Golden-Age Greats Spotlight
#12 - Outrageous Girls Strike Back!
([April] 2013)
AC,
2003 Series
- Volume
- 12
- Price
- 29.95 USD
- Pages
- 144
- On-sale Date
- 2013-04-17
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- AC Comics
- Brand
-
AC Comics [straight, star in A]
- Barcode
- 649241921523 01211
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Reprints
-
from Phantom Lady (Fox, 1947 series) #20 (October 1948) [figures added]
-
[no title indexed]
Phantom Lady / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
A detail from the cover of Phantom Lady (Farrell, 1954 series) #2.
Outrageous Girls Strike Back!
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Illustrated with a detail from the cover of Giant Comics Editions #12.
The Case of the Criminal Chessman
Phantom Lady / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Ruth Roche
- Pencils
- Matt Baker (pages 1-2); ? (pages 3-10)
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; Senator Knight; Coral Carlyle (actress, death); The Chessman [Algernon Blackwood] (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Phantom Lady must stop the Chessman and his gang from robbing the United States Mint and free her father who is being held hostage by the felons.
- Reprints
- from Phantom Lady (Fox, 1947 series) #21 (December 1948)
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The Trek of Danger!
Rulah / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rulah, white jungle goddess, smashes lies, evades treachery and death a score of times…
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Rulah; Tombo; Jacque Legreed
- Synopsis
- Renegade and scoundrel Jacque Legreed kills off all the members of a safari and contrives to blame Rulah for the slaughter.
- Reprints
- from Zoot Comics (Fox, 1946 series) #14[a] (March 1948)
-
Midnight Ransom
Sally the Sleuth / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wonder how the Denby trial is coming out. We sure had a tough time trapping that mug
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Reprints
Monsters of Mura!
Dagar / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dagar [Bart Benson]; Ayesha; Chuck; Wendi; Mura (villain, ruler of the lizard people, death); the Monsters of Mura (villains, giant desert lizards, some die)
- Synopsis
- After being saved by Dagar from Ragut the Bandit, Chuck, Wendi and Ayesha are caught up in a sandstorm and transported to the Lost City of the Lizard People. Their ruler, Mura, makes them into slaves, along with others who have stumbled into the city, so that its location can be kept secret.
- Reprints
- from Dagar (Fox, 1948 series) #14 (February 1948)
-
King of Corpse Cay!
Corsair Queen / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Corsair Queen [Lila Evans]; Monk; Captain Rex (villain)
- Synopsis
- When their ship begins to flounder, Lila and Monk put into Corpse Cay, which is run by the nefarious Captain Rex, a buccaneer pirate who encouraged piracy for his own profit. Because Lila's father was killed by buccaneers, she has vowed to kill all such men...and Captain Rex will be no different.
- Reprints
- from Buccaneers (Quality Comics, 1950 series) #26 (March 1951)
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[no title indexed]
Rulah / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- jungle
- Reprints
- from Rulah (Fox, 1948 series) #24 (March 1949) [re-drawn]
-
Indexer Notes
Includes smaller illustrations of Sky Girl.
[no title indexed]
Mysta of the Moon / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as Ross Gallun] (signed)
- Pencils
- Matt Baker
- Inks
- Matt Baker
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That mighty bulwark -- the Science Council -- trembled at the rumblings of mob fury!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mysta of the Moon; Bron II; Jon Zettra (scientist, introduction); Flura (villain, Argo's secretary); Dant Argo (villain, introduction, death); Vago (villain)
- Synopsis
- Not able to attend a demonstration of a telenite plant, Mysta sends a robot to record all the proceedings, not knowing that Dant Argo is planning to eliminate one vital process from the telenite plant under false pretenses.
- Reprints
- from Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #54 (May 1948)
-
[no title indexed]
Sky Girl / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as Bill Gibson] (signed)
- Pencils
- Matt Baker
- Inks
- Matt Baker
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fun for all! Cash for some!
- Genre
- humor; aviation
- Characters
- Sky Girl [Ginger Maguire]; Chief Broken Brain (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Sky Girl needs to find an Indian nut for a scavenger hunt and Chief Broken Brain, escapee from an asylum, seems to fit the bill perfectly.
- Reprints
- from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #100 (June 1947)
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[no title indexed]
Firehair / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- During the snow season, Firehair's Dakota friends had trapped and hunted...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Firehair [Lynn Cabot]; Little Ax (Dakota warrior); Tehama (Dakota Chief); Chris (reformed villain, death); Grizzly (villain); Hank (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Grizzly Gang is on the move, wanting the Indians' pelts, as well as planning to attack the trading post and kill all the traders.
- Reprints
- from Rangers Comics (Fiction House, 1942 series) #42 (August 1948)
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[no title indexed]
Long Sam / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don’t touch it, Long Sam!
- Reprints
- from Long Sam daily (United Feature Syndicate) ? - ?
[Tailored for a Song]
Torchy / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly! The backdrop's going up!
- Genre
- humor; adventure
- Characters
- Torchy [Torchy Todd]; T. Bolerini (voice teacher)
- Synopsis
- Torchy assists a female singer, being trained by Bolerini, with ice cream for her sore throat. Unfortunately, the lady eats so much ice cream, it freezes her vocal cords and she cannot sing at the evening's concert. Bolerini selects Torchy as her replacement, even though she cannot sing a note.
- Reprints
- from Modern Comics (Quality Comics, 1945 series) #63 (July 1947)
-
Indexer Notes
Title from reprint in Bill Ward's Torchy, the Blonde Bombshell (Innovation, 1992 Series) #1
[no title indexed]
Torchy / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Imbecile! Call yourself a spy?
- Genre
- humor; adventure
- Reprints
- from ?
Fiends of the Blizzard
Blonde Bomber / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Blonde Bomber [Honey Blake] (news agency camerawoman, chemist); Slapso (her side-kick); Colonel Chambers; Count Idriki (villain); Saki (villain)
- Synopsis
- Honey and Slapso arrive in Alaska and, soon after, all the Army officers come down with serious cases of food poisoning having eaten canned Alaskan salmon. They decide to investigate the fish cannery that manufactured the cans and sealed in the contents and discover that the Japanese have infiltrated the cannery and are posing as Eskimo workers.
- Reprints
- from Green Hornet Comics (Harvey, 1942 series) #24 (May 1945)
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[no title indexed]
Bettie Page / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is mah chance fo’ a new career!
- Reprints
- from ?
[no title indexed]
Pat Parker / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As the city of London sleeps -- slinking invaders prepare an insidious disease...
- Genre
- adventure; war; medical; superhero
- Characters
- Pat Parker; Fritz (villain, death); unnamed Nazi leader (villain); the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- Hearing the words of a dying patient in a London war hospital spurs Pat to head to a hidden cove on the English coast, where she spies a German sub surfacing. She follows the Nazis to London's water supply and notes they are about to pollute the water with cholera germs. She destroys them with fire, then follows the sub towards Germany, and captures it single-handedly.
- Reprints
- from Speed Comics (Harvey, 1941 series) #15 (November 1941)
-
Beauty and the Beast
Undercover Girl / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Undercover Girl [Starr Flagg]; Alexis Pauloff (metallurgist, death); Madam Tanya Darkova (villain, death); Bakka (villain, a gorilla); Marie (villain, maid to Darkova, death); Tsar (dog); Boris (dog)
- Synopsis
- On the trail, in an African jungle, of Alexis Pauloff's formula for a spray that would rot steel, a giant gorilla suddenly attacks Starr, but it is halted by Madam Darkova, who secretly keeps Starr a prisoner, both to confuse Pauloff and to secure the formula for herself.
- Reprints
- from Undercover Girl (Magazine Enterprises, 1952 series) #5 [A-1 #62] ([1952]) which is reprinted
- from Manhunt (Magazine Enterprises, 1947 series) #5 (February 1948)
-
[no title indexed]
Patsy Pinup / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Another job! What to do?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Patsy Pinup; Mr. Onceover (Patsy's boss)
- Synopsis
- Disgusted because she has not been paid a salary since she was hired, Patsy is given a job by her boss to pose with pigs. Humiliated, she quits and seeks employment elsewhere, securing a job.....as a scrubwoman! Patsy soon quits and returns to her former job thinking she didn't have it as bad as she thought.
- Reprints
- from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #99 (May 1947)
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Wonder Broad
comic story / 5 pages
- Reprints
- from Goose (Cousins Publications, Inc., 1976 series) #2 (October 1976)
-
Brothers of the Wilderness
White Indian / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; western-frontier
- Characters
- Dan Brand [White Indian]; Tipi; Ann Cartwright; Mr. Cartwright; Eye (villain)
- Synopsis
- Dan and Tipi have been acting as guides for a group of pioneers pushing their way through the Appalachian Mountains. They stop for the night and a wildcat threatens the life of Ann Cartwright. Saving her, he is asked to give up the way of the Indian and settle down, which prompts a dejected Tipi to leave and return to his own people. Meanwhile, Ann and her father are captured and held for ransom by a group of forest bandits. Tipi returns with some of his tribe to save them and discovers that Dan's answer to giving up his Indian ways was a resounding "no", and so stays on with his best friend.
- Reprints
- from Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid (Magazine Enterprises, 1949 series) #4 (April-May 1950)
-
Maid on a Mountain …Or Dig Those Peaks!
Pussycat / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Men (August 1972)
[no title indexed]
Dragonella / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once upon a time...
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dragonella; St. George Isaurus (a dragon); Prince Halitose of Vassaria (a knight); Agnew (a horse); Gwendoline (former love of the prince); Bascomb (a spider); un-named middle-aged lust monster; L. Sprague De Freeb (villain, a wizard)
- Synopsis
- Raised by dragons, Dragonella grows to adulthood. Accompanied by St. George the dragon, she sets off in search of a prince to marry.
- Reprints
- from Heroes, Inc. (Wallace Wood, 1969 series) #[nn] (1969)
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[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Reprints a portion of the cover to All Top Comics #8.
[no title indexed]
Rulah / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- jungle
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Reprints a portion of the cover to Rulah #19.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
Phantom Lady -
2.
[no title indexed]
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3.
Outrageous Girls Strike Back!
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4.
The Case of the Criminal Chessman
Phantom Lady -
5.
The Trek of Danger!
Rulah -
6.
Midnight Ransom
Sally the Sleuth -
7.
Monsters of Mura!
Dagar -
8.
King of Corpse Cay!
Corsair Queen -
9.
[no title indexed]
Rulah -
10.
["That mighty bulwark -- the Science Council -- trembled at the rumblings of mob fury!"]
Mysta of the Moon -
11.
["Fun for all! Cash for some!"]
Sky Girl -
12.
["During the snow season, Firehair's Dakota friends had trapped and hunted..."]
Firehair -
13.
["Don’t touch it, Long Sam!"]
Long Sam -
14.
[Tailored for a Song]
Torchy -
15.
Maid to Order
Sally the Sleuth -
16.
["Imbecile! Call yourself a spy?"]
Torchy -
17.
Fiends of the Blizzard
Blonde Bomber -
18.
["This is mah chance fo’ a new career!"]
Bettie Page -
19.
["As the city of London sleeps -- slinking invaders prepare an insidious disease..."]
Pat Parker -
20.
Her Wild, Wild Wheels!
Pussycat -
21.
Beauty and the Beast
Undercover Girl -
22.
["Another job! What to do?"]
Patsy Pinup -
23.
Wonder Broad
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24.
Brothers of the Wilderness
White Indian -
25.
[no title indexed]
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26.
Maid on a Mountain …Or Dig Those Peaks!
Pussycat -
27.
Black Cat Smashes a Masher
Black Cat -
28.
["Once upon a time..."]
Dragonella -
29.
[no title indexed]
Sally Forth -
30.
[no title indexed]
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31.
[no title indexed]
Rulah
This issue was modified by
- Gregory Fischer
- Mark Q
- Dan Stevenson
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