Editing Phantom Lady (section)

===Fox Feature Syndicate and Star Publications===
After Quality stopped publishing the adventures of Phantom Lady, what was now simply Iger Studios believed it owned the character and [[assignment (law)|assigned]] it to [[Fox Feature Syndicate]], a move that would later cause confusion as to who actually owned the character's [[copyright]]. The Fox version which premiered in ''Phantom Lady'' #13 (taking over the numbering of ''Wotalife Comics'')<ref>As new periodical titles were subject to an expensive registration fee by the postal service to receive a second class mail permit, Golden Age comic book publishers frequently continued the numbering of old titles on new ones, hence ''Phantom Lady'' "continuing" from the completely unrelated ''Wotalife''.</ref> is better known to contemporary comic fans than the Quality version because of the "[[good girl art]]" of [[Matt Baker (artist)|Matt Baker]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mougin |first1=Lou |title=Secondary Superheroes of Golden Age Comics |date=2020 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476638607|pages=52–54}}</ref> Baker altered her costume by changing the colors to red and blue, substantially revealing her cleavage, and adding high-cut loose shorts. Fox published ''Phantom Lady'' only through issue 23 (April 1949), though the character guest starred in ''All-Top Comics'' #8-17, also with art by Baker. Her rogue's gallery in these two Fox titles included the Avenging Skulls; the Fire Fiend; the Killer Clown; Kurtz, the Robbing Robot; the Subway Slayer and Vulture.

[[File:Phantom Lady 17.jpg|thumb|''Phantom Lady'' #17 (April 1948), [[Fox Feature Syndicate]], cover art by [[Matt Baker (artist)|Matt Baker]]]]
Baker's cover for ''Phantom Lady'' #17 (April 1948) was reproduced in ''[[Seduction of the Innocent]]'', the 1954 book by Dr. [[Fredric Wertham]] denouncing what he saw as the morally corrupting effect of comics on children. The cover, which illustrated Phantom Lady attempting to escape from ropes, was presented by Wertham with a caption that read, "sexual stimulation by combining 'headlights' with the sadist's dream of tying up a woman".<ref>Wertham, Fredric. ''Seduction of the Innocent''. Rinehart and Company, Inc., 1954. Picture insert</ref> In the meantime, Fox went under and its assets were acquired by other publishers, and a Phantom Lady story from ''All-Top'' was then reprinted as a backup feature in ''Jungle Thrills'' by [[Star Publications]], which then itself went out of business.