Phantom Girl (Tinya Wazzo) is a superhero appearing in books published by DC Comics, and is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries. In post-Zero Hour continuity, she is known as Apparition. She has the power to turn intangible, as do all other natives of her home planet, Bgztl. Her mother is Winema Wazzo, the president of the United Planets.[1] Tinya’s ancestor Linnya Wazzo appears in DC's New Age of Heroes as a member of the Terrifics.
Phantom Girl has appeared in various media outside comics, primarily those featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes. She is voiced by Heather Hogan in Legion of Super Heroes (2006) and Kari Wahlgren in Young Justice, and portrayed by Mika Abdalla in The Flash.
Publication history
Phantom Girl first appeared in Action Comics #276, and was created by Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney.[2]
Fictional character biography
Pre-Crisis
In the original pre-Crisis continuity, Phantom Girl is the fifth member to join the Legion and is a native of Bgztl, a planet in the fourth dimension. Like other Bgztlians, Phantom Girl can phase out of reality and become intangible. She employs her abilities as a member of the Legion's stealth-based Espionage Squad.
Following the Magic Wars, Earth falls under the control of the Dominators and withdraws from the United Planets. During this time, Glorith sends Phantom Girl to the 20th century, where she sustains amnesia, assumes the name Phase, and joins the interstellar law enforcement agency, L.E.G.I.O.N.Additionally, a temporal clone of Phantom Girl named Apparition from "Batch SW6" is introduced.
Post-Zero Hour
Following the Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! reboot, Apparition is reimagined as half-Carggite, with Phase as another of her bodies.[1][3] She and Ultra Boy eventually reunite, marry, and have a son named Cub.
2005 reboot
In the new Legion of Super-Heroes continuity started in 2005, Tinya Wazzo is again called Phantom Girl. In this setting, Bgztl exists in the same location as Earth, but is out of phase with it: the whole planet is in the "Buffer Zone" that the pre-Zero Hour Phantom Girl would phase into. Phantom Girl is the only Bgzltian who can shift between her home reality and Earth. When she phases, she is visible in both universes and often engages in conversations or activities in the two realities simultaneously.
Phantom Girl develops a strong bond with Princess Projectra, helping her cope with the recent death of her parents. Despite this, Projectra beats Phantom Girl after suspecting her of treason. Timber Wolf rescues Phantom Girl, after which she is placed in reconstructive machinery to heal.
In The Terrifics series, the titular group (consisting of Mr. Terrific, Metamorpho, and Plastic Man) travel into the Dark Multiverse and encounter Linnya Wazzo, the ancestor of the 31st-century Phantom Girl, who has been trapped inside it in an intangible state. They reach the source of the distress signal, and discover a message from Tom Strong.[5] In the next issue, more of this new Phantom Girl's backstory is revealed, showing that she is not the original Phantom Girl, although she appears to have some relation to her.[6]
In Brian Michael Bendis' Legion of Super-Heroes reboot, Phantom Girl is reimagined to have a more alien appearance with purple skin, blue hair, and additional teleportation abilities.[7]
The New Golden Age
In The New Golden Age, Phantom Girl is among the Legion of Super-Heroes members who arrive in the present and confront the Justice Society of America over their decision to recruit Legionnaire, a young, heroic incarnation of Mordru.[8]
Powers and abilities
Like all natives of the planet Bgztl, Phantom Girl has the ability to turn intangible (phase). Bgztl, depending on the incarnation, either exists in or is connected to the Phantom Zone. While intangible, she is immune to physical harm, can maneuver through solid objects and fly under her own power. She has demonstrated the ability to phase with split second timing and can also phase certain parts of her body selectively (a feat most Bgztlians cannot duplicate). Additionally, she can disrupt the workings of electronic devices by moving through them while phased.[9]
The 2005 "Threeboot" version of Phantom Girl can selectively phase her perceptions back to Bgztl while using her power; in this way, she will appear to individuals on our plane of existence but actually be interacting with individuals and the environment on Bgztl.
In DC Rebirth, Phantom Girl still retains the same powers as her post-Crisis self. She also displays new powers in Rebirth, created by an explosion she is caught in from a machine in the Dark Multiverse. In addition to her phasing powers, and ability to fly when intangible, she can now—while in solid form—cause things to explode. She can make things explode by the touch of her hand ("dark matter touch") or by shooting combustion blasts at things to make them explode,[10] but she cannot control her powers and can only stop them by going into her "phantom form".
As a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, Phantom Girl is provided a Legion Flight Ring, which allows her to fly and protects her from the vacuum of space and other dangerous environments.
In other media
Television
Phantom Girl as she appears in Legion of Super-Heroes.
Phantom Girl appears in Legion of Super-Heroes (2006), voiced by Heather Hogan.[11] This 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.[12]
Phantom Girl appears in the fourth season of Young Justice, voiced by Kari Wahlgren.[11][13] This version sports blue skin and red eyes.
Phantom Girl appears in the eighth season of The Flash, portrayed by Mika Abdalla.[14] This version is a contemporary metahuman who has been operating in Coast City as the "Coast City Phantom" while searching for her missing birth mother Renee.
^ abcd"Phantom Girl Voices (Legion of Super Heroes)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved March 27, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
^Hoegee, Rob (writer); Maltby, Tim (director) (November 4, 2006). "Phantoms". Legion of Super Heroes. Season 1, Episode 4. Kids WB.
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