowledge of Howard Lunge's crime computer, the Lunge tries to use the computer to gain knowledge of the Orchid's identity. However, there is insufficient data available for the computer to analyze. Instead, Lunge uses the computer to analyze another case of murder for hire.

Lunge is contracted by Cleo Barry for the purpose of murdering her mother-in-law. The computer analyzes the data and concocts a precise plan for the perfect murder. When Lunge's men try to execute the plan, they discover that the entire scenario was constructed by the Black Orchid to trap them. Lunge and his men are arrested. When the computer is impounded, evidence is found that clears innocent men of previous murders including Joel Dubbish.