From the title, a reader might expect Myra North, Special Nurse, to consist of soap opera-style adventures, not the hair-raising kind. But note the second part of the title — anyone who expected Myra to lead the life of a typical nurse simply didn’t realize how special a one she was. The people Myra met in her day-to-day life included doctors, patients and hypochondriacs, of course — but they also included spies, lunatics and criminal masterminds. Myra sometimes went through the motions of a reasonably normal life, performing normal nursely duties and keeping company with her normal boyfriend, Jack Lane. But it was continually being interrupted by murderous patients, colleagues performing illicit experiments, stuff like that. She also went looking for trouble on occasion, traveling the world in pursuit of world conquerors and other super villains. Her true calling was no more medical than that of the slightly later Dr. Bobbs, also a medical person who had non-medical adventures.
Creators/Key Contributors Charles Coll, Ray Thompson
First Appearance Myra North, Special Nurse (Newspaper Enterprise Association, February 10, 1936 – March 25, 1939 (daily), August 31, 1941 (Sunday))
First Publisher Newspaper Enterprise Association
Appearance List Comic Strip: Myra North, Special Nurse (Newspaper Enterprise Association, February 10, 1936 – March 25, 1939 (daily), August 31, 1941 (Sunday)). Comics: The Comics 1-3, 5, Crackajack Funnies #1-24, 29-35, Four Color #3, Mammoth Comics, Red Ryder Comics #3, 10, 12, 17, 18. Book: Myra North, Special Nurse.
Description From the title, a reader might expect Myra North, Special Nurse, to consist of soap opera-style adventures, not the hair-raising kind. But note the second part of the title — anyone who expected Myra to lead the life of a typical nurse simply didn’t realize how special a one she was. The people Myra met in her day-to-day life included doctors, patients and hypochondriacs, of course — but they also included spies, lunatics and criminal masterminds. Myra sometimes went through the motions of a reasonably normal life, performing normal nursely duties and keeping company with her normal boyfriend, Jack Lane. But it was continually being interrupted by murderous patients, colleagues performing illicit experiments, stuff like that. She also went looking for trouble on occasion, traveling the world in pursuit of world conquerors and other super villains. Her true calling was no more medical than that of the slightly later Dr. Bobbs, also a medical person who had non-medical adventures.
