Sun Girl (Marvel Comics)

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This article is about the Marvel Comics character Sun Girl. For the DC Comics character of the same name, see Sun Girl (DC Comics).

Publication information
Sun Girl
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Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Sun Girl #1 (August 1948)
Created by	Ken Bald (artist) and unidentified writer
In story information
Alter ego	Mary Mitchell

Sun Girl (Mary Mitchell) is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by artist Ken Bald and an unidentified writer, she first appeared in Sun Girl #1 (Aug. 1948), published by Marvel's 1940s precursor, Timely Comics.

[edit] Publication history

Sun Girl starred in a namesake three-issue series cover-dated August to December 1948. She subsequently co-starred in stories of the original Human Torch in The Human Torch #32-35 (Sept. 1948 - March 1949), Captain America Comics #69 (Nov. 1948), Sub-Mariner Comics #29 (Nov. 1948), and Marvel Mystery Comics #88-91 (Oct. 1948 - April 1949). She additionally starred in a solo story each in the first two of those Marvel Mystery issues.

The Human Torch-Sun Girl story "The Ray of Madness" from The Human Torch #33 (Nov. 1948) was reprinted decades later in Marvel's Giant-Size Avengers #1 (Aug. 1974). Sun Girl appears in flashback in the final two issues of the four-issue miniseries Saga of the Original Human Torch (April-July 1990)

[edit] Fictional character biography

A personal secretary for Jim Hammond, the original Human Torch, during the post-war 1940s, Mary Mitchell fell in love with him and became his partner as well as his sidekick after Toro left to tend to his ailing foster mother. She fought alongside the Torch until Toro returned and replaced her.

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Grand Comics Database
The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Golden Age

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