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leikomgwtfbbq ([info]leikomgwtfbbq) wrote in [info]scans_daily,
@ 2009-03-08 20:57:00

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Current mood: geeky
Entry tags:char: phantom stranger, publisher: dc comics



The Phantom Stranger, for as spooky and supernatural as he appears to be, is fond of good old-fashioned fisticuffs.

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It's a nice change from the usual Squishy Wizard type. If he can't fling a spell at you, he'll simply punch your teeth in and deliver an awesome Rod-Serling-on-acid-type speech about good and evil to you, MISCREANT!

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Or maybe he'll just break your wrist and then swoop down onto some other unfortunate enemy.

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He also likes to fill his days with lion-wrestling...

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And when he gets bored, he simply evaporates them away.

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But he's pretty nice, too. He does favors for old friends, like babysitting for the Spectre.

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And he even throws the odds so that little girls will win at Candyland.

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Aww~

And he's got some killer fashion sense. Hey, as much as I love John Constantine and his dirty old coat, I gotta say, there's something about P.S.'s big blue sometimes-coat/sometimes-opera-cape and the eternal eye-shading hat that's really just fetching.

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So, really, is it any wonder that ladies throw themselves at the Phantom Stranger?

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I think just about anyone would.




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[info]noahbrand
2009-03-09 04:31 pm UTC (link)
My favorite bit regarding the Stranger's origin was in SWAMP THING, where Alan Moore implied that the origin he'd written was correct, in the following lovely dialogue with Etrigan, the Demon:

Stranger: Ah yes, Etrigan, the demon who fancies himself half a man.

Etrigan: "Oh kettle, thou art black!" the pot exclaims! I know one more ambivalent far than I... a lonely soul who, mentioning no names, will not choose 'twixt the sulfur and the sky. Who will not serve above, nor reign below, but walks a path 'twixt Moloch and the manger. Who do I speak of? Is it one we know? Or could I be referring to--

Stranger: Enough!

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[info]leikomgwtfbbq
2009-03-09 09:34 pm UTC (link)
I must find this issue. XD I love Swamp Thing, but somehow, when I go digging for it at comic shops, I can never ever find it. :( Oh, I find plenty of Hellblazer, but as much as I love John Constantine, I'd like to read more of the original book he came out of!

I always liked it when people like Moore and Gaiman write about Etrigan. They take the time to write seriously awesome poetry for him.

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