The ubiquitous cover girl of the Golden Age of comics!
“Do these beads belong to anyone here? They were Norma’s, but she dared not claim them!” You can tell this is a flashback to a much earlier role from her youth abroad in the UK, because the grown-up Blonde In A Red Dress has shown that she’ll dare just about anything. Girls Crystal Weekly #168
Flashback week! The Blonde in a Red Dress is quite familiar with living a complex double life as an international woman of mystery. Of course, back when she was a teenager, that sort of approach to life tended to cause problems. Teen-Age Romances #21 by St. John
Flashback week! As a teen, our hardworking Blonde in a Red Dress had to learn valuable life lessons about the complications that come from living a tangled web of mystery and intrigue. (Then again, considering the rest of her long career, it could be that the only lesson she ended up learning was “Try to… Continue reading A model employee
Flashback week! The Blonde in a Red Dress seldom talks about her college years — probably because they tended to involve stuff like being taken hostage by glowing radioactive mummies with rayguns. Well, either that, or maybe she avoids the subject because of her questionable fashion sense at the time. I’m glad she ditched the… Continue reading College Beanie Flashback
Sigh! What a way to start a week: stumbling over the gates to a fiery underworld and being attacked by a legion of infernal demons toting pitchforks and… handguns? Blue Ribbon #13 by MLJ
From the look on the face of the Blonde in a Red Dress, she’s reading the cover blub and wondering why she’s stuck strapped to a mad scientist’s torture bench rather than having whimsical adventures in the “Davy the Wishmaster” backup story. Blue Beetle #10 by Fox
And suddenly: Giant green mutant Nazi gorillas. Amazing Man #22 by Centaur
The long week continues with the Blonde in a Red Dress invited to a midnight bonfire party. Top-Notch #14 by MLJ
And thus the week ends the same way it began: with the Blonde in Red facing down weird looming monsters of infernal hellfire, while “Richy the Amazing Boy” and “Rang-A-Tang The Wonder Dog” look on from on high. Blue Ribbon #14 by MLJ
Not sure what game Death is playing, but it appears to involve wearing a red jacket and brandishing a raygun. (An unexpected change from the usual black robes and scythe, but perhaps Death was inspired by the fashion sense of the Blonde in a Red Dress and decided to try something new.) Fantastic Adventures v3… Continue reading “Death plays a game”