Phantom Lady #16

This February 1948 Fox issue puts Phantom Lady front and center in a genuinely arresting cover by Matt Baker — a glamorous blonde in a flowing blue dress recoils in alarm as a pistol is thrust through a window directly at her, while a small inset portrait hints at a dark-haired figure caught up in the danger. The cover copy promises a true crime story narrated by Phantom Lady herself, spotlighting "The Case of Clara Peet: The Beautiful Beast," plus two original Phantom Lady features inside. With interior work from Ruth Roche and artists B. Tirado and Gus Schrotter, this is a rich slice of late-1940s crime-and-superhero storytelling wrapped in one of the era's most eye-catching covers.