Phantom Lady #16

(February 1948)

The Avenging Skulls (Table of Contents)

Phantom Lady / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ruth Roche ? [as Joe Logan] (signed)

Pencils:

Matt Baker

Inks:

Matt Baker

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Senator Henry Knight; Don Borden; Officer Clancy; Miss Rita Van (villain, introduction); Hype (villain, introduction); Guy the Gyp (villain, introduction, flashback, death); Alma (villain, introduction, flashback, death)

Synopsis:

The Phantom Lady stops a criminal who's looking for a treasure he buried 20 years ago.

Reprints:

• in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #1 (2003)
• in Golden Titans (Univers Comics, 2009 series) #1 (2e trimestre 2009)
• in Roy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady (PS Artbooks, 2013 series) #1 (February 2013)

Keywords:

Black Ray

The Monster in the Pool (Table of Contents)

Phantom Lady / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ruth Roche ? [as Gregory Page] (signed)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; Dorcas Phyfe (millionaire playboy, introduction, death); Miss Shanks; Calla Phyfe (villain, introduction, Dorcas' sister); Shorty (villain, introduction))

Synopsis:

Phantom Lady answers a newpaper ad from a millionaire playboy and ends up having to stop a female werewolf.

Reprints:

• in Phantom Lady: Crime Never Pays! (Verotik, 1994 series) #[nn] (1994)
• in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #1 (2003)
• in Roy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady (PS Artbooks, 2013 series) #1 (February 2013)
• in Showcase (PS Artbooks, 2013 series) #nn (2013)

Keywords:

Black Ray; Daily Clarion; Highmoor Estate

Indexer Notes

This cover was reprinted in a very special limited edition large booklet prepared for the London Super Comic Convention for 2013 by PS Artbooks, along with many covers and full comic stories and short comic featurettes from the 1940's and early 1950's.

Art credits revised from Matt Baker to ? by Craig Delich 2013-5-30, per Roy Thomas, as reflected in his Phantom Lady HC from PS Artbooks. There are two possibilities for the art: one is B. Tirado, who drew the strip in 1948 or Gus Schrotter.

Monsoon (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Hale

Letters:

typeset

Clara Peete, the Beautiful Beast (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as George Page]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Crime

Characters:

Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight] (host); Mrs. Weal; Mrs. Marshall; Mary; Mr. Denton (dies); Joe; Charlie; Mr. Logan (dies); Mrs. Logan (dies); VILLAIN: Louise Fowler [also as Clara Peete; also as Louise Wardlow; also as Alma Blaine] (dies)

Synopsis:

A look at the life of a petty criminal, who ends up in the gas chamber.

Reprints:

• in Famous Crimes (Fox, 1948 series) #1 (June 1948)
• in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #1 (2003)

Indexer Notes

Phantom Lady "hosts" crime story.