#strangerthirteen

propaganda:

yayyy my strangerthirteen <3 sharing the list i made for a mutual a little while ago!

tbh they don't have that many interactions in the grand scheme of things bc dc barely does anything with terry but when they do it's so fun. they are so deeply weird about each other. terry wants to be in a throuple so bad he just doesn't realize it. he cannot stop bringing up stranger in entirely unrelated conversations

showcase #80: this is their first meeting! they'd both been out of print for like 15 years at this point and i love this issue for resurrecting them and plonking them down together. very funny to me how terry sees stranger and immediately starts trying to blow him up with his mind

phantom stranger #2-10, #26: terry is the backup feature in almost every issue in this run, but these are the only ones where they interact in the main story! 3, 10, and 26 are probably my faves - 26 in particular has them being incredibly unhinged about each other (terry attacking a man with an axe to save stranger and then stranger jumping out a 12th story window to save terry. ok guys)

brave and the bold #89: frankly i can only describe this as the 'stop involving batman in your elaborate courtship rituals' issue

dc superstars #18: strangerthirteen poly moments i love a married couple + just some guy

house of secrets #150: more poly moments <3 i just think this issue is sweet

action comics #631-634: love how this establishes that terry and stranger have known each other for over a decade in comics time. there's something so sweet and charming about terry mellowing out and them actually being good friends! they play chess together :)

phantom stranger (n52) #2-3, #5-7, #9-10, #12, #14-15, #18-22: ok i will be honest. this is not a good comic. i don't like the art or the writing and yet it compels me so much. something deeply intriguing to me how it flips their dynamic around so now terry is the one who's like yay my friend the stranger :) while stranger is a pissy cat constantly trying to bite his head off. it also gave them even more new ways to be insane about each other we love to see it. terry saying that if he has to die he'd rather it be at stranger's hands?? him being manipulated into killing stranger + then killing himself out of guilt?? stranger helping bring him back?? him straight up saying he's grateful to have him in his life and promising never to abandon him?? i need to chew on them

justice league dark #26: terry just has a cameo here but their interactions are cute :) love how stranger teleports him around in his cloak for safekeeping

trinity of sin #1, #6: also not a good comic but they are so. oh my god. stranger grieving terry makes me lose it. this panel gives me heart palpitations