After all that talk about DC Comics being pretty sexist towards their female characters in the New 52 reboot, they may have finally done something right. They’ve taken the creepiest, most tasteless superheroine costume ever and have actually given it a complete makeover – including pants! Not even Wonder Woman got pants.

Behold the new Phantom Lady:

Doll Man is really struggling to keep his eyes on her face

Phantom Lady and her partner Doll Man, both characters from the series Freedom Fighters, will be starring in a new mini-series that will launch at the end of August. Written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti (writers of that fantastic Power Girl series), and drawn by Cat Staggs and Rich Perotta, Phantom Lady will be a 4-issue series featuring the characters as pulpy, street-level vigilantes. Sadly, Amanda Conner is only going to be doing the covers, I guess. She’s got that important ‘Before Watchmen’ project to work on. But there would be no greater way to sell a Phantom Lady mini-series than have Conner on art.

Gray and Palmiotti also wrote that Ray mini-series a few months ago, which I’m sad to say I didn’t end up buying the last issue. It was fun, but different from most of the other New 52. This has all led some to speculate that a new Freedom Fighters is in the works – which seems odd, since the title was never very successful.

But we’re getting off point! You see Phantom Lady’s new costume up there? I like it. Well here’s what she used to look like:

All the scotch tape in the world…

She actually wore that as a costume. As a legitimate superheroine, fighting crime and getting into fights. That’s worse than a bikini! Worse than that infamous green dress that Jennifer Lopez once wore. All a super-villain has to do is just grab one of those yellow straps and you’ve got a very uncomfortable fight!

Phantom Lady’s old costume always bugged me, and I’m glad DC have fixed it. I might even be willing to pick up the new mini-series.