Wanda the War Girl

Wanda the War Girl, a single issue released by Consolidated Press in 1944, is a patriotic wartime comic starring a blonde heroine who fights the Axis powers with grit and glamour. The series is most associated with its original creators, though its brief run—just one issue—makes it a curious footnote in the Golden Age of comics. It matters as a snapshot of the era's propaganda-driven storytelling and the short-lived but earnest efforts to bring female action heroes to the newsstands.