Danny Chase

Danny Chase/Phantasm first appeared in The New Teen Titans Annual (vol. 2) #3 and was created by Marv Wolfman and artist Mike Collins. Although Wolfman hoped the character would restore the "teen hero" feel to a group composed mostly of characters in their twenties, Danny was also intended as a comic foil for one of the group's foundational characters, Changeling. However, readers responded negatively to the character, leading him to be written out of the series.

During Jay Faerber's run on Teen Titans, he intended for the villain Epsilon to be a resurrected Danny Chase, but editor Andy Helfer vetoed the idea.^[2]

Danny Chase is the son of Central Bureau of Intelligence spies, and was thus trained in espionage, infiltration, and intelligence acquisition.^[3] He later joins the Teen Titans, but Nightwing forces him to leave following Jason Todd's death.^[4]

In Titans Hunt, Danny is attacked by the Wildebeest Society and presumed dead. However, he survives and adopts the Phantasm identity using a makeshift costume and voice modulator.

Danny later sacrifices himself to save Raven's homeworld of Azarath. He, Arella, and the souls of Azarath merge into a new entity called Phantasm.^[5][6][7] In Blackest Night, Danny's body is temporarily resurrected as a Black Lantern.^[8]

In The New 52 continuity reboot, Phantasm appears as a captive of A.R.G.U.S.^[9]

Danny Chase is a metahuman who possesses telekinesis, and is additionally skilled in espionage and has a photographic memory. As Phantasm, he possesses the combined magic of the souls of Azarath.

• Danny Chase appears in Young Justice, voiced by Jason Marsden.^[10] This version possesses teleportation in addition to telekinesis, both of which he gained from experimentation by the Light, and was further transformed by DeSaad into a robotic being known as the Kaiser-Thrall. Danny is then forced into serving the forces of Apokolips before being freed by the Team.^[11]
• Danny Chase appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.^[12]
• Danny Chase appears in Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five #16.^[13]