DC Showcase: The Phantom Stranger

RELEASED 25 Feb 20200h 15m★ 6.7 TMDB

Jess joins her friends at a party in a dilapidated mansion hosted by the mysterious Seth. When odd things begin to happen to Jess and her friends, the Phantom Stranger intervenes to save her from a dreary fate.

WATCH NOTE

2020 DC Showcase animated short directed and executive produced by Bruce Timm and written by Ernie Altbacker. Peter Serafinowicz voices the Phantom Stranger and Michael Rosenbaum voices Seth. Start with this self-contained supernatural adventure; no other DC adaptation is established as required viewing. Animated Elseworlds collects separate continuities. Originally released February 25, 2020 with Superman: Red Son and later packaged in the October 13 Batman: Death in the Family collection; these presentations cover the separate short. The approximately 15-minute runtime remains estimated. Exact duration, the later presentation's edition differences, supporting official character-profile matches and complete silent/background appearance coverage remain unresolved. Promotional sources describe the 1970s, while an original viewing review identifies a 1969 opening; exact story chronology remains under review.

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DC Showcase: The Phantom Stranger is title 33 of 118 in our Animated Elseworlds viewing sequence. Start with this self-contained DC Showcase supernatural short; no earlier adaptation is required. Originally packaged with Superman: Red Son and later collected with Batman: Death in the Family, it is presented separately in Animated Elseworlds.

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