For several months in 1936, SRA also featured one of pulp's' first heroines...
College-educated socialite Ellen Patrick decided to avenge her District Attorney father's murder by donning a domino mask and a backless black dress to battle evil men!
Thus disguised as The Domino Lady
, she distracted and entranced opponents (or at the very least led them to underestimate her) allowing her to outwit them.When subtlety failed, she had a .45 pistol and a syringe of knockout drug to get her point across.
She stole from her enemies, donating most of the cash to charity (after deducting expenses), and left a calling card with the phrase "Compliments of the Domino Lady" attached to her bound victims awaiting police pick-up.
Since her short run in 1936, The Domino Lady has become the stuff of pop culture legend.
Her pulp stories were reprinted in various limited-run magazines in the 70s and 80s, and recently, both a hardcover
and trade paperback
reprinted the complete series under a new cover and interior illos by comics legend Jim Steranko
!And an anthology of new text stories
as well as a comics mini-series
recently hit the racks.We at Atomic Kommie Comics™ inititally wanted to include her in our Heroines™ section, but decided she fit better into the Menacing Maidens™ department of Seduction of the Innocent™, where our somewhat-naughty stuff goes...
Combine one of the new Domino Lady books with one of our kool kollectibles to make a fantastic gift set for your June graduate, your dad on Father's Day, or for a sumertime birthday present for a loved one!
They'll thank you for it!
