We're back with Pat Parker, War Nurse - our latest Fly Girl. As we saw, her look had morphed from Nursing Uniform to Adventurer to Superhero. And her adventures went far beyond what one might expect from a Nurse - a fact that would soon be reflected in both title and content.
As we can see, Pat was out in the field, taking an active role in the war...
...and even going behind enemy lines...
That's a fun looking splash, innit? Let's go ahead and follow along on this one before we continue. We open with Adolph Hitler wandering the halls of power, desperate for a Twitter account...
For younglings with confusion - the Army Air Corps was what we had before the Air Force became an independent branch of the military. (A real branch, not a PR farce based on tyrants' dreams of conquest like our latest gomer induced military branch.)
Continuing on, we can see how Pat took an ever more active role in the fight...
The next tale highlights how wrong i was in forgetting that Pat was a Fly Girl when first we spoke of her. Pat Got Around -
Motorcycles, planes, rafts, parachutes ... frelling hijacked submarines!
As mentioned several times previously, i love seeing the creators inserted into the comics. But - who in the 9 hells is that?
Best guess for the artwork is Jill Elgin, who was drawing it a couple issues earlier. That sure doesn't look like her.
We could say maybe it's the writer, but that's a drawing table. So... who knows?
But, we'll be back to see what he was talking about, and the changes to which i alluded above.
Meanwhile, two issues later, Pat made the cover...
As we can see, Pat was out in the field, taking an active role in the war...
...and even going behind enemy lines...
That's a fun looking splash, innit? Let's go ahead and follow along on this one before we continue. We open with Adolph Hitler wandering the halls of power, desperate for a Twitter account...
For younglings with confusion - the Army Air Corps was what we had before the Air Force became an independent branch of the military. (A real branch, not a PR farce based on tyrants' dreams of conquest like our latest gomer induced military branch.)
Continuing on, we can see how Pat took an ever more active role in the fight...
The next tale highlights how wrong i was in forgetting that Pat was a Fly Girl when first we spoke of her. Pat Got Around -
Motorcycles, planes, rafts, parachutes ... frelling hijacked submarines!
As mentioned several times previously, i love seeing the creators inserted into the comics. But - who in the 9 hells is that?
Best guess for the artwork is Jill Elgin, who was drawing it a couple issues earlier. That sure doesn't look like her.
We could say maybe it's the writer, but that's a drawing table. So... who knows?
But, we'll be back to see what he was talking about, and the changes to which i alluded above.
Meanwhile, two issues later, Pat made the cover...
page art by Jill Elgin (and maybe others) from Speed Comics #s 16-22 & 24 (1942)
Wow! I'd never heard of her. Do you have any more information about her? When were the comics printed? Who by? Any information would be welcome
ReplyDeleteOf course, sir! I'll add some overall data to the next post with the next stage of her evolution.
ReplyDeleteBut for quick info - she appeared a year after our other Fly Girl War Nurse, Jane Martin, in 1941. Her first appearance was in Speed Comics #13 from Harvey.
This was the 3rd post in which she appeared. I forgot to include links back to the previous.
Her Introduction
The Second Part
I like her because she's like a British Wonder Woman. I didn't know there were any British comics like that in WW2.
DeleteI figured that it was the Brit/RAF factor that triggered your interest. I tend to think of her more as a British Jane Martin, since they both used the War Nurse moniker, but you're right that Pat is more superhero and into Wonder Woman territory.
DeleteThough she was British, the comic was published by Harvey Comics out of New York City in the USA. We weren't quite so heads up our own self-important butts in those days.