Here’s 1950s’ superhero TOMBOY with your lesson about strikes.
— “Tomboy” in Captain Flash #4 (1955) by Edvard Moritz
—“Tomboy” in Captain Flash #4 (1955) by Edvard Moritz
“Tomboy” in Captain Flash #1 (1954) by Mort Meskin
IT’S TOMBOY ON A MOTORCYCLE.
You didn’t know you needed this, but you did.
— “Tomboy” in Captain Flash #3 (1955) by Edvard Moritz
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Look at her run.
—"Tomboy" in Captain Flash #1 (1954) by Mort Meskin
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Here’s a totally amazing superheroine from the 1950s: TOMBOY!
“Mention the name Tomboy and the underworld shudders and crawls into its hole!”
Tomboy is Janie Jackson, an adolescent schoolgirl, who dons a cape and mask and beats the hell out of gangsters because she can! She has no superpowers — amazingly, Tomboy has no origin story whatsoever — she’s just a hell of a fighter and somehow easily beats up grown men.
Tomboy’s only appearances are in all four issues of Captain Flash, published by Sterling Comics, which went out of business after just a few months.
She’s treated as a well-established, famous superhero. Everyone in her city knows her and loves her. Tomboy is supremely self-confident and knows exactly what she’s doing and always wins.
It is fantastic.
Despite her superhero moniker, Tomboy’s four stories have very little emphasis on gender roles or gender-bending — unless you count the fact that Tomboy is a self-confident, empowered, badass superhero in her own right, who also happens to be a small schoolgirl.
—"Tomboy" in Captain Flash #1 (1954) by Mort Meskin
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Tomboy, the little ray of sunshine that beats the hell out of gangsters twice her size.
—"Tomboy" in Captain Flash #3 (1955) by Edvard Moritz
Tomboy: she can take care of herself!
—“Tomboy” in Captain Flash #2 (1955)
Tomboy swings into action!
—“Tomboy” in Captain Flash #1 (1954) by Mort Meskin
TOMBOY in Captain Flash #3 (1954)
Good morning, Tumblr.
—"Tomboy" in Captain Flash #3 (1955) by Edvard Moritz
That girl thinks she’s the queen of the neighborhood. Well I got news for you: SHE IS!
—“Tomboy” from Captain Flash Comics (1954) by Mort Meskin
dunna nunna nunna nunna TOMBOY!!!
—"Tomboy" in Captain Flash #4 (1955) by Edvard Moritz
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Tomboy’s trademark: WHAM POW!
Tomboy herself, however, is a public domain character, I believe.
—”Tomboy” in Captain Flash #1 (1954) by Mort Meskin
Tomboy finished a very strong second place in our poll to see who should star in the first Superdames Comics Contest. Tomboy narrowly lost to Jill Trent, Science Sleuth.
I wouldn't be surprised if we haven't seen the last of Tomboy...
Just had to collect these Tomboy sketches all in one place because I LOVE THEM SO MUCH.
Courtesy of meisterj, jasonmargosart, and thebitterpill.
I can't wait to see what people do with Jill Trent, Science Sleuth! Although Jill Trent doesn't wear a costume per se (unless you count awesome 1940s fashion business dresses?)
(WE'RE MAKING A COMIC. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS IS HERE.)
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Tomboy 2014
I drew a slightly updated version (I gave her a haircut and some red high tops) of the little known hero, Tomboy who I learned of from the awesome tumblr, superdames
She's only a girl who is wiping the floor with you and all your men.
—"Tomboy" in Captain Flash #4 (1955) by Edvard Moritz