Phantom Girl

Phantom Girl is a female comic extraterrestrial superhero who features in DC Comics.

Biography

Pre-Crisis

Tinya Wazzo was a female inhabitant of the planet Bgztl whose inhabitants had the ability to phase through solid objects. (Superboy v1 #147)

After the formation of the Legion of Super-Heroes, Tinya became one of the groups first members where she was given the name of Phantom Girl. (Superboy v1 #147)

Phantom Girl and the Legion were set to have their annual vote to elect a new leader, and Saturn Girl was the first to arrive at the Clubhouse. A crystal capsule sent from the Trylop Council of Mernl dropped from the sky warning that their computers predicted a Legionnaire would die using their powers during an upcoming invasion of Earth by Zaryan the Conqueror, and Saturn Girl resolved to sacrifice herself to protect her fellow Legionnaires. She used her thought control to nudge the Legion into electing her leader, then used a rainbow bar from their treasury to make medallions with her face printed on them, and demanded every Legionnaire wear one. She demanded the Legionnaires demonstrate effective use of their powers, and was able to temporarily duplicate each member of the Legion’s powers using the medallions they wore, and proceeded to forbid them for using their powers or going on missions during a probation period because she declared they were not using their powers properly. When Zaryan began his invasion of Earth she responded, and warned the other Legionnaires not to follow her because they were on probation. The Legion thought she’d gone mad with power, but Mon-El had observed her actions from the Phantom Zone, and knew her motivations. Sunspots interfered with him communicating with the Legion, but when they lifted he filled in Lightning Lad on the situation, and he flew into space, determined to keep Saturn Girl from sacrificing herself. He blew up Zaryan’s ship with his powers, but was fatally shot with a freeze-ray. The Legion honored him by placing him in a glass coffin with lightning generated over it by a perpetual motion device, and his funeral was attended by Superboy, Supergirl and Lori Lemaris. The Legion placed a statue of Lightning Lad in their Clubhouse as a tribute to the first Legionnaire killed in action. (Adventure Comics v1 #304)

The Legion closed shop for the night, with Brainiac 5 staying behind for night duty. Karate Kid walked home, Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad went to catch a 3-D movie and Chemical King offered to give Phantom Girl, Ultra Boy and Matter-Eater Lad a ride home so he could show off his new air-car. Matter-Eater Lad had him drop him off a while away from home because he didn’t want his fellow Legionnaires, who lived in expensive upper level units to see that he lived in the lower level slum with his parents. Matter-Eater Lad got into an argument with his parents because his father Rall spent his entire pension and most of Matter-Eater Lad’s Legion check on his gambling habit, and decided to leave home. After spending some time with Shrinking Violet he was convinced he had to face his problems head-on and agreed to return home after his father promised to give up gambling. (Action Comics v1 #381)

Chameleon Boy and Ultra Boy manned the Legion space exploratory station when they discovered magical blood-crystals floating in space, and brought them in to examine them. They crystals were created by Mordru, and they instilled their possessor with an intense hatred of Superboy. Chameleon Boy handled the crystals, knocked out Ultra Boy and traveled back to the 20th Century to kill Superboy. Ultra Boy alerted Phantom Girl, and the Legion went after him, but he fooled them by shapeshifting to pose as Superboy. Chameleon Boy tried to kill Superboy with kryptonite, but Superboy restrained him and buried him underground, because this negated Mordru’s magic. He dug up Chameleon Boy and returned him to the future with a story to share with his teammates. (Superboy v1 #188)

Chameleon Boy and Ultra Boy manned the Legion space exploratory station when they discovered magical blood-crystals floating in space, and brought them in to examine them. They crystals were created by Mordru, and they instilled their possessor with an intense hatred of Superboy. Chameleon Boy handled the crystals, knocked out Ultra Boy and traveled back to the 20th Century to kill Superboy. Ultra Boy alerted Phantom Girl, and the Legion went after him, but he fooled them by shapeshifting to pose as Superboy. Chameleon Boy tried to kill Superboy with kryptonite, but Superboy restrained him and buried him underground, because this negated Mordru’s magic. He dug up Chameleon Boy and returned him to the future with a story to share with his teammates. (Superboy v1 #188) Phantom Girl and the Legion prepared to vote on their new leader, with their revised bylaws allowing them to choose between re-electing Mon-El or placing Saturn Girl in charge. As the Legionnaires voted Mon-El confessed to Saturn Girl that he’d decline leadership if re-elected, he’d lost faith in his nerves and leadership qualities. Tharok used a teleport beam to spirit Mon-El and Saturn Girl to a remote planetoid. He planned to eliminate the Legion by having Validus kill their leaders. Mon-El was overmatched by Validus, so he pretended to go over to Tharok’s side and convinced him to take leadership of the Legion. Once Tharok accepted Validus continued his programming to destroy the Legion leader and friend Tharok’s computerized side with his mental lightning. Mon-El and Saturn Girl returned to Legion hq, with Mon-El once again feeling fully confident in himself. (Superboy v1 #190)

Lightning Lord later formed a new Legion of Super-Villains, with each of them swearing a blood oath to kill at least one Legionnaire. Lightning Lord swore on his oath to kill his brother Lightning Lad, which he said had been his destiny since he was born. Light Lass awoke in chains in a cell, and Lightning Lord promised her he wanted to help her, not hurt her. He said he loved her, and all the proof she needed was that she was still alive. He asked her to join the Legion of Super-Villains and help him kill Lightning Lad, saying he’d been talking to the storm, and the storm had assured him she’d come to him. Light Lass turned him down, saying he was more insane than ever. Element Lad tracked the resurgence of the Legion of Super-Villains across several planets, brief his team, and realized he was in for a major test of his leadership. The League of Super-Assassins joined with the Legion of Super-Villains, and Lightning Lord sent them and Magno Lad to M-17W, a manufacturing center in the galactic core, to steal the plant’s fusion powerspheres. Shvaugn Erin alerted the Legion, and Dawnstar and Wildfire responded first, but Lazon gave Dawnstar radiation sickness with his light powers, and Magno Lad ripped Wildfire’s containment suit apart. Shadow Lass, Mon-El, Ultra Boy, Chameleon Boy and Timber Wolf arrived as support, but the villains escaped using a dimensional rift opened by Zymyr. Shadow Lass treated Dawnstar, while Chameleon Boy brought Wildfire a new containment suit. They pursued the villains, but were ambushed by Terrus, who attacked their spaceship with a meteor shower. Cosmic Boy checked in with the Legion Academy, and alerted Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl about the danger. They were on Medicus One, with Saturn Girl receiving prenatal treatment and her delivery date fast approaching. Lightning Lad worried about the safety of his sister, not knowing she was already in captivity. Zymyr opened a spacewarp that stole the polymer screen around Earth that served environmental functions and controlled space traffic. Element Lad, Lightning Lad, and despite everyone else’s objections, Saturn Girl, responded. Saturn Girl went into labor, and Tyr was disappointed to be fighting a pregnant woman, but contented himself with the fact that she’d be easy to kill. Zymyr ended the confrontation, warping his teammates away, and Element Lad and Lightning Lad rushed Saturn Girl to the Medicus One Maternity Ward. Dr. Gym’ll told Lightning Lad he’d been paging him, and that if there were no plan on pulling any more moronic stunts it was time to get in the delivery room. Element Lad, who’d been pacing back and forth in worry, fainted. Queen Projects and Karate Kid flew back to Orando after their honeymoon, but the Legion of Super-Villains were waiting for them, and Magno Lad, Hunter and Mist Master brought their spaceship down. They took the heroes legion rings and sent out the alarm signal, saying the Legion would come running to their own doom. (Legion of Super-Heroes v3 #2)

Dawnstar, Wildfire, Mon-El, Ultra Boy, Chameleon Boy, Timber Wolf, Phantom Girl, Shadow Lass and White Witch set course for Orando, but were being followed by Terrus and Zymyr. Zymyr opened a spacewarp that warped in most of the Legion of Super-Villains to ambush the Legionnaires. On Earth Cosmic Boy agreed to keep watch on the planet while Element Lad assembled the rest of the Legion to fly a ship to Orando. Cosmic Boy was worried about Element Lad devoting all their resources to Orando, but trusted his judgment. He was thankful when Night Girl sent a video message offering the help of the Legion of Substitute Heroes. Projecta and Karate Kid were chained in a cell next to Light Lass, and Lightning Lord visited her to again plead with her to join him, saying she’d join his Legion in a passage to a new world where they would rule. She made it clear she’d rather die, and he called her a traitor to her own blood, grabbing her and shocking her before walking off disgusted, saying he no longer had a sister. Dream Girl woke in her crashed ship on Orando, finding Star Boy and Shrinking Violet still unconscious. She recognized Projecta’s castle from her vision where a Legionnaire was die, and she was ambushed by Hunter and Silver Slasher. Dawnstar and her teammates were in danger of being overwhelmed by the Legion of Super-Villains until element Lad and his reinforcements arrived. Nemesis Kid, Cosmic King, Neutrax and Ron-Karr placed the polymer screen around Orando, and hooked it up to their stolen powershpheres. They planned to warp Orando away to another world where there was no Legion of super-Heroes. Nemesis Kid had always been drawn to the powerful, and couldn’t wait to arrive in a new world where he’d be the supreme power, planning on declaring himself the emperor of a universe. Zymyr was prepared to warp the planet, but Nemesis Kid wanted to give his Legion a little more time battling the Legion of Super-Heroes to see if they could kill any of them before they left. The Legionnaires were winning, so Nemesis Kid gave the order to warp away the Legion of Super-Villains, inadvertently taking some of the Legionnaires with them, and warped Orando to a space between dimensions. (Legion of Super-Heroes v3 #3)

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.

Overview

Powers and abilities

As an inhabitant of Bgztl, she was native to a fourth-dimensional world allowing her to de-materialise and effectively walk through solid objects such as walls. (Superboy v1 #147)

Additionally, she has demonstrated the ability to disrupt the workings of electronic devices by moving through them while phased, as well as enter or exit the Phantom Zone at will. (Adventure Comics v1 #323)

Notes

• Phantom Girl was created by Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney where she made her first appearance in Action Comics v1 #276 (May, 1961).
• In The Terrifics v1 (2018), an ancestor of Tinya was shown in the modern day who was Linnya Wazzo and also operated as Phantom Girl.

In other media

Television

• In the DC Animated Universe, Phantom Girl made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting.
  • In Superman: The Animated Series, Phantom Girl made a cameo appearance in the animated television series in the episode "New Kids In Town".
  • In Justice League Unlimited, Phantom Girl made a cameo appearance in the animated television series in the episode "Far From Home.
• In the Legion of Super-Heroes, Phantom Girl appeared as a cast member in the animated television series where she was voiced by actress Heather Hogan. his version can extend her intangibility to others, though extensive use of this ability is potentially dangerous and could leave her unable to become tangible again.
• In Young Justice, Phanotm Girl appeared in the setting of the animated television series fourth season Phantoms where she was voiced by actress Kari Wahlgren. This version sports blue skin and red eyes with her being a member of the Legion from the future. She joined Saturn Girl and Chameleon Boy in traveling back in time to protect Superboy from Lor-Zod, who sought to kill him to prevent the Legion's formation and release his father Dru-Zod from the Phantom Zone. While rescuing Superboy from Ma'alefa'ak's gene-bomb and transporting him to the zone, Phantom Girl ended up in a coma until Saturn Girl eventually revives her. Discovering that he has fallen under Zod's influence, she seeks the help of Prince J'emm J'axx and other heroes to rescue him before returning to the future with her teammates.
• In The Flash, Phantom Girl appeared in the setting of the live-action television series set in the Arrowverse where she was portrayed by actress Mika Abdalla. This version was a Metahuman who was the daughter of Renee Wazzo but placed into foster care due to her mother being only 16 when she gave birth and being pressured by her parents to give up her newborn daughter. Eventually, she ran away from foster care and she obtained meta-human powers which she used to phase through walls throughout Coast City, looking for her mother. Numerous people witnessed this, which is how she became known to the media as the Coast City Phantom.

Films

• In Legion of Super-Heroes, Phantom Girl appeared in the setting of the 2023 animated film where she was voiced by actress Gideon Adlon. This version was shown as being a student at the Legion Academy.

Appearances

• Action Comics v1: (1961)
• Superboy v1:
• Legion of Super-Heroes v1:
• Legion of Super-Heroes v3:

External Links

• DC Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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