Apparently the contracts for gun molls can be leveraged as collateral, like bundled sub-prime mortgage loans.
Headline Comics #28, Prize Comics
Posts tagged Blonde in Red
Photo Fridays: Girls Who Go Wrong
The Blonde in Red offers stern warnings for impressionable readers against “exposing yourself recklessly”. (To dangers! Exposing yourself recklessly to dangers! Get your mind out the gutter!)
Love Diary #2, Orbit
Let Him Down Gently (Down the Stream)
In a traditional teen story lesson against peer pressure, the Blonde in Red finds herself in a slippery slope of diminishing returns as the poolside fun of “Freckles and his Friends” turns into resentful river rivalries of “Boots and Her Buddies”.
Boots and Her Buddies #5, Pines
Pool Party
As per the usual Hollywood teen story arc, after the plain girl gets a makeover, next comes the sudden influx of new smitten admirers whose friendship may not actually be genuine. (Note that according to the cover, the friends only belong to “Freckles”, not to the Blonde in a Red Dress herself.)
Freckles and his Friends #8, Pines
Trend-setting Makeover
The Blonde in a Red Dress was ahead of her time! Here she demonstrates a dramatic transformation from her “awkward teen” appearance at home to the “tops in beauty” center of attention at the ballroom dance, decades before Hollywood teen movie fashion makeover montage scenes were a thing!
Dotty #35, Ace Magazines
Don’t be an “Ick”
As an awkward gangly teenager, the Blonde in a Red Dress worked hard to cultivate her artistic talents.
(And she possibly wrote Burma Shave roadside ads as a summer job.)
Famous Funnies #164, Eastern
Photo Fridays: Grin And Bear It
That’s a mighty cheerful smile for a comic about a “foolish heart” that “nobody loved” and wants to “escape from memories”.
Sweet Love #1, Harvey
Favoritism!
You’d never see the Batmobile getting a parking ticket like this.
America’s Best Comics #28, Pines
Art Class
When not busy being a cover model, the Blonde in a Red Dress also works as a cover artist.
America’s Best Comics #27, Pines
Fast Times
Tired of playing “damsel in distress” roles, the Blonde in a Red Dress takes out her frustrations on the superhero-racetrack-for-rocket-propelled-motorbikes.
America’s Best Comics #26, Pines