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Need help identifying four obscure Golden Age Heroines
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Found this Golden Age group shot rendering online and tried to ID as many characters as I could. Also got some help from members in a FB JSA room.

I’m down to the last four heroines - shown circled. I’m not counting the floating male head at the top right corner since I can’t quite discern a costume.

Have gone through Gerber a couple of times for reference, and also scoured the Public Domain Superheroes website. 

Any corrections are also appreciated. 

Lastly, if anyone knows where the image came from, I’d like to credit them accordingly. It looks like it came from a magazine, with the pagefold gutter barely showing up along the right edge.

(The Black Widow is to the left of Doctor Mid-Nite. Forgot to tag her.)

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On 6/8/2022 at 5:05 AM, telerites said:

@gumption

I think this one might be Nyoka, Jungle Girl

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http://www.toonopedia.com/nyoka.htm

Edit - I just saw you has someone marked as Nyoka.  The one you have marked as Nyoka looks familiar but I can't place her.  Butt again, hard to tell.

I thought the middle one in the 2nd row was Nyoka (as you've pictured) but then noticed he already had one marked.

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On 6/8/2022 at 8:05 AM, telerites said:

@gumption

I think this one might be Nyoka, Jungle Girl

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http://www.toonopedia.com/nyoka.htm

Edit - I just saw you has someone marked as Nyoka.  The one you have marked as Nyoka looks familiar but I can't place her.  Butt again, hard to tell.

I think you're right about that one being Nyoka. It looks like he marked the other one Nyoka in error.

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On 6/8/2022 at 10:53 AM, MattTheDuck said:

I thought the middle one in the 2nd row was Nyoka (as you've pictured) but then noticed he already had one marked.

For some reason, I see the one that had been marked as Nyoka had a bow that she used but I am probably way off.  The blue lapels look very familiar but just can't place her.

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Really appreciate the responses so far. This has been a fun challenge so far and I didn't think I'd get anywhere this close to finishing. Thanks much!

@teleritesI will mark ranger lady with the front pockets as Nyoka and come up with something else for the previous Nyoka with the blue lapels. Blue Lapel lady came up on a website or two... so I'll backtrack.

@CrocHntrI can also live with sleeves-up white-blouse lady as being Flying Jenny. The headband and blouse are close enough.

Still searching for yellow-blouse lady with the green butterfly fascinator on her head.

Top Row - Brunette lady with the brown bikini top looks like she might be wearing a helmet.

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@teleritesI will definitely sift through Electricmastro's list for sure. And I don't have much of a Golden Age reference library but will check out that recommendation. Thanks!

@MattTheDuckMadame Strange is possible but the hair color isn't a match. I'll defer to her if I still can't find a brunette.

And yes... the butterfly hairpiece really should be easy to find.

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@fett Patsy Walker definitely works for Green Bowtie lady.

I was down to the last two and each one had options.

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Brunette with the brown bikini - this one could have been Madame Strange (with black hair)... but I stuck with the brown hair color.

Alice of the Winged People was another option, but Brunette girl is definitely missing a cape. 

I ended up going with Princess Pantha.

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Blue Lapel lady - Could have been the Blue Lady but she has a mask. I went with Pat Patriot despite the black hair.

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Thanks to everyone who chimed in!

 

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