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<DIV><B><I>ComicsAlliance</I> and <I>ComicsBlend</I> Best Comic Book of the Year</B><BR><B><I>BUST Magazine</I> "Lit Pick" Recommendation</B><BR><B>Certified Coolâ"¢ in <I>PREVIEWS: The Comic ShopâEuros Catalog</I></B><BR><BR>"Mike Madrid gives these forgotten superheroines their due. These Â'lostâEuro heroines are now foundÂ-to the delight of comic book lovers everywhere." Â-<B>STAN LEE</B><BR><BR>Wonder Woman, Mary Marvel, and Sheena, Queen of the Jungle ruled the pages of comic books in the 1940s, but many other heroines of the WWII era have been forgotten. Through twenty-eight full reproductions of vintage Golden Age comics, <I>Divas, Dames & Daredevils</I> reintroduces their ingenious abilities to mete out justice to Nazis, aliens, and evildoers of all kinds.<BR><BR>Each spine-tingling chapter opens with Mike MadridâEuros insightful commentary about heroines at the dawn of the comic book industry and reveals a universe populated by extraordinary womenÂ-superheroes, reporters, galactic warriors, daring detectives, and ace fighter pilotsÂ-who protected America and the world with wit and guile.<BR><BR>In these pages, fans will also meet heroines with striking similarities to more modern superheroes, including The Spider Queen, who deployed web shooters twenty years before Spider Man, and Marga the Panther Woman, whose feral instincts and sharp claws tore up the bad guys long before Wolverine. These women may have been overlooked in the annals of history, but their influence on popular culture, and the heroes weâEurore passionate about today, is unmistakable.<br><BR><B>Mike Madrid</B> is the author of <I>Divas, Dames & Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics</I> and <I>The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines</I>, an NPR "Best Book To Share With Your Friends" and American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project Notable Book. Madrid, a San Francisco native and lifelong fan of comic books and popular culture, also appears in the documentary <I>Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines</I>.</DIV>