FF #1: THE ACE OF BLADES

Female heroes in 1940s often boasted formidable skills in judo, boxing and wrestling, but female villains usually weren't so competent. A one shot exception (from Contact Comics #10, 1946) was a Japanese lady pilot, The Ace of Blades, who had a fatal encounter with Golden Eagle, Holyoke Comics' knockoff of the popular Blackhawk.