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The Blonde Phantom (Louise Grant Mason) is a fictional masked crimefighter in comic books published...

The Blonde Phantom (Louise Grant Mason) is a fictional masked crimefighter in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Syd Shores for Marvel predecessor Timely Comics, she first appeared in All Select Comics #11 (Fall 1946), during the 1940s period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books. As superheroes began to fade out of fashion in the post-war era, comic book publishers scrambled to explore new types of stories, characters, and audiences. In an attempt to appeal to young female readers, comics companies began introducing some of the first significant superheroines since Wonder Woman. These new female leads would include Timely's Golden Girl, Miss America, Namora, Sun Girl, and Venus, and its teen-humor star Millie the Model; Fox Comics' revival of Quality Comics' Phantom Lady; and DC's Black Canary. The Blonde Phantom debuted in All Select Comics which became Blonde Phantom Comics the following issue. The series lasted a little over two years (from #12-22, Winter 1946 to March 1949), during which time the crimefighter also appeared as a backup feature in: The character was the province of no one artist, and aside from