Countdown to Halloween 2022 Day 13: DC's Terrors Through Time Cover

DC's Terrors Through Time is this year's treat from DC Comics. The cover features Deadman, Swamp Thing, Phantom Stranger, Poison Ivy, Robin and Superboy. Inside are eight tales of traumatizing time-travel. First up is "The Longest Night" featuring the Phantom Stranger followed by "Trick or Treat featuring the Super Sons (Damian Wayne aka Robin and Jon Kent aka Superboy). The Gotham Sirens (Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn and Catwoman) are featured in "The Pueo Promise" set in 1995 while Swamp Thing is featured in "Half-Life". Surprisingly, the Justice Society of America (Dr. Mid-Nite, Dr/ Fate. Black Canary, the Atom, Green Lantern, Hawkman and the Flash) appears in "The Midnight Hour" set in 1944 while the Green Lanterns (Kar-Von and Jan) appears in "A New Darkness" set in 2447. "Blood Lost and Found" features the Demon Etrigan while Damian Wayne returns with Deadman in "The Haunting of Wayne Manor".

DC's Terrors Through Time Cover

Countdown to Halloween 2021 Day 7: Are You Afraid of Darkseid?

Are You Afraid of Darkseid? #1 is out now from DC Comics just in time for Halloween. The cover features Darkseid behind Robin as he is telling scary stories to the rest of the Teen Titans (Kid Flash, Crush, Aqualad and Red Arrow but Roundhouse is now where to be seen). This is their annual one-shot Halloween special but die-hard horror fans will be a bit disappointed as the stories found within are mostly for fun. The issue starts with "Are You Afraid of Darkseid?" as the Teen Titans camping and telling scary stories around the campfire. Red Arrow is first up with "Bloody Mary" that puts a New Gods spin on the urban legend that features Harley Quinn and Darkseid. Robin is up next with "Backseat Driver" that features Batman chasing Mad Hatter, who is riding a bicycle. Crush's scary story is "Escape the Dark Fortress" featuring John Stewart as Green Lantern with brief appearances by Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner and Katma Tui. Kid Flash takes his turn with "The Endless Staircase" featuring the Phantom Stranger. Aqualad's scary story is titled "The Ogopogo", which features him and Aquaman. Roundhouse doesn't want to tell a scary story so Red Arrow tells her second story, which is "Black Eyed Kids" featuring Vixen and Wonder Woman. Roundhouse changes his mind and decides to tell "The Celler" that finds Superman and Lois Lane looking for missing twins in Kansas (he gets his life force drained by a horrorifying female creature). The final page with the Teen Titans around the campfire is perhaps the scariest part of the whole issue.

Cover of Are You Afraid of Darkseid? #1 from DC Comics

Doctor Moongem Meets Doctor Fate and Phantom Stranger

Doctor Moongem has met a lot of superheroes in DC Universe Online. Among my favorites are Dr. Fate and Phantom Stranger. Neither one really has much to say but each of them did let me get a photo with them.

Doctor Moongem meets Doctor Fate

Doctor Moongem meets Phantom Stranger

Countdown To Halloween 2012 Day 15: The Phantom Stranger #1

The Phantom Stranger #1 from DC Comics has two covers:

The Stranger meets a young woman named Rachel, daughter of the demon Trigon. This is page nine:

And this is page ten:

Clearly, this is the woman previously known as Raven in the Old DCU but will she become her in the New DCU? I just hope this is not a throw away story and that the issue will be dealt with in the future of either this series or elsewhere.

Thursday Warm Up With Diana And Lady Action

Today is another frigid day here so I needed something to get my blood warmed up this morning. Here is the alternate cover to Phantom Captain Action #2 featuring Diana and Lady Action that will be coming out in April from Moonstone:

You can read more about this issue and other Moonstone books coming in April here.

Blog Alert: I Am The Phantom Stranger

I Am The Phantom Stranger is dedicated to the most mysterious man in DC Comics. I have always enjoyed the character when I first read about him in issues of Justice League of America from the late Seventies and early Eighties.