The ubiquitous cover girl of the Golden Age of comics!
Archie may have been too shy to take the hint, but apparently the Blonde in Red got someone else to take her to the dance in her new polka-dot dress. Here’s hoping he’s not just selfishly using her to compile a list of things he dislikes most. Love Diary #35, Orbit
What a letdown from yesterday! Some dates end in tears… some dates end with pyromaniacs threatening to blow things up. And her boyfriend from the dance didn’t even stick around to help! Kerry Drake #8, Harvey
Apparently, “ace detective” Kerry Drake wasn’t enough help to get the bomb threat taken care of, so the Blonde in Red had to risk getting her new polka-dot dress dirty and do it herself. Rangers Comics #37, Fiction House
Despite the dance party that turned into a kidnapping and bomb scare, it looks like the Blonde in Red is the only one who didn’t end up in a hospital bed this time. Must’ve been because she was wearing her lucky polka dots this week! (And hey, is that Kerry Drake in the background?) Love… Continue reading The Blonde in a Red (Polka-Dotted) Dress, Day 5
The Blonde in Red doesn’t suffer from a phobia of elevators… but sometimes she’s the cause of it. Suzie #54, MLJ
Keep driving! This town ain’t big enough for more than one Blonde in a Red Dress! Jack in the Box Comics #15, Charlton
Don’t debate music with the Blonde in a Red Dress if she’s in one of her hardboiled moods. Headline Comics #26, Prize
Copper? Lead? Darn it, I’m a doctor, not a metallurgist! Headline Comics #27, Prize
Um… I’m going to choose to interpret this cover as showing that our Blonde in Red is still in her hardboiled gun moll mode of the past couple days, and the men are reacting in shock because she’s packing an arsenal of firearms under that trenchcoat. Yeah. Let’s go with that. Zippy Comics #1 (UK)
The Blonde in a Red Dress has a bad case of the Mondays. Suzie #63, MLJ