Friday Night Fights: She's a (Phantom) Lady

Among the female superhero set of the 1940's, there were two basic groups of girls. One was portrayed in a more modest style of costuming while the other group was portrayed in...well...a much less modest (and much more provacative) "Good Girl" art style. One of the most...uh...memorable of this racier Good Girl set was Phantom Lady. Originally published by Quality Comics beginning in 1941, then later with Fox Feature Syndicate, debutante Sandra Knight secretly fought crime using a "black light projector" while clothed in a skimpy costume (which she later explained as a deliberate tactic to distract male criminals).

As the decades zipped by, Phantom Lady and other Quality Comics characters were eventually snapped up by DC Comics and retroactively integrated into their Golden Age pantheon. Which brings us to Starman #44 (1998) as Phantom Lady became the focus of that fine title's occasional "Times Past" flashback adventures. Retro-fitted as Ted (Starman) Knight's cousin, the 1943 setting opened with a catty call-out from a broom ridin', pistol-packin' Prairie Witch!

Woah! Them's fightin' words! Let's flash forward to the Girl Girl vs. Bad Girl clash over the streets of Opal City, ending with a thorough thrashing and a witty kiss-off from the Peek-a-Boo Powerhouse!

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Want more female fisticuffs? Check out Friday Night Fights: Ladies Night,
courtesy of the Fightin' Mad Bahlactus!