Publisher is Fox Feature Syndicate. phantom lady is a fun little romp with excellent pacing. Phantom Lady is a 1944 American film noir directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, and Alan Curtis.Its plot follows a young Manhattan secretary and her endeavors to prove that her boss did not murder his wife, leading her into increasingly dangerous situations. The character's team-up with the Raven's in Police Comics #20 was later used by Canadian comic book artist, Jerry Lazare, to tell the story of the Wing teaming up with Nitro. 1 talking about this. PHANTOM LADY is a perfect example of the "noir" movies from the 1940s and '50s. The Phantom of Heilbronn, often alternatively referred to as the "Woman Without a Face", was a hypothesized unknown female serial killer whose existence was inferred from DNA evidence found at numerous crime scenes in Austria, France and Germany from 1993 to 2009. Originally she was Sandra Knight, a Golden Age hero who fought the Nazi army alongside the All-Star Squadron. Phantom Lady book. "The Red Rain! Phantom Lady stories published by all three companies were reprinted during the 1960s and '70s by Star Comics and I.W. The Phantom Lady looks into a racket that is being run by a crook named Foreclose that sells property to a person, then makes sure the person can't make the first payment and forecloses on them. Director Robert Siodmak made Cornell Woolrich's novel (written as "William Irish") into a stunning black-and-white film with a tight plot and excellent performances. Publications. and who the hell is she anyway? woolrich loves enhancing the harrow of a piece by marrying it to a schedule: this one counts down toward an execution: will the phantom lady be found in time to clear henderson's name before he makes it to the chair? We have 13 books to download or read online the latest is Phantom Lady 20 Siodmak, who honed his skills in Germany before fleeing the Nazis in 1938, utilized expressionistic filmmaking techniques (with the help of cinematographer Elwood Bredell) to vastly improve on Bernard C. Schoenfeld's pulpy script. She fights crime using martial arts and a variety of high-tech gadgets that give her control over the light spectrum. Jennifer Knight is the Phantom Lady, a superhero who fights the Metropolis underground with her Black Light Bands. The six murders among these included that of police officer Michèle Kiesewetter, in Heilbronn, Germany on 25 April 2007. Read 8 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. ", art by Matt Baker; Phantom Lady must stop the Vulture and his minions who are using a red rain to foretell the death of a famous person. 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