X of the Underground

[mistygeek]

As a general rule it sucks to be female in Military Comics. You show up, and, in three to five pages, you will die or betray everything you every believed in all for a hot guy you will never see again. At best you get out of there alive to never been seen again.

If you have your own title though, things turn out alright for you. For example see X of the Underground, a female member of the European underground resistance.

All stories and most art by Vernon Henkel (The Space Legion, Marvel titles during the early 1950s, mostly stuck to artwork after the 1940s).

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So maybe things aren't so good since she earns herself a stalker who could blow her cover at anytime. Hmm.
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#11


You can read her appearance in #12  here. Go  here for #13.

Can we have a crossdressing for justice tag? I miss the crossdressing for justice tag.

Comments

[greenmask]

Re: last titlepage dude - Nazis dig the Misfits, who knew?

I like this.

"Now, man-hater!"

[mistygeek]

I cannot unsee it and that is wonderful.

I need Jem icons.

[icon_uk]

I found mine here where you can also find some terrific remixes of the songs from the show.

[mistygeek]

thanks this is awesome!

[icon_uk]

Have to say, not sure I see any Misfits references in that last title page. (Unless it's for "I am a Giant")

[greenmask]

You nerds and your cartoons! The Jerry Only sort of Misfits..

:3

[icon_uk]

Ah... ahem... right... I knew that..

Innocent whistling as icon_uk walks unhurriedly away..

[greenmask]

:D It always confuses me for a second, the other way around!

[icon_uk]

Tell me about it, as a fan of the show at the time I was checking record shops (remember them) to see if there were any soundtraack albums released, and was surprised to see that The Misfits DID have an album listed... boy, was I in for a shock!

[greenmask]

A GOOD SHOCK!

*fan*

[his_spiffynesss]

The Crossdressing for Justice tag is listed in-joke: crossdressing for justice

[mistygeek]

Thanks!

[halloweenjack]

What's kind of hilarious about the "crossdressing for justice" thing is that, except for maybe tucking her hair up, she doesn't seem to be butching her appearance up at all; she just puts on a Nazi uniform and they're all, yep, you're an SS dude, dude.

[mistygeek]

I meant more I just missed it. Not so much that it applied here. I haven't seen it used (well, not till the comment above).

[silicondream]

Bob Gray is totally Holly Martins from the Third Man. He just wanders around being super-American and trying to act heroic but screwing things up for everyone else.

Also, I like that X's response to unwanted-but-sexy kisses is to beat the offender unconscious with the butt of her gun. More Golden Age heroines should do that.