Yankee Girl is the name of two

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each debuting during the 1930s and 1940s

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. One was revived in the 1990s.Yankee Girl (character)
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Publication history

The first superheroine called Yankee Girl was Kitty Kelly, debuting in ''Punch Comics'' #1 (

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d December 1941).''Punch Comics'' #1
at the Grand Comics Database. The next Yankee Girl, Lauren Mason, appeared solely in '' Dynamic Comics'' #23 (Nov. 1947), from the Canadian firm Superior Publishers.''Dynamic Comics'' #23
at the Grand Comics Database. This story and another, whose original publication is unknown, appear in unauthorized reprints from I.W. Publishing / Super Comics in 1958 and 1964. An updated version of Lauren Mason re-appeared in

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'' #29 (1990), as one of dozens of characters in a 24-page story by writer Bill Black and penciler Rik Levins. She went on to the single-issue ''Yankee Girl'' (Oct. 2003). through 2008.

Fictional character biography

In the 1940s, young socialite Lauren Mason would utter the words "Yankee Doodle Dandy!" to transform into Yankee Girl, gaining super strength, the power of flight, and enhanced durability or possibly invulnerability.Yankee Girl
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from the original on July 21, 2015. In her only Golden Age appearance, Yankee Girl catches two murderers who are killing people with poisoned cats. In present-day stories beginning in the 1990s, it was explained that Mason had been bestowed her powers by the wizard

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in order to produce a champion to aid the Allied Forces during

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. She and several other heroes of that era volunteered to enter suspended animated sleep at a classified vault to be summoned again when the world needed them. During the "Shroud Wars" storyline of ''

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'', these heroes were awakened and were initially referred to as the "Vault Champions". Yankee Girl is still essentially a young woman who grew up in the 1930s and 1940s, and is depicted as being relatively naive regarding the modern world and how society has changed. In various ''Femforce'' issues, Yankee Girl served as a spokesmodel for "Dunkies", a popular snack cake, along with Span-X, a fabric tailored for superheroes, with humorous results.

Powers and abilities

By uttering the words "Yankee Doodle Dandy!", the 1940s Lauren Mason gained super strength, the power of flight, and enhanced durability or possibly invulnerability. In the 1990s, her magic words are ''Karma Madre Tolon''. This instantly changes her clothing into her heroic costume and gives her super powers. In this form she can lift 9000 pounds, is almost impervious to harm, and can fly. She can also survive in outer space unprotected.

References

External links

Yankee Girl profile at Femforce Fansite
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