Reading Room: PHANTOM LADY "Ace of Spades"

The Damsel of Darkness meets her first costumed villainess...

in this Western-themed, never-reprinted tale from Phantom Lady #20!

Phantom Lady takes a couple of tricks, horsemanship, lassoing and sharpshooting, from another Golden Age heroine, the Black Cat, who was secretly movie actress/stunt girl Linda Turner, and thus had a reason to be skilled in those talents, which most modern women didn't perform.
Curiously, Sandra Knight had never demonstrated proficiency in any of those skills before...
Script probably by Ruth Roche, art definitely by Matt Baker.

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Reading Room: PHANTOM LADY "Bullets for Ballots"

When voting fraud needs to be revealed, there's no one better at exposing things than...

...the Luscious Law-Enforcer herself, the Phantom Lady!

This timely tale (Election Day 2011 is this Tuesday, November 8th!) from Phantom Lady #20 (1948), was probably penned by Ruth Roche and definitely illustrated by Matt Baker.

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Reading Room: PHANTOM LADY "Fire Fiend"

Things get hot for the Voluptuous Vixen of Vengeance...

...as a pyromaniac tries to end the career of the Pulchritudinous Personage!

For God's sake, she doesn't even wear a pair of glasses or a mask, and the guy standing two feet in front of her (in both guises) can't figure out who The Phantom Lady really is?

The somewhat-silly story from All Top Comics #13 is probably by Ruth Roche, while there's no doubt the art is by Matt Baker.

Phantom Lady will be taking a month-long vacation as this (and all the other RetroBlogs™) celebrate October and the Halloween season with horror and monster-oriented tales.

Phantom Lady will return in November...

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Reading Room: PHANTOM LADY "Case of the Murderous Model"

When Tyra Banks tells models to be "fierce" on America's Top Model, this is not what she means!

At least our voluptuous vixen should hope so!

When you want to see the best examples of "good girl" art, look no further than tales like this from 1948's Phantom Lady #19 by the legendary Matt Baker!

Unfortunately, the script, probably by Ruth Roche, is no more than adequate.

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Reading Room: PHANTOM LADY "Wine, Women and Sudden Death"

Here's a never-reprinted-in-color tale from Phantom Lady #19...

...about a villain named "Dolls" and a kidnapping-for-ransom ring our buxom bombshell literally stumbles into!

Let's thank (probable) writer Ruth Roche and (definite) illustrator Matt Baker for this titillating tale.

BTW, we were considering what to do for Christmas this year, and we decided to do the Quality Comics multi-part crossover series teaming up Phantom Lady (the green/yellow costumed version) in Police Comics with Spider Widow in Feature Comics! (and there's also appearances by another hero...The Raven!)
Keep an eye out for it in December!

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