Phantom Lady and Doll Man # 1 2012 NM-

Phantom Lady and Doll Man # 1, released by DC Comics on August 29, 2012 (cover-dated October 2012), is the first of a four-issue limited series. Part of the New 52 initiative, it reimagines the classic Freedom Fighter characters for a modern "superhero noir" setting. 

The debut issue, titled "Too Dangerous For a Girl," establishes a gritty origin story centered on vengeance and street-level crime in Metropolis. 

• The Tragedy: Years ago in Metropolis' "Suicide Slum," young Jennifer Knight witnessed her parents being brutally murdered by the Bender family, the city's oldest and most powerful crime syndicate. Her father had been a crusading reporter for the Daily Planet close to exposing their misdeeds.
• The Vengeance: In the present day, an adult Jennifer follows in her father's footsteps as an undercover reporter to take down the Bender crime legacy. She infiltrates the inner circle of Cyrus and Eli Bender, the heirs to the family empire.
• The Ally: Jennifer’s primary confidant is Dane Maxwell, a genius scientist and inventor who works out of a junkyard.
• The Transformation: After Jennifer steals Cyrus Bender's cell phone to find evidence of his crimes, the Benders track her and Dane to his junkyard. The resulting confrontation leads to the origins of their heroic personas: Jennifer as Phantom Lady and Dane as Doll Man. 
• Phantom Lady (Jennifer Knight): Armed with a "black light ray" that can generate dense fog, manifest hard-light objects, and create "shadow slides" for transport.
• Doll Man (Dane Maxwell): A tech-savvy inventor who gains the ability to shrink in size.
• The Benders (Cyrus and Eli): The primary antagonists who murdered Jennifer's parents and now lead the city's criminal underworld. 
• Writers: Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray.
• Artists: Cat Staggs (penciller) and Tom Derenick (inker).
• Cover Artist: Amanda Conner with Paul Mounts.