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Comic panels taken out of comics so we can make fun of them!! We love the golden age stuff!

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  1. Comics must come from actual comic books. No AI or Photoshops.

  2. Single panels are preferred.

  3. Comics should be unintentionally funny. Spider-man cracking wise is not what this is about.

  4. Don't be a dick.

  5. I can't believe I've had to add this... NO RACISM.

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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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[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

the panel states "PICKED UP BY THE WOMEN, THE MEN HAVE HIGH PRAISE FOR THEIR FAIR RESCUERS ." it shows a man and woman in a plane's cockpit and the man says, "WHO SAID, THE WEAKER OF THE SEXES ?"

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 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That sounds excellent, I'll have to give it a go ... I'm outside the US, so I'll try to track stuff down online ...

Thank you for such a thorough reply!

[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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 points 12 hours ago

Thanks - I was thinking of the collected works because I'm lazy like that, but I'm not about to look a gift horse in the mouth!