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June Tarpe Mills

Creator June Tarpe Mills (1918-1988)
Profession Artist, Writer
Total Entries 20
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Tarpe Mills – Lambiek Comiclopedia
June Tarpé Mills – Wikipedia
Miss Fury and Miss Mills
Miss Fury exists in that interesting era between adventure comics like Milton Caniff’s Terry and the Pirates and the beginning of superhero comics. She wears a costume without being a hero with superpowers. She’s no Superman, but she’s a little more complicated than the masked heroes like the Shadow and the Spider. There’s still the pitfalls of Forties comics and depictions of race and indigenous people. But with that in mind, it’s a fun and well-done comic. Miss Fury has a great costume and the comic itself has an excellent noir sensibility–and just a little hint of Queerness. And all through her adventures and romances, Marla (Miss Fury) is fabulously attired in the latest fashions of the 1940s (and early 1950s). Marla resembled Mills herself. She even went as far to give Marla a fictionalized version of her own cat. ~ Miss Fury and Miss Mills – Cultural Gutter

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Albino Jo

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“Albino” Jo was a Harvard-educated, loincloth-wearing albino Indian in the Brazilian jungle who resurfaced a year later as a pipe-smoking criminologist dressed in a well-tailored suit. He had been raised in the U.S. by foster […]
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“Albino” Jo was a Harvard-educated, loincloth-wearing albino Indian in the Brazilian jungle who resurfaced a year later as a pipe-smoking criminologist dressed in a well-tailored suit. He had been raised in the U.S. by foster […]
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Bruno Beitz

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Bruno Beitz was a Nazi spy operating in the United States of America. Bruno used a pistol and had access to explosive tubes that were triggered by acid. Alias Bruno Beitz Real Names/Alt Names Bruno […]
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Bruno Beitz was a Nazi spy operating in the United States of America. Bruno used a pistol and had access to explosive tubes that were triggered by acid. Alias Bruno Beitz Real Names/Alt Names Bruno […]
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Cappy

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Cappy was the doorman who worked the front door of the building where rich socialite Marla Drake lived. He was one of the few people who knew she was also secretly the costumed hero, Miss […]
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Cappy was the doorman who worked the front door of the building where rich socialite Marla Drake lived. He was one of the few people who knew she was also secretly the costumed hero, Miss […]
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Cat Man (Centaur)

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Barton Stone took the rap for a crime he didn’t commit and went to prison for twenty years. When he was freed, Baron confronted Steve “Chuck” Harrigan, now a political boss, Roger Watson “Slick” Hammond, […]
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Barton Stone took the rap for a crime he didn’t commit and went to prison for twenty years. When he was freed, Baron confronted Steve “Chuck” Harrigan, now a political boss, Roger Watson “Slick” Hammond, […]
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Daredevil Barry Finn

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Barry Finn was a daredevil explorer and adventurer who combated villains such as Darcia Zaroff and Fritz Von Heim. He was aided by the dim-witted Frogga, a yellow-skinned amphibian man, and “Little” Tommy Grey. Alias […]
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Barry Finn was a daredevil explorer and adventurer who combated villains such as Darcia Zaroff and Fritz Von Heim. He was aided by the dim-witted Frogga, a yellow-skinned amphibian man, and “Little” Tommy Grey. Alias […]
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Darron Drake

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One ongoing plot line in the story of Tarpe Mills’ Miss Fury strip was Marla’s adoption of Darron, the abandoned son of Baroness Erica von Kampf and Gary Hale (Marla’s former fiancé). Marla was unaware […]
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One ongoing plot line in the story of Tarpe Mills’ Miss Fury strip was Marla’s adoption of Darron, the abandoned son of Baroness Erica von Kampf and Gary Hale (Marla’s former fiancé). Marla was unaware […]
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Detective Carey

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Detective Carey was a police detective who was active during the 1940s. He frequently went after the female vigilante Miss Fury. Alias Detective Carey Real Names/Alt Names Dan Carey Characteristics Hero, Detective, Police, Black Fury […]
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Detective Carey was a police detective who was active during the 1940s. He frequently went after the female vigilante Miss Fury. Alias Detective Carey Real Names/Alt Names Dan Carey Characteristics Hero, Detective, Police, Black Fury […]
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Diego Manero

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Diego Manero and his brother, Pepe, were owners of a hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, who were funneling money from their hotel enterprise in order to stage a political coup and take over the […]
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Diego Manero and his brother, Pepe, were owners of a hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, who were funneling money from their hotel enterprise in order to stage a political coup and take over the […]
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Era

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Miss Fury’s friend, Era, was a night club entertainer who fell for one of two seemingly young and handsome men who actually were 200 years old, and had been drinking an elixir to stay young! […]
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Miss Fury’s friend, Era, was a night club entertainer who fell for one of two seemingly young and handsome men who actually were 200 years old, and had been drinking an elixir to stay young! […]
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Erica von Kampf

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Baroness Erica Von Kampf was the arch-nemesis of Marla Drake, aka Miss Fury. One ongoing plotline was Marla’s adoption of Darron, the abandoned son of Erica Von Kampf and Gary Hale, Marla’s former fiancé, who […]
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Baroness Erica Von Kampf was the arch-nemesis of Marla Drake, aka Miss Fury. One ongoing plotline was Marla’s adoption of Darron, the abandoned son of Erica Von Kampf and Gary Hale, Marla’s former fiancé, who […]
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Francine

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Francine was the French maid who worked for Marla Drake, aka Miss Fury, and one of her closest confidants. It was Francine who suggested that Marla wear the African panther skin her uncle had left […]
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Francine was the French maid who worked for Marla Drake, aka Miss Fury, and one of her closest confidants. It was Francine who suggested that Marla wear the African panther skin her uncle had left […]
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Gary Hale

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Gary Hale was the boyfriend of Marla Drake, who was secretly the costumed vigilante Miss Fury. While Hale loved Marla and asked her to marry him, he thought of Miss Fury as nothing more than […]
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Gary Hale was the boyfriend of Marla Drake, who was secretly the costumed vigilante Miss Fury. While Hale loved Marla and asked her to marry him, he thought of Miss Fury as nothing more than […]
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Jaxon of the Jungle

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Mike Jaxon and his girlfriend, Dorothy, “fight savages in the jungle.” Alias Jaxon of the Jungle Real Names/Alt Names Mike Jaxon Characteristics Hero, Jungle Action, Prize Universe, World War II Era Creators/Key Contributors June Tarpe […]
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Mike Jaxon and his girlfriend, Dorothy, “fight savages in the jungle.” Alias Jaxon of the Jungle Real Names/Alt Names Mike Jaxon Characteristics Hero, Jungle Action, Prize Universe, World War II Era Creators/Key Contributors June Tarpe […]
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Killer Dawson

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Killer Dawson was a ruthless criminal who was active in the 1940s. He was locked in prison for murder, but escaped. He was soon captured by Detective Carey. Carey’s car broke down on a country […]
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Killer Dawson was a ruthless criminal who was active in the 1940s. He was locked in prison for murder, but escaped. He was soon captured by Detective Carey. Carey’s car broke down on a country […]
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Miguel Rico

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Miguel Rico was a con-man, blackmailer, and sold information for the right price. He began selling the details of American shipping roots to Nazi spy Baroness Erica von Kampf, as well as blackmailing rich socialite […]
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Miguel Rico was a con-man, blackmailer, and sold information for the right price. He began selling the details of American shipping roots to Nazi spy Baroness Erica von Kampf, as well as blackmailing rich socialite […]
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Miss Fury

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Marla Drake was a wealthy socialite who discovered that another girl was wearing the same outfit to a party. Her housemaid, Francine, suggested that (to prevent embarrassment) Marla could wear an African panther skin that […]
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Marla Drake was a wealthy socialite who discovered that another girl was wearing the same outfit to a party. Her housemaid, Francine, suggested that (to prevent embarrassment) Marla could wear an African panther skin that […]
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Pepe Manero

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Pepe Manero and his brother, Diego, were owners of a hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, who were funneling money from their hotel enterprise in order to stage a political coup and take over the […]
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Pepe Manero and his brother, Diego, were owners of a hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, who were funneling money from their hotel enterprise in order to stage a political coup and take over the […]
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Peri-Purr

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Peri-Purr is the long-haired cat belonging to Marla Drake (aka Miss Fury). Alias Peri-Purr Real Names/Alt Names Peri-Purr Characteristics Black Fury Newspaper Strip, Newspaper Strip Characters, Feline, World War II Era Creators/Key Contributors June Tarpe […]
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Peri-Purr is the long-haired cat belonging to Marla Drake (aka Miss Fury). Alias Peri-Purr Real Names/Alt Names Peri-Purr Characteristics Black Fury Newspaper Strip, Newspaper Strip Characters, Feline, World War II Era Creators/Key Contributors June Tarpe […]
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Purple Zombie

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Dr. Malinsky used young Dr. Kimberly Hale’s invention to restore to life the body of an unidentified man. Instead of prolonging life, however, it animated the dead man, turning him into a zombie. Malinsky aimed […]
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Dr. Malinsky used young Dr. Kimberly Hale’s invention to restore to life the body of an unidentified man. Instead of prolonging life, however, it animated the dead man, turning him into a zombie. Malinsky aimed […]
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Whiffy

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Charles Villon, nicknamed “Whiffy,” was a ruthless gangster with a penchant for dressing in full drag. Whiffy also wore way too much perfume, a fact graphically indicated by wavy stink lines that emanated from his […]
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Charles Villon, nicknamed “Whiffy,” was a ruthless gangster with a penchant for dressing in full drag. Whiffy also wore way too much perfume, a fact graphically indicated by wavy stink lines that emanated from his […]