Thursday, August 9, 2012
Tara, Swashbuckling Space Outlaw
It has occurred to me that the authors/artists of space-themed comic books during the 1940's must have reached a common conclusion about the evolution of the human race. Specifically, these futurists apparently believed that human females would develop a thermal resistance that made them impervious to changes in temperature. As evidence, I cite the fact that, no matter what the depicted situation or what their male counterparts were wearing, females in futuristic settings usually wear the equivalent of a backless, strapless minidress or a two piece bathing suit. I wonder what led these writers to this conclusion. Whatever the reason, they diligently relayed their findings to their curious readership of mostly young boys. This 1948 issue of Tara, posted on Four Color Shadows, is an excellent example.
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