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


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