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)