Helena

Helena is a Western comics character who debuted in 1951's Tim Holt #25, inhabiting the same frontier world as Red Mask, Black Phantom, and Tim Holt himself. She became most closely associated with the Red Mask and Black Phantom titles during the Golden Age Western era.

Riding out of the Golden Age in 1951, Helena made her debut in the pages of Tim Holt #25 under the pen of Frank Bolle for Magazine Enterprises, stepping into a world of Western adventure populated by the likes of Black Phantom, Red Mask, and Tim Holt himself. Her story stretched across an impressive arc — from those early postwar comics all the way through 2018, a span of nearly seven decades that speaks to a quietly enduring appeal. Most at home in the pages of Red Mask, Black Phantom, and Best of the West, she's a genuine piece of Western comics history, the kind of character that rewards the curious collector who digs a little deeper than the headliners.