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[LOLtron]

Phantom Stranger #6 features new ongoing Co-Writer and a Guest Artist.

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Source: Newsarama

 

J.M. DeMatteis will join Dan DiDio as series co-writer beginning with issue #6.

 

The March solicitation copy appears below.

 

 

 

 

PHANTOM STRANGER #6

Written by DAN DIDIO and J.M. DeMATTEIS

Art by GENE HA and ZANDER CANNON

Cover by GENE HA

On sale MARCH 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

 

 

• Welcome guest artists Gene Ha and Zander Cannon!

• Phantom Stranger is sucked into a metaphysical poker game against the three sons of Trigon!

• The stakes of this game couldn’t be any higher thanks to the host: Lady Luck, in her New 52 debut!

Written or Contributed by IvCNuB4

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[Amoebas]

Bout fuckin' time one of the big 2 found JM's phone number.

I'm in.

[chap22]

Oh God...so conflicted. On the one hand, it's my all-time favorite writer on a character I dig that should fit RIGHT into his wheelhouse. On the other hand...Didio...and a solicit that sounds like absolute dogshit. Ugh.

[Herald]

Oh God...so conflicted. On the one hand, it's my all-time favorite writer on a character I dig that should fit RIGHT into his wheelhouse. On the other hand...Didio...and a solicit that sounds like absolute dogshit. Ugh.

"If you put a spoonful of wine in a barrel of sewage, you get sewage.
If you put a spoonful of sewage in a barrel full of wine, you get sewage."
- Schopenhauer’s Law of Entropy

Would you drink either mixture??

[nietoperz]

Oh God...so conflicted. On the one hand, it's my all-time favorite writer on a character I dig that should fit RIGHT into his wheelhouse. On the other hand...Didio...and a solicit that sounds like absolute dogshit. Ugh.

Much as I love Marc DeMatteis, the Didio factor is way too big for me to even think of picking this up.

[chap22]

Much as I love Marc DeMatteis, the Didio factor is way too big for me to even think of picking this up.

Pretty much how I feel too in the final analyss. Didio + DCnU vs. JMD + PS ... Those scales just don't balance right now.

[Royal Nonesuch]

I've never read anything Dan Didio has written, and I've forgotten that there's a Phantom Stranger series out there right now. JM DeMatteis and Gene Ha/Zander Cannon are tempting, though.

[Amoebas]

I've never read anything Dan Didio has written, and I've forgotten that there's a Phantom Stranger series out there right now. JM DeMatteis and Gene Ha/Zander Cannon are tempting, though.

Outsiders was awful but OMAC was a lot of fun.

Phantom Stranger so far has been pretty decent. Raven, Trigon, Dr Thirteen and Spectre have all had a part and Brent Anderson has been great.

With each issue the the two big twists of this New 52 Stranger gets easier to swallow.

[oogy]

I've read #'s 0 & 1 and liked both of them enough that I grabbed #'s 2 & 3.

[Lord Ice]

I've read #'s 0 & 1 and liked both of them enough that I grabbed #'s 2 & 3.

Didio is a better writer (except for Outsiders) than a publisher. Who knew working in the comic industry would be a step up from when he was a writer on soaps.

[IvCNuB4]

Latest info is that Dan is plotting the book, J.M. is doing the dialogue.

[IvCNuB4]

Some tidbits from a CBR interview: (not enough though to bother with writing a new Front Page article here)

It's the classic breakdown: Dan does the plots, Brent draws from that and then I script from Brent's astonishing art. The plots are rock solid -- great set-ups, great characters and situations; and that leaves me lots of room to really work the characters, to layer in as much emotion, psychology and metaphysics as I can.

Let's just say the Spectre's feelings aren't benevolent. There's a classic supernatural brawl coming up. It's big, it's cosmic, it's emotional. And it will reveal many layers and levels of both characters, helping us to understand their positions in the new DCU.

[Chesscub]

Just read #2 and 3 last night. They were pretty darn good. I'm enjoying it immensely.

[Amoebas]

A really good book just gets better.

[TimDrake'sDumbWings]

Chap, remember that Keith Giffen's involvement made OMAC a fun read. Maybe we'll have the same result here?