The ubiquitous cover girl of the Golden Age of comics!
I would normally assume that this cover was meant to be symbolic of the threat of death looming over a life of crime… but given the habit of the Blonde in a Red Dress to do stuff like chase after a witch’s hoard, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was an actual attack by a… Continue reading Bones and Bullets
Uh oh! That grave looks like it’s gonna be getting real crowded. (Is the Blonde in a Red Dress the “Fran Smith” on the tombstone, or the “?”) Punch Comics #13, Chesler
Wait, isn’t a “shotgun wedding” usually intended to keep the groom from running away, not the bride? (And besides, a Red Dress isn’t much of a wedding gown.) Dark Mysteries #8, Story Comics
Well, I’m glad someone put an end to the week of skeletons haunting our poor Blonde in a Red Dress. Adventures into the Unknown #42, ACG
The Blonde in a Red Dress was dressed and ready for a summer luau party, but the weather (and fog monsters) just wouldn’t cooperate. Blackstone Master Magician Comics v1 #3, Vital Publications
Despite yesterday’s detour, the Blonde in a Red Dress Swimsuit finally makes her way to the beach party to meet up with her pals Sorority Sue and Jerry the Jinx. Dotty Comics #36, Ace
Poor Blonde in a Red Dress Swimsuit. Her beach party showdown with her rival, the Redhead in Yellow, got upstaged by a bug. Andy Comics #21, Ace
The Blonde in Red is beginning to regret the beach party, as the afternoon devolves into a vague non-specific argument with her vague generic boyfriend. Diary Secrets #17, St. John
The Blonde in Red’s relaxing week at the beach concludes with an attempted kidnapping by an amphibious humanoid fish-man. (Which, sadly, is pretty much to be expected, given our heroine’s usual luck.) Baffling Mysteries #7, Ace
“A band of cheery schoolgirls who were invited to be the guests of a famous film director” — a.k.a., a glimpse into the early showbiz career of the Blonde in a Red Dress. Girls’ Crystal #481