DOLLY O'DARE "Castle of the Talking Corpse"

Though arch-nemesis Baron Blue managed to eleude capture...

Art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito

...policewoman Dolly O'Dare is hot on his trail!

Written and illustrated by Jim Wilcox in Chesler's Scoop Comics #8 (1944)!

Baron Blue did return, and O'Dare dealt with him.
We'll be bringing you that story soon!

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NELVANA OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS "Attack from Etheria"

Here's a heroine who lives in the Polar Vortex all year long...

...in her never-reprinted final (and only full-color) adventure from F E Howard Publications' Super Duper Comics #3 (1947)!

Considering Nelvana's previous appearance was a couple of years earlier in a book from another publisher, creator/writer/artist Adrian Dingle thoughtfully brought us up-to-date with a synopsis before continuing...

Helluva way to end the series, eh?

As to why this was her only color appearance...

Originally, Canada imported American comic books and pulp magazines, filling their newstands with Superman, The Shadow, and loads of other American characters.
But, when World War II broke out, Canada banned all "non-essential" imports, including comics and pulps!
This opened up a whole new industry for Canadian writers and artists to finally do their own characters!
One major difference between the American and Canadian comic books was that the World War II Canadian books were black and white inside, not four-color like American comics!
(British comics were also b/w inside until the 1950s, when they started using a second color on some books.)
Some American companies licensed Canadian publishers to reprint US comics, but the interiors for those were b/w as well.
In addition, there was a limit to how much "non-Canadian content" could be included in Canadian magazine print runs, so there were relatively-few American reprints during the war.
After the war ended American comics were again imported, so most Canadian publishers began doing color insides to compete with the imports.

BTW, despite being #3, this was the only issue of Super Duper Comics!

And, it was the first appearance of the Golden Age Mr Monster in costume as seen HERE!

MARY MARVEL "Case of the Criminal Kringles"

A Christmas present for our faithful fans...

...a superheroine Christmas tale with not one...not two...but three superhero guest stars!

(And it's the premiere of her own series as well!)

Mr Scarlet and Pinky was one of the ongoing features rotating cover appearances with other characters on Wow Comics when Mary Marvel was given her own feature in Wow as of #9 (1943) after her introduction in Captain Marvel Adventures #18 and 19 (1942).

But, as of this issue, Mary became either the solo cover star or featured star in every cover until the book shifted format to humor strips in #59 (1947)

Writer Otto Binder and illustrator Mark Swyaze were her co-creators in Captain Marvel Adventures, so it was only appropriate they handle her series intro and several stories after that.

Trivia: When the 1970s live-action Shazam! tv series proved to be a ratings success, the studio considered doing a Mary Marvel spin-off!

But, because DC Comics wanted too much money for Mary, it was decided to use a new character, Isis, in the "sister" series instead!

Ironically, DC then had to pay to license Isis for a comic book adaptation (after introducing her in an issue of Shazam!)!

We're taking two weeks off and will return on January 10th with a heroine we've never featured before!

Don't miss it!

Jungle Girls--Under the Tree or Swinging thru them!

Whether it's Cave Girl...

...Tiger Girl...

...Princess Pantha...

...or Judy of the Jungle...

Atomic Kommie Comics™ has the perfect Jungle Heroine as a Christmas present for the heroine in your life!
We even have a Jungle Girls 2014 12-Month Calendar with nine MORE Queens of the Jungle from both comics AND movies!

So order today, before they swing away!

Either naughty OR nice at Christmastime? We have a grrrl for you!

One of the most notorious Golden Age characters, Phantom Lady was also one of the first costumed superheroines, beating out Wonder Woman (who debuted in All-Star Comics #8) in 1941 by several months!

Like a number of 1940s comics characters, she was created by an independent comic book studio for an established publisher, in this case, Quality Comics, debuting in Police Comics #1 which also featured the first appearances of Plastic Man, FireBrand, and The Human Bomb.
After a year, her strip was canceled by Quality, and the character was offered to Fox Comics, where she was promoted to her own comic, which started with #13, since it took over the numbering of an already existing title.
Her costume was modified by legendary "good girl" artist Matt Baker to expose more of her (ahem) assets and a number of covers featured her being captured and tied up by evildoers.
It is this version which became notorious by becoming one of the primary examples in Dr. Fredric Wertham's crusade against comics detailed in his book Seduction of the Innocent.

Believing that both the "naughty" and "nice' versions of the character have a place in pop culture history, Atomic Kommie Comics™ has included the classic superheroine in not one, but two different sections of our store!
In the Heroines!™ collection, we have the G-rated "empowered" version, kicking evil butts right and left!
And, in Seduction of the Innocent!!™, we have the PG-13, more risque version, including the famous cover included in Dr. Wertham's book!

She's also featured on both our Heroines and Good Girl / Bad Grrrl 12-Month Calendars!

If you're looking for classy, yet kitchy, gifts, you can't go wrong with our selection of Phantom Lady goodies for the pop culture / comics aficionado in your life!
Let him (or her) unwrap Phantom Lady this Christmas!
They'll thank you for it! ;-)