DC Released March 1982

Phantom Zone, The #3 (1982) First Print

Phantom Zone, The #3 is an issue of the Phantom Zone, The series from DC, released March 1, 1982. Written by Steve Gerber with artwork by Gene Colan. Notable appearances include Phantom Zone, Aethyr. This page represents the regular first-print edition. Separate pages are available for the 1 incentive, retailer-exclusive and later-printing variant cover.

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Published March 1982

Cover Price $0.60

Pages 36

Cover pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Dick Giordano. "The Terror beyond Twilight!", script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Tony DeZuniga; General Zod and his allies toss Supergirl into the disintegration pit and leave, but Supergirl barely saves herself by reviving in time and digging her fingers into the side of the pit's wall; She drags herself out of the pit and collapses; Meanwhile, Superman and Charlie Kweskill penetrate various lower (or higher) levels of the Phantom Zone, encountering an alternating yellow-and-red sun which Superman had once seen while racing with The Flash, battling monsters, and encountering weird "Priestesses of the Crimson Sun"; Finally, they meet Thul-Kar, a Kryptonian wizard; Thul-Kar tells them he believed Jor-El's prophecy of Krypton's doom and entered the Phantom Zone by magic. "Pirates' Gold" Hostess Twinkies ad starring Aquaman. Biographical info on Dick Giordano and Steve Gerber.