Phantom Lady

PHANTOM LADY

Real Name: Stormy Knight

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Superhero

Group Affiliation: Freedom Fighters III, S.H.A.D.E.

Known Relatives: Henry Knight (father, deceased)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: S.H.A.D.E. Command Center

First Appearance: Crisis Aftermath: Battle for Blüdhaven #2 (June, 2006)

Powers: Phantom Lady's black light bands projected light energy and gave her the powers of intangibility, invisibility, illusion cast, and teleportation.

History:

(Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime #1) - An army of Earth's heroes, including Phantom Lady and the Freedom Fighters, appeared to take Superboy-Prime down during the Sinestro Corps invasion of Earth. The heroes focused on wrecking his armor, because after a year on Oa, and away from a yellow sun his Kryptonian body still wasn't at full strength, and his armor collected sunlight. Superboy bragged that once the sun rose on Earth he'd be at full power. Superboy was battered by Wonder Girl and Wonder Woman, who blamed him for Superboy's death, as well as Supergirl and Power Girl, who blamed him for the death of the Superman of Earth-2. As the fight went against him, Superboy broke down in tears. He tried to wipe them away, saying that it was impossible for boys to cry, and then whining that no one ever thanked him for sacrificing his Earth to save the multiverse. The battle lasted until dawn, and he flew into the sunrise. As he achieved full power he declared himself the one, true Superman. The Guardians arrived with Sodam Yat, the new Ion, and pitted him against Superboy-Prime.

(El Diablo III #4, 5) - El Diablo, Hell's assassin, was working for S.H.A.D.E. without his knowledge. He went rogue when he killed several officers at a VA hospital. The Freedom Fighters were called in, and their liaison Agent Aaron explained that Diablo had only killed disgraced officers, but they were determined to bring him to justice. They caught Diablo in the middle of a fight with his archenemy Vorpal. El Diablo had no intention of returning to jail, and made an uneasy alliance with Vorpal to fight them. He recognized Phantom Lady as a killer, and his curse allowed him to threaten her life before Uncle Sam intervened. Diablo was not impressed with Uncle Sam, saying he might be the flashy American dream, but Diablo was the guts and reality. Crimelord though he was he pointed out that he was a self-made man. Black Condor recognized Vorpal as a fellow avatar, and Vorpal was pleased to tell him that Diablo's death would mean freedom for Chutriel the god of vengeance that powered him. Diablo berated Phantom Lady, telling her the people she protected would be horrified if they knew what a monster she was, and she turned her black light on him, separating him from Chutriel, who was snatched up to Hell by Ninhursag. The powerless Santana was arrested, and after a trial was sentenced to death.

Comments: Created by Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti & Dan Jurgens.