Hedy De Vine Comics #34

Hedy De Vine strides across what appears to be a ship's deck in this charming 1949 Marvel comedy, wearing a striking red-and-black striped top, red shorts, and red heels — cigarette holder in hand, dalmatian at her side — while a flustered butler named Jeeves scrambles to keep up and a crowd of onlookers gawks in every direction. Her speech bubble delivers the gag with perfect deadpan wit: "Heavens, Jeeves… I can't understand why everyone stares so… when I'm incognito!" It's a delightful snapshot of the breezy humor Marvel was serving up alongside its superhero fare, with Ed Winiarski's crisp linework giving Hedy all the confident glamour the joke demands.