{"id":3,"date":"2008-11-12T17:12:28","date_gmt":"2008-11-12T22:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/?p=3"},"modified":"2017-03-04T19:54:30","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T00:54:30","slug":"golden-age-of-comic-books-november-12-2008-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/12\/golden-age-of-comic-books-november-12-2008-59\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Age of Comic Books &#8211; November 12, 2008 &#8211; #59"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the 59th episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast! &nbsp;In this episode we discuss <span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #ff0000;\">Phantom Lady<\/span>, who was published by several comic book companies during the Golden Age. &nbsp;She first appeared in Quality&#8217;s <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Police Comics<\/span> #1 (August, 1941) and ran until issue #23 in 1943. &nbsp;Four years later, she was published by Fox Features Syndicate in her own title, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Phantom Lady<\/span> starting with issue #13 and ending with issue number 23. &nbsp;Her run in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Phantom Lady<\/span> was highlighted with art by great &#8220;good girl&#8221; artist, <a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/17\/comics-then-5-comics-first-great-african-american-artist\/\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Baker<\/a>. &nbsp;Baker was probably the first African American comic book artist. &nbsp;After another 5 year hiatus, she was picked up by Ajax and had a four issue run of <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Phantom Lady<\/span>. &nbsp;The cover to Phantom Lady #17, shown here, is famous for being discussed by Fredric Wertham in his attack on comics in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Seduction of The Innocent<\/span> (1954).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_794\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/phantomlady17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-794\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-794\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/phantomlady17-212x300.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/phantomlady17-212x300.jpg 212w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/phantomlady17-106x150.jpg 106w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/phantomlady17-724x1024.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phantom Lady #17<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We also bring back the Golden Age Market Report and discuss some Golden Age reprint material.<\/p>\n<p>We also discuss <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Comics Now!<\/span> magazine and the <a href=\"http:\/\/asgardpress.com\/?promocode=GOLDENAGECOMICS\" target=\"_blank\">DC Comics Vintage Super Hero Calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, we have our first ever Golden Age of Comic Book Podcast contest, but you&#8217;ll have to listen to the show to find out the details!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;margin: 1px;\"><br><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6740759833732487\";\ngoogle_alternate_color = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"468x60_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\ngoogle_ad_channel =\"\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"\";\ngoogle_ui_features = \"rc:6\";\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><br><\/div><div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/12\/golden-age-of-comic-books-november-12-2008-59\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-3\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/12\/golden-age-of-comic-books-november-12-2008-59\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/12\/golden-age-of-comic-books-november-12-2008-59\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/12\/golden-age-of-comic-books-november-12-2008-59\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the 59th episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast! &nbsp;In this episode we discuss Phantom Lady, who was published by several comic book companies during the Golden Age. &nbsp;She first appeared in Quality&#8217;s Police Comics #1 &hellip; 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