So, for the most part, most of the appearances of the Blonde in a Red Dress have had her as a bystander, hostage, or possibly in an adventure setting where maybe the threat was coming upon her unexpectedly (a mugger or a zombie coming after her, etc.). Here, the publishers thought it would be a good idea for a girl in a dress to be an all-out Diehard/James Bond type adventure hero taking the battle straight to the enemy! In a short dress and heels. (Going after two serious criminal types armed with guns and lit dynamite–with nothing but a wrench!) Okay–why not?!