The Seattle Times has run an article about Marvel comic's The Truth mini. It was pretty noticable on the front page of the entertainment news section.
My memory has deserted me, and I'm not sure where I got this fantastic book from. It's a thick hardcover, with a copyright of 1981. It's called A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics. The stories in the book range from 1938 to 1955, and capture some of the best work of the Golden Age. My favorite reprints in the book are from All-American Comics #20-24, reprinting the Scribbly feature from the magazine that recounts the origin and first adventures of the original Red Tornado.
The original Red Tornado is a much maligned character, used as a running joke in the very early JSA tales. But in her first tale, as recounted in the Scribbly features, she was something else. She was a powerful woman who took matters into her own hands when two young lives were in danger. Yes, even then she was still comic relief in lots of ways, and she wasn't svelte and beautiful Wonder Woman, but she still got the job done.
And I think it's that which makes me like the story so much. She got the job done, despite what anyone thought of the outfit.
Which is, frankly, why I wouldn't mind dressing up as her some day at a convention or at Halloween. She's the original real female superhero.
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