Señorita Rio

Introduced in 1942, Señorita Rio was a glamorous Hollywood actress who secretly worked as an Allied spy during World War II, using her beauty and cunning to outwit Axis enemies across exotic locales for Fiction House's Fight Comics.

Few Golden Age heroines carry the mystique and staying power of Señorita Rio, who burst onto the scene in Fight Comics #19 in 1942, brought to life by the legendary Nick Cardy in one of Fiction House's most beloved wartime series. She's a quintessential product of that era's bold, glamorous storytelling — the kind of character who defined what "Good Girl Art" meant to a generation of collectors, and whose adventures have been lovingly reprinted across eight decades, right up to 2022. With two key issues to her name and a dedicated PS Artbooks volume celebrating her legacy, she's earned genuine collector reverence far beyond nostalgia. If you want to understand the heart of Fiction House's wartime output — and the artistry of Nick Cardy at his earliest and most electric — Señorita Rio is absolutely where you start.