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Madame Muscle

As a child, Mary Brinker was always strong, and as she reached adulthood her strength grew to almost superhuman proportions. She ended up finding work as a carnival strongwoman, her main act being to wrestle multiple men at once. Mary was unfortunately very naïve and trusting, and lost her savings to a scam artist named Ratt. She caught up to Ratt and his partner, but Ratt convinced her to partner with them in a scheme to steal the nightly receipts from the carnival. This starts her down a path of criminal behavior, becoming a regular part of Ratt’s gang, until she felt she wasn’t getting a fair share of the take. This lead to a confrontation with Ratt, who pulled a gun on her, but Mary shrugged off the bullet without any serious injury. She took over Ratt’s gang and started a series of bank robberies where she uses her incredible strength to tear through the banker cage. She murdered one of the tellers at the bank as they made their escape. The police were in pursuit of the gang, with Mary riding on the car’s sideboard. She ripped the car’s door off its hinges and flung it at the police car, sending it careening into a light pole. Mary and the gang planned on robbing the State Treasury, but the police were prepared for her, and a number of well-armed cops opened fire on her. The hail of bullets overwhelmed even her incredible strength, and she died from her wounds. Madame Muscle was super-humanly strong, with a high degree of indestructibility. She could lift and throw men single-handedly, and bend and tear metal. She was not really invulnerable because she could be knocked out by a blow to the head, and a large hail of bullets from the police was enough to kill her.
Alias Madame Muscle
Real Names/Alt Names Mary Brinker
Characteristics Circus, Fox Feature Universe, Invulnerability, Super Strength, Atomic Age, Public Domain
Creators/Key Contributors Unknown
First Appearance Crimes By Women #7 (June 1947)
First Publisher Fox Feature Syndicate [CB+] [DCM] [GCD]
Appearance List Crimes By Women #7
Sample Read Crimes By Women [DCM] [CB+]
Description As a child, Mary Brinker was always strong, and as she reached adulthood her strength grew to almost superhuman proportions. She ended up finding work as a carnival strongwoman, her main act being to wrestle multiple men at once. Mary was unfortunately very naïve and trusting, and lost her savings to a scam artist named Ratt. She caught up to Ratt and his partner, but Ratt convinced her to partner with them in a scheme to steal the nightly receipts from the carnival. This starts her down a path of criminal behavior, becoming a regular part of Ratt’s gang, until she felt she wasn’t getting a fair share of the take. This lead to a confrontation with Ratt, who pulled a gun on her, but Mary shrugged off the bullet without any serious injury. She took over Ratt’s gang and started a series of bank robberies where she uses her incredible strength to tear through the banker cage. She murdered one of the tellers at the bank as they made their escape. The police were in pursuit of the gang, with Mary riding on the car’s sideboard. She ripped the car’s door off its hinges and flung it at the police car, sending it careening into a light pole. Mary and the gang planned on robbing the State Treasury, but the police were prepared for her, and a number of well-armed cops opened fire on her. The hail of bullets overwhelmed even her incredible strength, and she died from her wounds. Madame Muscle was super-humanly strong, with a high degree of indestructibility. She could lift and throw men single-handedly, and bend and tear metal. She was not really invulnerable because she could be knocked out by a blow to the head, and a large hail of bullets from the police was enough to kill her.
Source Madame Muscle – Public Domain Super Heroes Wiki
Crimes By Women #7 (June 1947)
Crimes By Women #7 (June 1947)