Señorita Rio Fighting Fascism (Not Zombies) In 1946

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Señorita Rio was each one of many first feminine and one of many first Latina characters in American comics, revealed by Fiction House in 1942.

Señorita Rio was each one of many first feminine and one of many first Latina characters in American comics, created by Nick Cardy and Lily Renee for Fight Comics and revealed by Fiction House in 1942. She was additionally the primary feminine character to look on the quilt of the anthology comedian – and such was the response that she stayed on the quilt for the earlier all-male-character anthology for 2 years till she was changed by Tiger-Girl. Things had modified.

A really slight interval piece, Señorita Rio character was a Latin American film star working within the USA within the late thirties. She was partially by actress Dolores del Río, thought-about the primary feminine Latin American crossover star in Hollywood within the Twenties and Thirties. The essential distinction right here was that, with World War on the way in which, the American governmnt was using Señorita Rio as an espionage agent, travelling the world to star in worldwide motion pictures whereas on a regular basis asking as a spy for the US in opposition to the specter of fascism.

A model of Señorita Rio was revived by AC Comics many years later as Rio Rita, following her post-war tales in South America, monitoring down escaped Nazi struggle criminals. She turned a member of the AC Comcis crew FemForce, and her granddaughter can be within the modern-day model of the crew.

A replica of Fight Comics #46 with a Señorita Rio cowl by Joe Doolin and story by Bob Lubbers and Matt Baker is up for public sale from Heritage proper now. Just do not count on any pirate zombies with hooks on the within; that is only for the quilt. Instead,  Señorita Rio saves Señor Barrera from the murderer El Chuhilo, who’s working for fascist separatists.

Fight Comics #46 (Fiction House, 1946) Condition: VG/FN. Bob Lubbers Señorita Rio cowl. Lubbers and Matt Baker artwork. Has a 1″ tear on the entrance cowl, with staining and foxing. Overstreet 2023 VG 4.0 worth = $94; FN 6.0 worth = $141.

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