I can feel Gale's pain.

A panel from Planet comics. The scene is titled "GALE CAN STAND NO MORE...". The character is depicted wearing a futuristic crown inside a clear helmet. The panel features a speech bubble with the text "I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS!"

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Planet Comics # 12 | Published May 1941. With this issue, brunette Gale Allen got a dye job and spent the rest of her career as a blonde.

Gale Allen and her Girl Squadron! were from Planet Comics, from the publisher Fiction House. As a Venusian princess, she grew up to become the captain of the Universal Space Patrol. A skilled space pilot sporting a ray gun at her hip, Gale leads her Girl Squadron in the fight for galactic justice around the year 1990 (when her adventures first begin).

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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 64d

Published 1941? So the thick of WWII days.

Yeah.....we have a bit of a nazi problem in 2026. And I too have had enough of this.

Korval@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 63d

"Why did I put on my crown first? I'm basically wearing a hat under a helmet. And why did I think doing my hair like this was a good idea? As soon as I turn my head, it's going to get stuck in my face! I'm going to kill the first person who smirks."

TachyonTele@piefed.social · 4 pts · 64d

I'm right there with ya, Gale.

WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 64d

"Can stand no more, eh?" ...pulls out a chair like a chivalrous gentleman at the time this was published would... "Here, have a seat."

SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 63d (4 replies)
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RegularJoe@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 63d (3 replies)

Planet Comics as a whole is a fun read (a few stories are lame, but not many). It's an anthology comic with most stories being 4-15 pages long. Gale isn't presented as a Damsel in distress, but as an early female action hero.

Her character was introduced in Planet Comics #4.

https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=87659

Her first episodes are 4 pages long. You'll have to skip from comic to comic. Amazon has a book with the collected stories (allegedly) for about $4. I'm cheap, so I don't know.

https://www.amazon.com/Squadron-Century-Fantastic-Femmes-Comics-ebook/dp/B008NST1I8

SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 63d (2 replies)
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RegularJoe@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 63d (1 reply)

Comic Book Plus has them posted online to read for free. This is the link to Planet Comics #4 (her debut).

https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=87659

SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 63d
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Spooge@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 64d
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