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June Tarpé Mills
Tarpé Mills (25 February 1912 – 12 December 1988) was the pseudonym of comic book creator June Mills, one of the first major female comics artists. She is best known for her action comic strip, ''Miss Fury'', featuring the first female action hero created by a woman.Trina Robbins, ''A Century of Women Cartoonists'', Northampton, Mass. : Kitchen Sink Press, 1993. (pp. 62, 67-71, 83) Biography June Tarpé Mills created several action comics characters ("Devil's Dust", "The Cat Man", "The Purple Zombie" and "Daredevil Barry Finn") before creating her most remembered character, "Miss Fury," in 1941. Mills also wrote original scripts, penciled, and inked stories for these comic book series prior to ''Miss Fury:'' ''Funny Pages, Star Comics, Amazing Mystery Funnies, Amazing Man Comics, Masked Marvel, Prize Comics, Target Comics,'' and ''Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics.'' ''Miss Fury'' ran until 1952, when Tarpé Mills mostly retired from the comics industry. She briefly returned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Fury
Miss Fury is a fictional superheroine from the Golden Age of Comics. She first appeared as ''The Black Fury'' on April 6, 1941, a Sunday comic strip distributed by the Bell Syndicate, and created by artist June Tarpé Mills (writing as Tarpé Mills). Trina Robbins, ''A Century of Women Cartoonists''. Northampton, Mass.: Kitchen Sink Press, 1993. (pp. 62, 67–70,83).Ron Goulart, ''The Adventurous Decade: Comic Strips in the Thirties''. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1975, (p.180-1) The strip was retitled ''Miss Fury'' in November 1941. Overview The character's real identity is wealthy socialite Marla Drake. She has no innate superpowers, but gains increased strength and speed when she dons a special skintight catsuit when fighting crime. The panther skin was bequeathed to her by her uncle, who said that it was used by an African witch doctor in voodoo ceremonies. Miss Fury combats several recurring villains, including mad scientist Diman Saraf and Nazi agents Baroness E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenda Starr, Reporter
''Brenda Starr, Reporter'' (often referred to simply as ''Brenda Starr'') is a comic strip about a glamorous, adventurous reporter. It was created in 1940 by Dale Messick for the Chicago Tribune Syndicate. History Although set in Chicago, ''Brenda Starr, Reporter'' initially was the only Chicago Tribune Syndicate strip not to appear in the ''Chicago Tribune'' newspaper. When the strip debuted on June 30, 1940, it was relegated to a comic book supplement that was included with the Sunday ''Chicago Tribune''. Soon the strip appeared in the Sunday paper and a daily strip was added starting October 22, 1945. During the 1950s, at the height of its popularity, the strip appeared in 250 newspapers. In 2010, the strip appeared in 65 newspapers, 36 of them international. Beginnings Dalia Messick had ambitions to create a comic strip from her early days; she submitted her first strip, ''Weegee'', in the mid-1920s, when she was just out of high school. After studying at The Art Institut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eisner Award
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner, who was a regular participant in the award ceremony until his death in 2005."The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards" Comic-con.org WebCitation archive (requires scrolldown). The Eisner Awards include the Comic Industry's [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Luck (comics)
Lady Luck is an American comic-strip and comic book crime fighter and adventuress created and designed in 1940 by Will Eisner with artist Chuck Mazoujian. She starred in a namesake, four-page weekly feature published in a Sunday newspaper comics insert colloquially called " The Spirit Section", which ran from June 2, 1940, to November 3, 1946. Her adventures were reprinted in comic books published by Quality Comics. A revamped version of the character debuted in 2013 in DC Comics's ''Phantom Stranger'' comic. Lady Luck is the alter-ego of Brenda Banks, a young Irish-American socialite heiress, daughter of a mine-owner. Rejecting her vapid debutante circle, she trains in martial arts and adopts the persona of a costumed detective. Her costume consists of a green dress, a large green hat, and a green veil in place of a mask. In some early versions, representations of lucky charms hang from her hat brim. Like Denny Colt, hero of ''The Spirit'', she does not possess any supernatural ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Masque
Miss Masque is a fictional masked crime-fighter. She originally appeared in comic books published by Nedor Comics, and was later revived by AC Comics, America's Best Comics, and Dynamite Entertainment. Nedor Comics Miss Masque is the secret identity of Diana Adams, a young socialite who decides to fight crime and injustice in disguise. Miss Masque has no super powers, but relies on her wit and a pair of pistols. Her original costume was a mini-skirted red dress with red hat, gloves and cape, and a domino mask; yellow double "M" emblems on her chest and hat completed the ensemble. A later version of the costume had a bare midriff and shorter sleeves. Miss Masque first appeared in Nedor Comics' ''Exciting Comics'' #51 (September 1946). She also appeared in ''America's Best Comics'' (not to be confused with the DC Comics imprint), ''Fighting Yank'', and ''Black Terror''; her final Golden Age appearance was ''America's Best Comics'' #31 (July 1949). According to ''Jess Nevins' Encycl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
