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: "A Time to Die"
Pages: 7

Feature(s):
Doctor 13 (of Earth-1)

Writer: Jack Oleck
Artist: Tony DeZuniga

Reprinted From:
Phantom Stranger #12 (1971)

Feature Character(s)

• Doctor Thirteen (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #10; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #13)

Supporting Character(s)

• Marie Thirteen (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #8; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #14)

Villain(s)

• Doctor Hall (a murderer; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The Constable and people of Broomsgrove (no further appearances)
• Several murder victims (McKay named; no further appearances)
• The Black Friar (in flashback; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Doctor Thirteen is summoned to the town of Broomsgrove where a series of murders have apparently been committed by the ghost of the Black Friar. The townspeople are scared and drive Thirteen out of town. However, the ghost-breaker refuses to give up. He returns to town and gathers evidence. The next evening, he unmasks the supposed ghost as Doctor Hall. Hall was angry that he was being replaced by a younger man, so he used the ghost tale and sonic equipment to commit murder.