I glanced over various online repro's of Dean Yeagle's art, particularly that featuring his popular character Mandy, trying to decide if any of them were "perfect" in terms of illustrating the image of The Doe-Eyed Innocent, who may or may not be on the verge of a sexual awakening. Here's my selection.
When I was doing my "synchronic survey" of femmes formidables, one thirties femme I didn't get around to was "Shanghai" Lil De Vrille. She was probably named after the "Shanghai Lily" prostitute character Marlene Dietrich played in 1932's SHANGHAI EXPRESS. However, long ago I read Lil's debut in the JUNGLE JIM comic strip and saw that she started as more of a straight-up villainess. But since she was hot, she got to reform and stick around as Jim's girlfriend. At least one original comics story for Standard's JUNGLE JIM comic of the forties still showed that Lil was more than just a girlfriend-- though she only appeared in one issue of that short-lived title.
First, a girl named Fritzi gets flip-sy. From STARLET O'HARA...
Then, in a mag called IT REALLY HAPPENED, we see real-life pirate women Anne Bonney and Mary Read openly showing their feminine attributes while at sea-- which is probably not a thing that happened, since accounts say they got on board their ships by pretending to be men.
From a manga with the long winded title MONSTER MUSUME NO IRU NICHIROU, emphasizing wolf-girl Garu.
When it comes to a girl like Mimosa, Asta of BLACK CLOVER stays abreast of the most pressing developments.
The silly comedy HAJIME NO GAL includes a deeply tanned Japanese girl, Ranko, who likes to keep the male protagonist "off his toes."
Bonnie O'Toole, debutante turned insurance investigator, enjoyed four adventures in a couple of Fox Features anthology comics before disappearing into obscurity. This page shows she was purely an unschooled brawler.
