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Offline Electricmastro

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List of Golden Age superheroines.
« on: July 20, 2019, 12:41:57 AM »
Out of curiosity, I decided to build a list of Golden Age female superheroes and this is the list so far. Feel free to point out anyone I missed:

1939 - Crimson Rider, Magician from Mars

1940 - Alice of the Winged People, Black Widow (Timely Comics), Fantomah, Headless Horseman, Invisible Scarlet O'Neil, Lady Luck, Mighty Woman, Miss X, Panther Woman, Red Tornado, Woman in Red

1941 - Black Cat, Black Widow (Holyoke Publishing), Blue Lady, Bulletgirl, Flame Girl, Girl Squadron, Hawkgirl, Kitten, Lady Fairplay, Lady Satan (Harry 'A' Chesler), Madame Strange, Margo the Magician, Miss America (Quality Comics), Miss Fury, Miss Owl, Miss Victory, Mother Hubbard, Nelvana of the Northern Lights, Pat Patriot, Phantom Lady, Ranger Girl, Rocketgirl, Silver Scorpion, Spider Queen, Super Ann, USA the Spirit of Old Glory, Wildfire, Wonder Woman

1942 - Black Angel, Girl Commandos, Liberty Belle, Lightning Girl, Mary Marvel, Señorita Rio, Spider Widow, The Wing

1943 - Black Orchid (Harvey Comics), Guerilla Girl, Lady Satan (Harvey Comics), Miss America (Timely Comics), Miss Patriot, Superwoman

1944 - Black Orchid (Consolidated Book Publishers), Black Venus, Catgirl, Diana the Huntress, Dotty Whirlwind (aka Dotty Virvelvind), Miss Espionage, Purple Tigress, Spider Woman, Veiled Avenger, Will O' The Wisp

1945 - Comandette, Freckles Marvel, Ghost Woman, Mysta of the Moon, Polka-Dot Pirate, Yankee Girl (Four Star Publications)

1946 - Blonde Phantom, The Flame, Futura, Golden Girl (Spark Publications), Lady Fantax, Magga the Magnificent, Miss Fear, Miss Masque, The Torch (aka la Antorcha)

1947 - Acromaid, Atoma, Black Canary, Electro Girl, Iron Lady, Marvel Maid, Moon Girl, Namora, Phantom Maid, Undercover Girl, Vampire, Varga, Yankee Girl (Harry 'A' Chesler)

1948 - The Cat (aka de Kat), Elektra, Gimmick Girl, Golden Girl (Timely Comics), Miss Devil (aka Miss Diavolo), Sun Girl, Val Venture, Venus

1949 - The Queen of Spades (aka la Dama di Picche)

1950 - The Avenging Plainswoman (aka la Llanera Vengadora), Calamity Kate, Darna, The Silent Three, TNT Tina

1951 - Black Phantom, Corsair Queen, Doll Girl

1952 - Galaxy Gals

1953 - Sri Asih, Zina of Koroka

1954 - Princess Bintang (aka Putri Bintang), Tomboy
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List of Golden Age superheroines.
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Re: List of Golden Age superheroines.
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2019, 02:58:30 PM »
Thanks EM and welcome to the site!
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Re: List of Golden Age superheroines.
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2019, 05:16:11 PM »
Thanks EM and welcome to the site!
:D

Thanks!

Also, an especially interesting Golden Age heroine I recently found out about, the Headless Horseman from 1940.

https://i.imgur.com/tSQrKyF.jpg
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Re: List of Golden Age superheroines.
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2019, 07:49:30 AM »
Welcome aboard!

That's an interesting teaser, EM. Since that sure looks like a guy, minus head!, I'd like to know where this character appeared.

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Re: List of Golden Age superheroines.
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2019, 08:41:20 AM »
THH first appears in Centaur's Amazing Mystery Funnies #19 here:
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=25444&page=36&nav=top

Her second and final appearance was in The Arrow #2 which is here:
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=19802&page=24&nav=top

Thanks to EM for pointing her out.  :)

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Re: List of Golden Age superheroines.
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2019, 12:25:37 PM »
I’m blanking on these:

1948 - The Cat (aka de Kat)

1948 - Elektra

1950 - TNT Tina

1954 - Princess Bintang (aka Putri Bintang)

Can anybody help me out???

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Re: List of Golden Age superheroines.
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2019, 04:05:57 PM »
Welcome aboard!

That's an interesting teaser, EM. Since that sure looks like a guy, minus head!, I'd like to know where this character appeared.

Amazing Mystery Funnies #19:

https://i.imgur.com/KdoHwhv.jpg
I’m blanking on these:

1948 - The Cat (aka de Kat)

1948 - Elektra

1950 - TNT Tina

1954 - Princess Bintang (aka Putri Bintang)

Can anybody help me out???

1948 - The Cat (aka de Kat) - http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/d/dekat.htm

1948 - Elektra - http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/a/atom.htm#Elektra

1950 - TNT Tina - http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/t/tnttina.htm

1954 - Princess Bintang (aka Putri Bintang) - http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/p/putri.htm
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Re: List of Golden Age superheroines.
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2019, 11:42:47 PM »
How many of those international heroines are public domain?  I'd like to read about TNT Tina and TNT Tom. 
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Re: List of Golden Age superheroines.
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2019, 07:11:40 AM »
Thanks, Electricmastro.

Putri Bintang reminds me of the Philippine heroine Darna!!

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Re: List of Golden Age superheroines.
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2019, 09:20:44 AM »
Thanks, Electricmastro.

Putri Bintang reminds me of the Philippine heroine Darna!!

I'll add her to the list. Thanks!

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Re: List of Golden Age superheroines.
« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2020, 05:04:07 PM »
How many of those international heroines are public domain?  I'd like to read about TNT Tina and TNT Tom.

Not sure. I somehow expect their comics weren’t renewed due to obscurity though.

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Re: List of Golden Age superheroines.
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2020, 06:15:35 AM »
TNT Tina is TNT Tom's cousin.  The strip's title was TNT Tom and appeared in Gerald G Swan comics in the 1950's. Tina appears to always be referred to as simply Tina. If you fancy a look at some stories, my compilation can be found on CB+, here:-
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=70697
At the moment, these seem to be the only strips found and scanned.
De Kat was a Dutch "beeldroman/beeldverhaal" a tiny wee comic about 10 1/2 x 7 centimetres with often 1 illo per page, from the late '40's. Drawn by Henk Albers. De Kat was resurrected in the last few years in a bigger format, but a lot more adult content.  Lambiek has an interesting read on beeldromans:-
https://www.lambiek.net/aanvang/1945nbeeldromans.htm
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Re: List of Golden Age superheroines.
« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2020, 09:52:50 PM »
TNT Tina is TNT Tom's cousin.  The strip's title was TNT Tom and appeared in Gerald G Swan comics in the 1950's. Tina appears to always be referred to as simply Tina. If you fancy a look at some stories, my compilation can be found on CB+, here:-
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=70697
At the moment, these seem to be the only strips found and scanned.
De Kat was a Dutch "beeldroman/beeldverhaal" a tiny wee comic about 10 1/2 x 7 centimetres with often 1 illo per page, from the late '40's. Drawn by Henk Albers. De Kat was resurrected in the last few years in a bigger format, but a lot more adult content.  Lambiek has an interesting read on beeldromans:-
https://www.lambiek.net/aanvang/1945nbeeldromans.htm

Nice! Thanks for that info!

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Re: List of Golden Age superheroines.
« Reply #13 on: December 12, 2020, 08:29:50 PM »
Great list! Two more, very obscure heroines come to mind;
I see you mentioned Doll Girl, but before Martha Roberts assumed that identity in Feature Comics #37, she also assumed the identity of "Midge" in Feature Comics #27.
Also, I can't remember the character's name or the issue she appeared in, but in a Mr. Scarlet and Pinky adventure, Brian Butler's girlfriend has started a boarding house and has also taken in a teenage girl orphaned due to the war. A mystery ensues, and when Mr. Scarlet and Pinky investigate, that teenage girl makes a similar costume to help out. She's never given a super hero name, so she's only known by her real name (which I can't remember).

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Re: List of Golden Age superheroines.
« Reply #14 on: December 14, 2020, 11:44:23 AM »
Miss Scarlet (tho not called that in the story) aided Mr. Scarlet & Pinky in Wow Comics # 57 (Aug 1947). Her real name was Abigail.