One of the most notorious Golden Age characters,
Phantom Lady was also one of the
first costumed superheroines, beating out
Wonder Woman (who debuted in
All-Star Comics #8) in 1941 by several months!
Like
a number of 1940s comics characters, she was created and packaged by the
Eisner-Iger
comic book studio for an established publisher (in this case,
Quality
Comics), debuting in
Police Comics #1 which also featured the first appearances of
Plastic Man,
FireBrand, and
The Human Bomb.
After
a year, her strip was canceled by
Quality, and the character was
offered to
Fox Comics, where she was promoted to her own comic, which
started with #13, since it took over the numbering of an already
existing title.
Her costume was modified by legendary "good girl"
artist Matt Baker to expose more of her (ahem) assets and a number of
covers featured her being captured and tied up by evildoers.
It is
this
version which became notorious by becoming one of the primary examples
in Dr. Fredric Wertham's crusade against comics detailed in his book
Seduction of the Innocent.
Believing that both the "naughty" and "nice' versions of the character have a place in pop culture history,
Atomic Kommie Comics™ has included the classic superheroine in not one, but
two different sections of our store!
In the
Heroines!™ collection, we have the
G-rated "empowered" version, kicking evil butts right and left and suitable for even the youngest would-be heroine in your family!
In
Seduction of the Innocent!!™, we have the
PG-13, risque version, including the famous cover included in Dr. Wertham's book!
She's also featured on both our
Heroines and
Good Girl / Bad Grrrl 12-Month Calendars as well as
her own 12-month calendar!
If you're looking for classy, yet kitchy, gifts, you can't go wrong with our selection of
Phantom Lady goodies for the pop culture / comics aficionado in your life!
Let him (or her) unwrap
Phantom Lady this Christmas!
They'll thank you for it! ;-)
