"A Child Shall Lead Them": The Phantom Stranger has come to an Asian village who's current Lama has been slain by Kasmet, the evil magician, however this was framed on a small boy named Song. The Stranger works with Song to try and expose Kasmet as the guilty par
The Phantom Stranger (Volume 2) #20 is an issue of the series The Phantom Stranger (Volume 2) with a cover date of August, 1972. It was published on May 9, 1972.
Synopsis for "A Child Shall Lead Them"
The Phantom Stranger has come to an Asian village who's current Lama has been slain by Kasmet, the evil magician, however this was framed on a small boy named Song. The Stranger works with Song to try and expose Kasmet as the guilty party.
When the new Lama is born with the mark of Buddah, Kasmet tries to slay the child however Song escapes with the boy. While having a mystical battle with the Phantom Stranger who's defending both Song and the baby, Kasmet meets his end when he mistakenly trips over Song's foot and falls off of a cliff. The Phantom Stranger leaves the baby with Song and departs.
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- Song (Single appearance)
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- Kamset (Single appearance; dies)
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- High Lama (Single appearance)
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Synopsis for "The Power"
Dr. Thirteen tells a tale of the unexplained of how a magician is forced to show his assistant how to do his magic levitation spell. Finally learning the secret, the man tries to use this power to lift money out of a bank truck, but his unskilled ability causes the whole truck to fly up and crash into his building instead.
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Synopsis for "A Far Away Place"
Dr. Thirteen talks of an old man who happens to see death come and visit his neighbor, but doesn't realize it until later when the cleaning lady tells him that his neighbor died at the time his "visitor" came by.
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Notes
- "A Child Shall Lead Them" is reprinted in Showcase Presents: The Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 and The DC Universe by Len Wein.
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