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.
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