Mr. Lady Luck

More from Miss Cairo Jones. <3 Never underestimate a high-heel...

Miss Cairo Jones #1... A blonde, a red dress, and a gun... what more do you need? Touché...

Lower grade Golden Age books are so much more nostalgic. And that smell............. oooh, that smell

I appreciate high grade books, but I also love the lower grade copies. My HGs are slabbed and stored away - never to see the light of day. But I can touch, read, and smell my mid-low grade comics every day

Saddle Justice #5 - not in great shape, but such a gorgeous cover... And a lovely splash page... Colorado Rose in action...

"Even if Daring Love #1 (cover dated Sept.-Oct. 1953) was not the obscure (Overstreet says “scarce”) love comic that contained Steve Ditko’s first published story, it might be known for its cover by Bernard Baily, which illustrates the historic Ditko tale." Daring Love #1

Kicking off the new year with some Lady Luck From the Spirit Section, January 14, 1945...

My nicest copy of Undercover Girl #6 Imaging by CGC.

A high-heeled shoe is the best weapon of all.

Beautiful girl avenges the murder of her mother. A great story from Key Comics #1...

A Google search turned up the following photos of Molly O'Day (1923-1987) and Sally O'Neil (1908-1968)... Entertainers by day, policewomen by night!

I am really impressed that you caught this. I wonder if anybody else ever noticed before? The draping is almost the same, and the shoes are a full match. I find side-by-side comparisons to be easier when images are really side by side, so... Nice job! I love looking at these books side by side. Any idea who the cover artist was for Molly O'Day? Was it Jim Wilcox? If you're going to steal another cover, he picked a good one.

The only thing better than Lady Luck is a room full of Lady Lucks. This story is from the Spirit Section, July 15, 1945...

Love it! The badder, the better! You asked for it. Crimes By Women #3; Famous Crimes #1; Now yer cookin' with gas! That Clara Peete splash page is especially wicked!!

Love it! The badder, the better!

She was reassigned to a desk job after an overuse of puns and one-liners.

Beautiful covers, MM!

Molly O'Day (aka Dolly O'Dare from Scoop Comics) was a fiesty blonde in a red suit with a gun who wasn't afraid to shoot first and ask questions later. A woman after my own heart. Here are scans from a couple splash pages and actions pages...

Compare these two beautiful covers side-by-side: Molly O'Day #1 (1945) and Inside Detective (January, 1940). Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery I suppose.

Out of the hundreds of Lady Luck stories that appeared in weekly Spirit Sections between 1940 and 1946, this is one of the most unforgettable for me. It features a gorgeous villainess with the unique ability to strangle a man to death with her bare hands - which she demonstrates at the bottom of the second page. Here's the complete 4-page story from January 28, 1945... Merry Christmas!

The Blonde Phantom dishes out some attitude in issue #12...

Classic cover!! I could stare at this all day. I personally prefer Miss Masque's original costume over her skimpier midriff ensemble. Am I the only one?

Here's a nice splash page from Western Crime Busters #7... The villainess is actually a blonde wearing a wig. <3