Domino Lady
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| The Domino Lady | |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | Fiction Magazines |
| First appearance | Saucy Romantic Adventures (May, 1936) |
| Created by | "Lars Anderson" |
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| Alter ego | Ellen Patrick |
| Abilities | None |
The Domino Lady was a masked pulp heroine. She first appeared in the May 1936 issue of Saucy Romantic Adventures. All of her stories where published under the house name "Lars Anderson".
Saucy Romantic Adventures was a Spicy Pulp magazine, a genre that typically featured semi-pornographic short stories, which were more expensive than a typical pulp magazine and usually not sold as openly. The real identity of the author is unknown, Lars Anderson was an identity owned by the publisher Fiction Magazines.
[edit] Character
The Domino Lady is really University of California, Berkeley-educated socialite Ellen Patrick. When her father, District Attorney Owen Patrick, is murdered she puts on a domino mask and a backless white dress to avenge him.
She steals from her targets, donating most of the profits to charity after deducting her cut, and leaves a calling card with the words "Compliments of the Domino Lady".
[edit] Stories
- The Domino Lady Collects (Saucy Romantic Adventures, May 1936)
- The Domino Lady Doubles Back (Saucy Romantic Adventures, June 1936)
- The Domino Lady's Handicap (Saucy Romantic Adventures, July 1936)
- Emeralds Aboard (Saucy Romantic Adventures, August 1936)
- Black Legion (Saucy Romantic Adventures, October 1936)
- The Domino Lady's Double (Mystery Adventure Magazine, November 1936)
[edit] Reprints
Reprints of the original pulp magazines and individual stories have been made, such as Pulp Collector Press' Pulp Review in 1992.
Eros Comix have published a series of Domino Lady and Domino Lady's Jungle Adventure comics written by Ron Wilber.
The Domino Lady stories have been reprinted in one volume, Compliments of the Domino Lady by Bold Venture Press, with cover artwork by Jim Steranko (ISBN 1-887591-70-2).
