Showcase Presents The Phantom Stranger
by Robert Greenberger
When the Suicide Squad debuted in early 1987, the era of grim and gritty comics had been embraced by DC and Marvel. Readers seemed ready for stories that explored the dark underbelly of superheroes and this series took them places previous unvisited around the DC Universe. The series remains a much beloved project from that time and it is being celebrated with Showcase Presents: Suicide Squad, collecting the first 19 issues along with the Doom Patrol/Suicide Squad Special and the crossover issue of Justice League International.
by Robert Greenberger
Sockamagee isn’t the most memorable catch-phrase you will ever find, but it’s one of the most fondly recalled aspects of the charming Dial H for Hero series which ran in DC Comics’ House of Mystery from 1966-1968. The series was the ultimate in wish fulfillment as we could all imagine ourselves finding the alien dial and suddenly becoming one cool hero after another. It certainly explains why it has remained fondly recalled and has been constantly revisited ever since, most recently by J. Michael Straczynski in an issue of The Brave and the Bold. Now, DC is finally collecting the run from issues #156-173 in a volume of Showcase Presents and it’s a most welcome treat.
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