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{{Infobox comics character<!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics-->
| character_name = Phantom Lady
| image = File:UncleSam TheFreedomFighters Phantom Lady III.jpg
| caption = Phantom Lady (Stormy Knight) in the promotional interior art for ''Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters'' #4 (October 2006).<br>Art by [[Daniel Acuña]].
| publisher = Originally [[Quality Comics]]<br>Later [[Fox Feature Syndicate]], among others<br> Currently [[DC Comics]]
| debut = '''(Sandra)'''<br> ''[[Police Comics]]'' #1<br> (August 1941)<br> '''(Dee)'''<br> ''[[Action Comics|Action Comics Weekly]]'' #636<br> (January 1989)<br> '''(Stormy)'''<br> ''Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Blüdhaven'' #1 (Early June 2006) 
| creators = '''(Sandra)'''<br> The [[Eisner & Iger]] studio<br> [[Arthur Peddy]] (penciler)<br> '''(Dee)'''<br>Len Strazewski (writer)<br> [[Chuck Austen]] (penciller)  <br> '''(Stormy)'''<br> Justin Gray (writer)<br> [[Jimmy Palmiotti]] (writer)
| alter_ego = - Sandra Knight<br> - Delilah "Dee" Tyler<br> - Stormy Knight<br> - Jennifer Knight
| species = <!-- optional -->
| homeworld = <!-- optional -->
| alliances = '''(Sandra)'''<br> [[All-Star Squadron]]<br> '''(Sandra, Delilah)'''<br> Université Notre Dame des Ombres<br> '''(Stormy)'''<br> [[S.H.A.D.E.]]<br>'''(Dee)'''<br>[[Justice League]]<br>  '''(All)'''<br> [[Freedom Fighters (comics)|Freedom Fighters]]
| aliases = <!-- optional: actual identities the character uses, not nicknames -->
| supports = <!--optional-->
| powers = '''Use of Black Light Bands grants:'''
* Invisibility
* Intangibility
* Illusion casting
* Teleportation
* Black ray goggles 
}}
'''Phantom Lady''' is a fictional [[Superhero#Female superheroes and villains|superheroine]] appearing in media published by [[Quality Comics]] and [[DC Comics]]. She was created by the [[Eisner & Iger]] studio, one of the first to produce comics on demand for publishers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Markstein |first1=Don |title=Phantom Lady |url=http://www.toonopedia.com/phanlady.htm |website=Don Markstein's Toonopedia |access-date=April 1, 2020}}</ref> The character's early adventures were drawn by [[Arthur Peddy]].<ref name="Companion">{{cite book |last1=Koolman |first1=Mike |last2=Amash |first2=Jim |title=The Quality Companion |date=2011 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490373 |pages=157–162}}</ref>

As published by [[Fox Feature Syndicate]] in the late 1940s, Phantom Lady is a notable and controversial example of "[[good girl art]]", a style of comic art depicting voluptuous female characters in provocative situations and [[Pin-up model|pin-up]] poses that contributed to widespread criticism of the medium's effect on children.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=Kurt |last2=Thomas |first2=Roy |title=American Comic Book Chronicles: 1940-1944 |date=2019 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490892 |page=121}}</ref> The character was ranked 49th in ''[[Comics Buyer's Guide]]'s'' "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list.<ref>{{cite book | last = Frankenhoff | first = Brent | author-link = Brent Frankenhoff | title = Comics Buyer's Guide Presents: 100 Sexiest Women in Comics | publisher = [[Krause Publications]] | year = 2011 | page = 36 | isbn = 978-1-4402-2988-6}}</ref>