Phantom Lady #17

Fox ⋅ 1948
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Key Facts

Cover art by Matt Baker

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: Wertham writes of the cover art, 'sexual stimulation by combining headlights with the sadist's dream of tying up a woman' -headlights a reference to her breasts

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Issue Details

Publisher

Fox

Artist

Matt Baker

Writer

Ruth Roche

Published

April 1948

Synopsis

Cover art by Matt Baker referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, leading to establishing the Comics Code Authority. Wertham writes of the cover art, 'sexual stimulation by combining Headlights with the sadist's dream of tying up a woman' (headlights a reference to her breasts)

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