Talk:Phantom Stranger

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The Phantom Stranger being the Wandering Jew is a problem as Arak met the Wandering Jew. Also, a Spectre III#16 story establishes the Stranger as active around 1200 BCE.

Note: The image called Image:Black_Orchid,_DC,_1974.jpg is the cover of Phantom Stranger #32. Despite the title, it doesn't show Black Orchid, but it does show the Phantom Stranger. I don't think there's room for another image in this article at the moment, but if anyone feels different... --Paul A 03:50, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

I loved the origin of the Phantom Stranger. 4 very different stories that make no definitive conclusion. In fact, the cover for "Secret Origin" is looks inspired by the works of MC Escher.

AlGorup 15:56, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

1 "Uniqueness"
2 A few notes
3 Infinite Crisis #6
4 Wandering Jew origin implausible
5 The Phantom Stranger appears in animated forms in the following comics:???

[edit] "Uniqueness"

"The Phantom Stranger...unique among most of his contemporary comic book characters..." This is somewhat self-defeating as a statement. Unique implies set apart from others individually; that is, if one is unique, they cannot be more or less unique than another, since 'uno,' one, is the source of the word. Either the Stranger is unique and incomparable to any other character, or he is not unique.

That said, I, on a personal note, love him as a character, for that very reason of unknowableness.

[edit] A few notes

This article makes no mention of his old romantic interest, the blind psychic Cassandra Cross, his ally/enemy Tannarak, or his enemy the demonic sorceress Tala (recently seen in the Justice League Unlimited show) all major characters in his original comic series.
Nor does it mention that the perception of The Stranger as invincible is a new concept; in fact, the reason he often teamed up with other heroes (such as the Justice League) is that he did not possess enough power to combat certain menaces (such as the gods of ancient Mu) by himself.
There was a Phantom Stranger miniseries in the 80's that made it clear that the Stranger was an agent of the Lords of Order (they even take his powers away when he refuses to serve them, rendering him mortal.) Of course, this might have been rendered out of continuity by now due to the various reboots in the DC Universe since then. Wilfredo Martinez 20:52, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Well, don't take this the wrong way, but why don't you just edit that in yourself? Kusonaga 20:59, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

No offense taken, I just wanted to discuss it first before adding it, in case someone disagreed. Wilfredo Martinez 22:43, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Done. Wilfredo Martinez 03:26, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Infinite Crisis #6

I reviewed the comic and saw only one Phantom Stranger. Was it a typo that said "Phantom Strangers gathered the last of the magical beings ..." Of course, if there were only one Phantom Stranger in the multiverse, that would be good, too. And completely unknowable, like the man himself. AlGorup 14:21, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Yep, you're right. I already went in and fixed it. Kusonaga 14:36, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wandering Jew origin implausible

Had he been a grown man when Jesus was born, based on life expectancies, he would have been dead by the time Jesus was 15. Few people made it to thirty years of age. Enda80 00:29, 14 May 2006 (UTC)Enda80

They're comics. Kusonaga 07:53, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Phantom Stranger appears in animated forms in the following comics:???

Hey, wait a minute. If they are comics, then it is not animation, anymore than a movie based on a book is a book. Enda80 00:32, 14 May 2006 (UTC)Enda80

Agreed, and therefore, I changed it. Kusonaga 07:53, 14 May 2006 (UTC)