The ubiquitous cover girl of the Golden Age of comics!
The world tour continues, albeit as less of a “Blonde in a Red Dress” than “Blonde in a Red Bikini and Fancy Ballet Slippers”. (The budget went towards travel expenses and animal stunts, not authentic costuming.) Jo-Jo Congo King #10, Fox
The world tour continues to the land of ye legendary Arthurian knights of olde, where we learn an important lesson: Never bring a sword to an axe fight! Police Comics #125, Quality
The Blonde in Red joined a parade in Canada for a somewhat more reserved celebration of WW2 victory compared to a more well-known iconic photo of a certain random sailor kissing a certain random nurse in the street of a certain neighboring country. Star Weekly, May 12, 1945
OK, so we don’t know exactly where this cover takes place, and the cropped cover art means we don’t have direct visual confirmation (other than the Red Dress) that this is indeed our Blonde heroine… but I think it’s a safe bet considering her known prior appearances with the globetrotting Terry and the Pirates. Terry… Continue reading The Blonde in a Red Dress World Tour: Somewhere!
The Blonde in Red hopes that the epic battle between the circus gorilla, skull-faced guy with a snake, and brawny guys with fabulous hair will be enough to distract from her highly questionable co-stars, the “Commando Cubs”… a crack team of gun-toting underage ethnic stereotypes travelling the world to fight Nazis. Thrilling Comics #36, Pines
The Blonde in Red fears that there’s something off-color about her latest cover. No, literally — her dress is magenta, her hair is orange, and her over-the-top ethnic stereotype Japanese villain is orange-brown. Someone get the colorist on the phone! Rangers Comics #25, Fiction House
But being a cover model for crime comics DOES pay, which is why the Blonde in Red keeps ending up in these situations. Crime Does Not Pay #38, Lev Gleason Publications
It’s just another normal routine everyday kidnapping attempt for the Blonde in Red, when suddenly a hockey game breaks out! Target Comics v7 #2, Novelty
Deja vu! It’s yet another normal routine everyday kidnapping attempt for the Blonde in Red, when suddenly… a golf game breaks out! Target Comics v7 #2, Novelty
The Blonde in Red has changed up her wardrobe for the week, as part of a complex psychological warfare operation against her chosen target whom she hopes will thus be bent to her will. Pep Comics #71, MLJ