Spies have always been popular in fiction.
Girls have always been popular in fiction.
So, it stands to reason that girl spies would be popular in fiction, right?
Not quite...
With the notable exception of Modesty Blaise, female secret agents have not been able to hold the spotlight, despite several high-quality attempts to crack the glass ceiling of spydom!
In comics, the short-lived 1950s Undercover Girl series from Magazine Enterprises was probably the best of the femme-spy genre.
Featuring
art by luminaries like Bob Powell, Gil Kane, and Dick Ayers, the series
detailed the adventures of government agent Starr Flagg against spies,
saboteurs, and criminals.
Starr could shoot and fight (And, as you can see from the art, ride a motorcycle, one-handed yet!) as well as any male agent, but could play helpless and innocent to throw the baddies off-guard until she could kick serious butt!
You can read some of her adventures HERE!
Since she has no super-powers or outlandish gimmicks, we at Atomic Kommie Comics™ titled her "The Heroine ANY Girl can be!™" and made her one of the feature characters in our Heroines™
line with three different covers, as well as her classic retro-style
logo on a variety of goodies including tops, shirts, mugs, and many
other tchochkies.
What grrrl from 6 to 60 wouldn't want to find something featuring Undercover Girl under her Christmas tree or in her stocking?
Monday, December 19, 2016
Unwrap UNDERCOVER GIRL this Christmas!
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Sunday, October 30, 2016
Dichen Lachman
Dichen made such an impression on a soap opera producer that, instead of getting the part she auditioned for, they created an entirely new character for her!
Yes, she has that effect on people!Even when doing schlock like Aztec Rex, Dichen makes watching it worthwhile.
Luckily, most of her work has been in quality genre productions like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., DollHouse and Torchwood: Miracle Day.
She's currently appearing as Roulette on Supergirl!
Genre appearances include...
SuperGirl (Roulette)
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Jiaying)
Last Ship (Jesse)
The 100 (Anya)
Last Resort (Tani Tumrenjack)
Being Human [US] (Izumi)
SuperGirl (Roulette)
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Jiaying)
Last Ship (Jesse)
The 100 (Anya)
Last Resort (Tani Tumrenjack)
Being Human [US] (Izumi)
Torchwood: Miracle Day (CIA Agent Lyn Peterfeld)
NCIS: Los Angeles "Full Throttle"
Hawaii Five-0 [2010-Present] "Mana'o"
DollHouse (Sierra aka Priya Tsetsang)
Bled (Aaren)
Aztec Rex aka Tyrannosaurus Azteca (Ayacoatl)
AquaMarine (Beth-Ann)
With DollHouse co-star Eliza Dushku in Self Magazine! |
Check out...
Her TWITTER feed
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