The ubiquitous cover girl of the Golden Age of comics!
This was a hard special effects shot to stage for the cover. The Blonde in a Red Dress had to bend backwards down the hole so her head was out of view, while the Blonde Stunt Double In A Black Ninja Suit had her hair pulled as she balanced on a ladder. But that’s the kind of hard work needed to get ahead in comics.
Fight Against Crime #20, by Story Comics
Oh no! And she was only a few decades away from retirement!
All-True Detective Cases #4, by Avon
The policeman seems uncertain if a kiss that awkward should count as a crime or not.
First Love Illustrated #39, by Harvey
…Might hit the girl!
Crime Detector #2, by Timor
…A spree of questionable apostrophe usage!
Authentic Police Cases #32, by St. John
Hey, is the Blonde in a Red Dress also moonlighting as this comic book’s copy editor? Because while she’s asleep on the job, she’s missing the letter “E” in “HEROINE”!
Down With Crime #3, by Fawcett
The Blonde in a Red Dress regrets letting her blind date set the plans for the evening. (She wanted dinner and a movie; he apparently wanted to have a shootout with the coppers first.)
Sensational Police Cases #3, by Avon
Those aren’t the facial expressions I generally expect to see on people bleeding from a hail of bullets.
Fight Against Crime #8, by Story Comics
This is one of those comic covers where there seems to be too much going on in too little amount of time.
Crime Smashers #8, by Trojan
In addition to shouting her warning, the Blonde in Red also attempted to communicate through sign language and interpretive dance. (It didn’t help.)
Fight Against Crime #11, by Story