Phantom Stranger
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The Phantom Stranger is a figure of mysterious and deliberately unresolved origin who appears throughout DC history to guide heroes through supernatural crises, first appearing in The Phantom Stranger #1 in August 1952. His true identity has been presented through multiple conflicting stories in DC continuity, ranging from fallen angel to the biblical Wandering Jew, with no single account confirmed as authoritative. He has appeared across countless DC titles as a recurring presence in occult and supernatural storylines spanning seven decades.
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