Issue Details

Issue	#40
Published	December 1975-January 1976
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Joe Orlando; Paul Levitz (Assistant Editor)

Cover Details

Characters	Phantom Stranger; Deadman [Boston Brand]
Genre	Superhero; Occult
Pencils	Jim Aparo [as JA]
Inks	Jim Aparo [as JA]
Reprinted	in Deadman (DC, 1985 series) #4; in Showcase Presents Phantom Stranger (DC, 2006 series) #2 (March 2008)

1 page Batman; Hostess advertisement "The Captive Commissioner"

Characters	Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre	superhero
Notes	Hostess Fruit Pies advertisement.

12 page Phantom Stranger story "In the Kingdom of the Blind"

Characters	Phantom Stranger; Deadman [Boston Brand]
Genre	occult
Script	Paul Levitz
Pencils	Fred Carrillo
Inks	Fred Carrillo
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents Phantom Stranger (DC, 2006 series) #2 (March 2008)

6 page Black Orchid story "The Black Orchid Conspiracy"

Characters	Black Orchid; Ronnie Kuhn; Lisa Patrick; Karen Jensen; Stefanie Tower; Barbie Henderson; Janet Grant
Synopsis	The Black Orchid Legion dupes Ronnie Kuhn into helping them rob her father's bank.
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike Fleisher; Russell Carley [as Russ Carley] (Script Continuity)
Pencils	Fred Carrillo
Inks	Fred Carrillo
Notes	Character appearances and synopsis from Darci via the GCD Error List (22 March 2007).

1 page letters page "Mail to the Phantom Stranger"

Letters	typeset
Notes	LOC from readers Janie Allen and Bob Rodi.