This weekend’s escapist, light-hearted superhero post from Balladeer’s Blog looks at the neglected superheroines of Marvel Comics, known in the 1940s as Timely Comics. SILVER SCORPION  Secret Identity: Betty Barstow First Appearance:  Daring Mystery Comics #7 (April 1941) Her final Golden Age appearance came in 1942. Origin: Betty Barstow, a feisty secretary for private investigator Dan […]

1940s MARVEL SUPERHEROINES