Sunday, January 30, 2022

TONY BARRETT

 Tony (Antoinette) Barrett began appearing in ALL-AMERICAN WESTERN as soon as its title was changed from the old ALL AMERICAN COMICS (former home to the first Green Lantern). Ms. Barrett fought criminals in between running a stage line.



Saturday, January 22, 2022

MADAME DEATH (1944)

 Tough lady crook from the LASH LIGHTNING feature.



Wednesday, January 19, 2022

LIGHTNING GIRL

 Here's a few jolts from the partner of Ace Comics' Lash Lightning.




Tuesday, January 4, 2022

SUE (OF THE ADVENTURES OF BERT AND SUE)

 I buzzed through this imitation "Nick and Nora Charles" series from SUPER MYSTERY COMICS, and never noticed if the married detectives of the title shared a last name. As the two characters ran around solving bizarre murder cases, Bert did all the fistfighting while Sue couldn't brawl her way out of a paper bag. Nevertheless, just for effect this splash gives Sue some sort of judo-abilities.



MOITLE VS. MAMIE

 From the comedy-strip "Harry the Hack" in SUPER MYSTERY #7.2




Monday, January 3, 2022

PAGAN

 The tough girl Pagan debuted in BATMAN #479 (1992) and didn't have but four other stories. Her raison d'etre, that of tracking down and beating up men who misused women, was perhaps a little too limiting to make her popular-- or maybe readers just thought that "Venus-circle" on her mask looked a little foolish.