Deadman: Exorcism #2 - 1992

"Book Two" by Mike Baron and Kelley Jones.

The Phantom Stranger steps in, in an attempt to stop a trio of sorcerers spilling all kinds of evil upon the world:

...a boot in the butt to The Phantom Stranger! Not something we've ever really seen before, at least with the Stranger.

But of course that doesn't stop him. He resurfaces and tries to help an ordinary woman beset by these evil men, grabs some guns(!) and makes like The Shadow:

The Stranger ends up helping Deadman defeat the three, and while the Stranger does a lot of atypical things in this series, he makes a quick disappearance once things are settled, so some things never change.