A FLASH IN THE POW

Mighty Comics' only memorable feature was THE WEB, the world's first henpecked superhero. But in one late issue, the hero's wife Rose underwent rigorous training and became a superhero herself, Pow-Girl. Her purpose was not to fight crime, but to protect her husband while he fought crime-- though she decided not to tell him about her project. That way she could also flirt with him as Pow-Girl and check to see if he was faithful. However, in the couple of WEB stories that appeared before the whole line collapsed, there were no further references to Pow-Girl.

But one thing I didn't notice before, in all the times I've revisited this silly story:

Does anyone dining at home ever eat COLD noodles? And since the pot Rose dumps on her hubby's head is SHOWN to be exuding steam, shouldn't he be yelling, "AHH! HOT NOODLES! HOT NOODLE JUICE IN MY EYES!"

HIT PARADE

Billie biffs Biff in SCREAM #19.

No violence, but after Billie trains with hand-weights, she takes a moment to scope out her own muscular development in a mirror.

A bit of revealing dialogue from the same story...

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).