Tessie Archives

Tessie the Typist #1 (Timely, 1944).
We recently talked about how Tessie is underappreciated as Marvel's earliest female star character during the Golden Age.  She took over the covers of Joker Comics shortly after her debut in issue #2 of that series in 1942, and within two years was carrying three Marvel series at the same time, becoming the cover feature[...]
Joker Comics #22 (Timely, 1946) featuring Tessie.
While June Tarpé Mills' Miss Fury can be considered the first female superhero published by Marvel/Timely in the Golden Age, and Millie the Model is undoubtedly the most famous female Marvel character to debut in that era, Tessie the Typist is arguably Marvel's first female star character.  Years before Millie Collins, Patsy Walker & company[...]