LUCKY DALE: GIRL DETECTIVE "Hot Case, Cold Close"

Policewomen operate in any environment...

...no matter how hot or cold!

Lucky was one of a number of policewomen and private detectives who appeared in their own strips during the Golden Age.

(We've run others like Dolly O'Dare HERE. and Lady Luck II HERE.) You'll note the reporter's name in this never-reprinted tale from Avon's The Saint #5 (1949) is "Jim Gordon"...the same as Commissioner Gordon of Batman fame!

I'm not sure when Commissioner Gordon's first name was revealed in the comics, so this may have been a case of coincidence.

Both the writer and artist are unidentified in the Grand Comics Database.

HONEY WEST "Fall Guy" Conclusion

When Last We Left Honey West...

...she had been hired by rookie pro wrestler Acey Allan after anonymous threats to kill his manager unless the neophyte fighter throws the match.

When the detective damsel questions the fighter's manager, he seems evasive about who and why anyone would want Acey's career ended before it can begin...

Story for this never-reprinted, one-shot from Gold Key Comics (1966) by Paul S. Newman, art by Jack Sparling.
Trivia:
Most of the original novels were recently-reprinted, and a new comic series is available from Moonstone Comics.
There's been talk of a feature film based on the novels, but it's currently in Development Hell.

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HONEY WEST "Fall Guy" Part 1

She's the subject of our most popular posts ever...

...so who are we to deny our frantic fans another look at her?

Methinks the manager doth protest too much...and so does Honey!

Be here next week as Honey cracks the case...and a few skulls!

Story for this never-reprinted, one-shot from Gold Key Comics (1966) by Paul S. Newman, art by Jack Sparling.
Trivia:
Anne Francis took instruction in Okinawa Te under Sensei Gordon Doversola for a couple of months before shooting began.
The TV series the comic is based on ran only one year and Anne Francis won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Emmy.
The Executive Producer of the show was Aaron Spelling, who later created Charlie's Angels.
The complete series is available on DVD in the US from VCI.
The British Region 2 DVD set from Delta Entertainment also contains the Burke's Law episode "Who Killed the Jackpot?" which served as a "backdoor pilot" for the character.
Most of the novels have been reprinted, and a new comic series is available from Moonstone Comics.
There's been talk of a feature film based on the novels, but it's currently in Development Hell.

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NOT Who You Think: LADY LUCK II

She's not the slinky costumed heroine created by Will Eisner...

...(although we will be covering her in the future) but a gambler-turned-investigator who made only one appearance...

It feels like a pilot for a 1950s half-hour TV series rather than a comic book, doesn't it?

In fact, the comic could easily be used as storyboards!

Wonder if the writer was a TV scripter doing some comic book work on the side!

Though the scripter is unknown, the artist for this one-shot in Charlton's Danger #13 (1955) is Bill Discount, whose style was remarkably-close to Carmine Infantino's.

In fact, since there were so few stories (only about three dozen) attributed to "Bill Discount", I thought it might be a pen-name for  a team consisting of Carmine and an unknown inker!

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MADAME STRANGE "Hawaii Take-Over"

She's a super-heroine/spy with no secret identity...

...but she's not someone you want to mess with under any circumstances!

NOTE: may be NSFW due to dialogue about Asian stereotypes common to the era.

The threatened reprisal by Bonza's gang was never carried out since the remaining Madame Strange stories take place in locales other than Hawaii.

Though this never-reprinted tale from Great Comics #1 (1941) was created and published before the US entered World War II, most Americans knew it was only a matter of time before we would enter the war on the side of the Allies.

Madame Strange never used any other name or a disguised secret identity (not even eyeglasses).

Between her costume and (never-explained) greater-than-normal strength and speed, most fans consider her a superheroine.

"Achmed Zudella" was a pen-name for writer/artist Charles "Chuck" Winter.

It was only used on this strip.

Be here next week, when we present another tale of classic comic grrl power!

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HONEY WEST "Underwater Raiders" Conclusion

When Last We Left our Heroine...

Millionare Lewis Trent hires Honey West to guard the valuables aboard his yacht during a costume party thrown for his friend, aircraft designer Jack Bynner to celebrate his $200,000,000 contract with the US Air Force.

Armed frogmen board the yacht and steal the model of the prototype aircraft Bynner had on display, igoring the party guests' valuables!

When Honey and the police attempt to stop the pirates, the sinister scuba divers sink the police cruiser with a magnetic mine and make their getaway underwater with the model.

Unknown to the felons, Honey managed to plant a tracer on one of them...

Story for this never-reprinted, one-shot from Gold Key Comics (1966) by Paul S. Newman, art by Jack Sparling.
Anne Francis took instruction in Okinawa Te under Sensei Gordon Doversola for a couple of months before shooting began.
The TV series the comic is based on ran only one year and Anne Francis won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Emmy.
The Executive Producer of the show was Aaron Spelling, who later created Charlie's Angels.
The complete series is available on DVD in the US from VCI.
The British Region 2 DVD set from Delta Entertainment also contains the Burke's Law episode "Who Killed the Jackpot?" which served as a "backdoor pilot" for the character.
Most of the novels have been reprinted, and a new comic series is available from Moonstone Comics.
There's been talk of a feature film based on the novels, but it's currently in Development Hell.

Visit our

Heroines™

Comic Collectibles Store!