Despite sounding like an '80s cross-dressing comedy film,
Undercover Girl was actually an adventure comic featuring
Starr Flagg, Secret Agent. Here's the introduction from her first adventure back in 1947 -
Drawn by
Ogden Whitney, Starr originally appeared in
Manhunt, which ran for 11 issues in 1947 & '48 from
Magazine Enterprizes.
(Plus 2 reprint issues (skipping #12) they released under the ME imprint)
One of the things i enjoyed about her adventures was those opening panels -
Each tale had what amounted to a book cover splashed at the top of the first page -
After those 11 tales ran in Manhunt, Undercover Girl returned the following year for the two issue run of
Trail Colt...
Three years later, she finally got her own title!
(Starting with #5) -
Yeah... don't get too excited it. It only lasted three issues, and all of her stories were reprints - except one.
Oddly, that one is the only one not to run under the Undercover Girl banner...
Shall we return to look closer at her adventures?
Time will tell...
Damnfoolery Bonus:
Silly fanboy debate topic -
Colonel Flagg on
M*A*S*H was actually her little brother, and that's the spawning point for all of his psychological problems.
page art by Ogden Whitney for Manhunt #s1-11, Trail Colt #s 1 & 2, and Undercover Girl #5 (1947-1949, 1952)
