TEEN HEADTHROBS

 From TIPPY TEEN #4.

Not a teen, but she is KEENE.

WITCHY WOMAN

 

GIVE THIS POOR VILLAINESS A NAME

This unnamed killer lady comes closer than any other BLACKHAWK evildoer to snuffing out the main hero, and she's only prevented (and killed on the next page) by the dumb luck of a native archer's interference. 

Let's see-- in her story, the Blackhawks stumble across a deserted city, possibly in Southeast Asia, in which a bunch of wanted criminals pose as tiger-worshipers, all wearing tigerskin garments and tiger-head masks, So, she's-- THE TIGER QUEEN, because that name hasn't been taken yet!

NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FEAR HERSELF

 In BLACKHAWK #19, the adventuress known as "Fear" shows that she can whip it good.

And also, "flip it good."

HORSING AROUND WITH CENTAUR

 From DETECTIVE PICTURE STORIES #2 (1937), The Clock meets a woman of mystery, The Orchid, who would continue to intrigue him intermittently during the feature's run.

Considerably later, Centaur dared the wrath of DC Comics with "Super Ann," a mildly athletic girl detective in the two issues of CMO COMICS (1942).

JUDY, JUDY, JUDY

For a heroine with a risible name like "Judy of the Jungle." she has a touch of psychological seriousness to her origin. She's raised in the jungle with her widowed, research-minded father, and he explicitly says he doesn't trust anyone, for unspecified reasons. Then the dad is killed by bad white guys. The dying father tells Judy not to ever trust any men, which for a lot of girls would scar them for life. 

Nevertheless, when Judy goes hunting for daddy's murderers, she finds a really handsome guy in their midst, one who boasts an even sillier name, that of "Pistol Roberts." After the killers capture Judy, Pistol sets her free, and they flee the killers, moments before Judy returns Pistol's favor with a similar rescue. He turns out to be a government agent, and thus not really one of the murderers, though it's interesting that it's through the agency of the father-killers that Judy meets her new love interest, at least for the episodes I've read.

Here's Judy getting a kick out of life.

And some punchy art from Frank Frazetta.

TIPPY JUDO AND TEDIUM TOO

 Tippy Teen's double does judo and inspires my worst pun yet.