BunnySue Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Hi! I'm looking for fierce, independent female heroes from the late 1930's-early 1940's from fiction and/or real life. People like Lois Lane, Marion Ravenwood (From Raiders of the Lost Ark), Amelia Earhart, and others. Does anyone have any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 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) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinanju Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? Nancy Drew might be a good example too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trencher Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? Modesty Blaise is still being drawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? See pages 18-19 of PH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmakaze Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? Want me to look up my old Pulp character "Gladiatrix" for you? (Or, I bet Al Hazred still has a copy). She qualifies, except not being from published fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard00 Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard00 Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? See pages 18-19 of PH. Or yeah, you could, you know, do that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithcurtis Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinanju Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? Modesty Blaise is still being drawn. It is? I know that Peter O'Donnell is done writing novels and stories about Modesty--he made that quite clear in the last short story collection. But I didn't know the cartoon strip was still going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? Horrible movie version only. In the comics she was entirely mortal. Keith "goldurn purist" Curtis No argument there. Also Mr Hyde was a more interesting character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trencher Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? A couple of old comic's is still going here in Scandinavia- The Phantom, Modsty Blaise and some other agent stuff. When the original material run out the company hires other drawers to continiue it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? I was just thinking while reading that - I'd like to see Mrs. Wilberforce from The Ladykillers (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048281/) written up. It'd be quite amusing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlHazred Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidume Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? 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) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? 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 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? A bit "early pulp" but Baroness Orczy's "Lady Molly of Scotland Yard" (1910) might fit if you are looking for a lady detective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? Or, if you want to throw in a bit of an odd choice a reformed version of 'Ayesha" ("She Who Must Be Obeyed") from Haggard's novels could be fun. She is immortal after all ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentor Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? Or' date=' if you want to throw in a bit of an odd choice a reformed version of 'Ayesha" ("She Who Must Be Obeyed") from Haggard's novels could be fun. She is immortal after all ![/quote'] As our campaign is set in 1905 and starting in Africa, I am drawing liberaly from "She". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? Depending how wierd you wanna get, there's the Strange case of Sada Abe in 1936. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mraley Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? 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.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 Re: Women in Pulp adventures? While we were mentioning some of the more obscure female characters we (or at lwast I ) overlooked another obvious one. Evie (Carnahan) O'Connell from "The Mummy" movies as played by Rachel Weisz ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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