BLACK VENUS "Sacrificed to the Flag of the Rising Sun"

Now wearing a costume almost exactly like rival aviatrix Black Angel...

...Black Venus is led into a trap by a devious Japanese commander.

NOTE: contains racial stereotypes that may be NSFW!)

Illustrated by noted cover artist and art director L B Cole, this tale from Aviation Press' Contact Comics #3 (1944) was the beginning of a new direction for the heroine as she became more aggressive in taking on Axis foes instead of simply waiting for them to attack first.

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BLACK VENUS "Agent X"

No, not Black Angel, but this is another World War II aviatrix-heroine...

...but in an even skimpier outfit!

(Like you're complaining?)

Holyoke's Contact Comics was one of the numerous titles in the popular Golden Age war comics subgenre known as "aviation comics".
Other titles included Fiction House's Flight Comics, Hillman's Air Fighters Comics, and Four Stars' Captain Flight, and the most famous of all...Quality's Blackhawk.
Black Venus appeared in every issue of Contact's 12-issue run, except the final issue which featured a new lineup of civilian fliers and science fiction stories.
This particular tale from Contact Comics #2 (1944) was artist Rudy Palais' only contribution to the series, which never used the same artist two issues in a row.
The writer is unknown.
Curiously, as of the next issue, Black Venus would adopt a new costume almost exactly like Black Angel's, except for the Captain America-style wings on the forehead!

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