- Script
- Dale Messick
- Pencils
- Dale Messick
- Inks
- Dale Messick
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cousin Abretha wanders dreamy eyed into the city room of The Flash.
- Genre
- drama; adventure
- Characters
- Brenda Starr; Abretha; Pesky; Mr. Livwright
- Reprints
- from Brenda Starr daily (The Chicago Tribune) ?
- from Brenda Starr Sunday (The Chicago Tribune) ?
Dale Messick's comic strip "Brenda Starr" debuted on June 30, 1940. It was an unusual blend of such diverse elements as soap-opera, adventure, mystery, fantasy, and even science fiction. Dale Messick was one of the first successful women cartoonists in the world. She retired in 1980.