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General Category => Comic Related Discussion => Topic started by: Electricmastro on July 20, 2019, 12:41:57 AM
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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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Thanks EM and welcome to the site!
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Thanks EM and welcome to the site!
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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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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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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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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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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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How many of those international heroines are public domain? I'd like to read about TNT Tina and TNT Tom.
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Thanks, Electricmastro.
Putri Bintang reminds me of the Philippine heroine Darna!!
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Thanks, Electricmastro.
Putri Bintang reminds me of the Philippine heroine Darna!!
I'll add her to the list. Thanks!
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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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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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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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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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Miss Scarlet (tho not called that in the story) aided Mr. Scarlet & Pinky in Wow Comics # 57 (Aug 1947). Her real name was Abigail.
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Not sure if you'll allow this one? Enigma was a character in a short series of French landscape comics, around 1947. The trick with this one was the "hero" is a character in a suit, collar and tie, sporting a domino mask, but, it's actually a young woman, Germaine de Vetheuil who takes the male i/d to fight crime.
https://fr.shopping.rakuten.com/offer/buy/452817327/la-clinique-du-docteur-kolaf-de-collectif.html
Some of you will know of the Spanish pulp series, El Encapuchado and in those novels, there were 2 other masked, costumed heroines, La Antorcha and Mascara Negra, around the mid to late '40's
https://www.tebeosfera.com/sagas/mascara_negra_1947_l._hipkiss.html
The main character El Encapuchado featured in a later series of comicbooks which you can find on CB+.
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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:
Jane Arden (female reporter in newspaper comic strip) 1928 & later in comic books?
Sally the Sleuth (female detective cartoon in Donenfeld's detective pulps) 1934 & later in comic books?
Maybe they're just platinum age heroines? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯