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Re: Women in Pulp adventures?

 

Polly Perkins, Franky (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow)

Mina Harker (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) - although the literature and other movie versions are quite good too, the League version makes her immortal and therefore likely to still be alive during the Pulp period.

Margo Lane (The Shadow)

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    Carrie Cashin - http://www.thrillingdetective.com/cashin.html

    The Domino Lady - http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/d/dominldy.htm'>http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/d/dominldy.htm

    Ivy Trask - http://www.geocities.com/jjnevins/pulpst.html

     

    Others-

    http://www.thrillingdetective.com/eyes.html

    http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/

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    She's not from the 30s or 40s, but MODESTY BLAISE is in many ways, the epitome of a pulp-style heroine. She started out on a daily newspaper comic strip which ran for decades, eventually finding her way into short stories and novels. (And even a legendarily awful movie, of which the less said the better....)

     

    If you've never read any Modesty Blaise strips/stories/novels...you really should. The author is Peter O'Donnell. There's little or nothing about the stories that would be anachronistic if you set her adventures in the 30s or 40s. Plus, Modesty has a male sidekick, Willie Garvin. What could be better?

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    Lara Croft is easily adaptable to Pulp games and is probably one of the best examples I can think of.

     

    Marguerite Krux from "The Lost World" TV series is another good pulp heroine. Veronica (the jungle femme) is also a good example, come to think of it (and hot, too!)

     

    It's a bit of a reach, but how 'bout Nancy Drew?

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    Mina Harker (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) - although the literature and other movie versions are quite good too' date=' the League version makes her immortal and therefore likely to still be alive during the Pulp period.[/quote']

    Horrible movie version only. In the comics she was entirely mortal.

     

    Keith "goldurn purist" Curtis

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    Speaking of comic strips:

     

    Little Orphan Annie. True, she tends to rely on big, muscular men for the violence , but Annie is the very definition of "survivor." Smart, resourceful, good at making friends and spotting baddies, capable of operating by herself or leading a ragtag group. And those Contacts aren't too shabby.

     

    Apple Mary (Mary Worth): As indicated by the nickname, Mary Worth started her comic strip career as a widow reduced to selling apples on the street. Again, not a combatant, but her hard work and gift for meddling serve her well, eventually propelling her to a comfortable middle-class existence.

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    Apple Mary (Mary Worth): As indicated by the nickname' date=' Mary Worth started her comic strip career as a widow reduced to selling apples on the street. Again, not a combatant, but her hard work and gift for meddling serve her well, eventually propelling her to a comfortable middle-class existence.[/quote']Huh! How about that! The Biography of Mary Worth is online. Neat!
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    Do you want Pulp, or low level supers?

     

    Pulp could have Sandra of the Secret Service, Brenda Starr, or Christy Sawyer.

     

    Supers - Liberty Belle, Red Tornado or Black Canary

     

    Real life - Amelia, Maud Fitch, heck even Julia Child (most people forget she worked for the predecessor or the CIA)

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    as she was originally created in the 40's or so "Black Canary" would fit perfectly into a pulp game. She is no more than a martial artist with a few other skills such as investigation and acrobatics. The "Canary Cry" didn't come along until MUCH later in the character's history. The way she is in the comics today would enable her to fit right back into a pulp campaign too !

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    Take a look at http://www.blackmask.com . In their Pulp Fiction section, you'll find Grace Culver (a "pioneering woman detective"), Pat Savage (Doc's cousin), Nellie Gray (from the original Justice, Inc.!), Nita van Sloan (The Spider's girlfriend), and many others.

     

    Or http://www.thrillingdetective.com/eyes.html (Tough Guys and Private Eyes) Not all of those listed are appropriate, but some are.

     

    http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/triv138.html Female detectives

     

    And from another point of view.... Amelia Peabody Emerson (from Elizabeth Peters' series. The later books are set after WWI, but she's pretty Pulp-ish in even the early ones.)

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