The ubiquitous cover girl of the Golden Age of comics!
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
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
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 and the Pirates #11, Harvey
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
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 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
As an international star, the Blonde in Red often travels the globe for authentic “on location” adventures.
Maschera Bianca #21: Il Fantasma Della City (Italian)
The Blonde in a Red Dress swaps roles after yesterday’s kidnapping attempt.
Super-Mystery Comics v6 #1, Ace
Ray beams, bullets, trapdoors, and wildly exaggerated facial expressions — yet also a distinct lack of punching on the cover of Punch Comics!
Punch Comics #18, Chesler
We’ve got a caveman being chased by a Blonde Amazon in a Red Dress, both in pseudo-Greco-Roman attire, but with a medieval European castle in the background? Aw, heck, I’m sure it’s a time travel story, so I’m not going to waste time trying to figure it out.
Alley Oop #11, Pines