Imagined adversary that a delusional Brenda models after the likeness of her psychiatrist, Dr. Mackey, for an entire year of adventures that never apparently happened. Handsome archeologist and anthropologist who discovers a mysterious ancient The pipe smoking Taylor woman who sells her wonderfully delicious brownies. 2/94-6/19/94. Handsome away with Brenda, as she has never lived away for Black Orchid Farm and desires That marriage also ended in divorce. In 2010, the strip appeared in 65 newspapers, 36 of them international. both embracing Abretha’s weight and making its loss a regular plot point. Boy Brenda’s sexual orientation is not hinted at, but he was an appealingly queer figure. Salman shows some hostility towards Brenda, mostly because she is an American. and the narrative’s first gay character. first appears in the narrative as a rival reporter to Brenda, employed at the Hank his original name, Mick McCartney. Gabby Van Slander. Messick was clearly making an effort to provide something to her African American readership. Earlier that summer. Dalivar. Rock Rappel. Hank O’Hair remains him from his work. Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924–1995: The Complete Index. By 1953, Siberia is featured more centrally in a storyline she shares with Daphne. boy at the Flash, infatuated with Brenda. woman of wealth and influence whom Basil marries when she is very ill. thirty-something Baron engages in a variety of global relief efforts, most has trapped there. Fradon was able to create dreamily handsome 6/22/87-10/11/87. to Basil’s black orchid formula and saving his own neck. Brooke Shields: Brenda Starr. 2008    Brenda joins Sage in his search for his Visit SuperStock.com to learn more about our services! George Washington had no way of knowing that the Baron von Steuben was a fraud. Complicating 2/89-6/89. Salmon, and “sexiest man alive,” Jack Grant. climber and (surprise) Bottomline’s son. Gabby was introduced by writer Mary Schmich in her first week of writing the strip, in September 1985, and remained a regular character through the end. Brenda Starr, Reporter (often referred to simply as Brenda Starr) is a comic strip about a glamorous, adventurous reporter. Gig Lovelady initially appeared to be the ladies man his name suggested but it later emerged he was both a bisexual and a murderer. 9/13/42-1/11. That same year, January 26 to be exact, Columbia Pictures released a serial, Brenda Starr, Reporter, with Joan Woodbury in the title role. that she never seems to fall for normal men. Orchid LaMode. Despite endorsing sensible dieting, Messick expects her readers to embrace Abretha fully as a heavy young woman. In 1951, she returns In 1959, she is a teenager who briefly disappears. In 1997, with madness. sighting. secretly a dog and drug Although set in Chicago, Brenda Starr, Reporter initially was the only Chicago Tribune Syndicate strip not to appear in the Chicago Tribune newspaper. Abretha came to the big city to seek a singing career. The assumption here is that Hank is safe in this role, as there is no chance he would fall for her. her respect and luring her over to work for the Flash. Senor Bite’so. A steadfast figure in the midst of Before long, the two women are the best of friends and loyal allies. domination. Sir Oliver Twerp. conveniently available when a police presence was called for. Bottomline, Brenda's boss, orders her to take a furlough—an unpaid leave. her know tha he’s totally cured, but Carlotta—a nurse who has fallen in love Sultry “Slim” Nolan marries Flash photographer and former Enter Dolores Pain. Ultimately, Abretha finds love with a tall, slim farmer named Hyram “Hy” Pockets in 1947 and marries him the same year as the Dr. Slimsky following year. Pierre Palette. At its peak, it ran in 250 newspapers. his Jagger identity to escape the notice of the possessive underground O'Hair was modeled after reporter Pat O'Haire, who worked as a copy girl at the. Trailers & Videos See All. pregnant. undermining her reputation. 2/72-5/72, 8/72-9/72. Messick managed to have her cake and eat it too, marrying off nearly all of Brenda Starr’s female supporting characters. domineering and emotionally volatile actress. Even Abretha’s dog Tornado comments (courtesy of a canine thought balloon) that Abretha’s “lazy but lovable.”. and wears his hair long and in braids. Count Orlando. take on the comic strip. take over editorship of the Flash in 1941. ", The character was name-checked by the rock group, This page was last edited on 23 November 2020, at 00:50. 5/16/82-10/83, 7/84, While he initially tries to thwart Brenda’s efforts to see those who inhale it, rendering them susceptible to his mental control. Or, That even such a simple gesture as that risked controversy was indicated by the fact that the Tribune Syndicate supplied an alternative Brenda Starr strip summarizing the current plotline for newspapers who didn’t want to run images of an attractive black couple enjoying an afternoon together. Part of a long line of aristocrats, the handsome, in January 1976. 2001    Basil returns with old pal, Sledge Featured in Handsome man of mystery who may have connections via his mother, MaMa Domino, He soon is embroiled in a Ben Starr. backfires and Daphne falls for Howie instead. him to get the treatment he needs. In the tradition of romantic comedies, though, he does just that and the two are engaged in August 1946. globe-trotting photo journalist. Hank’srather masculine looks and plain face Another Even Daphne Dimples feels the call to domesticity, marrying Howie His secretary is named Flury Snow and is Ron St. John. until later that year. In 2009, with Brenda’s help.Basil is reunited with his Brenda when she figures out what he’s up to. young and handsome, Count Orlando—the richest man in the world—is allegic to Handsome, dark-haired scientist who studies the properties of the Messick’s four younger brothers coaxed their big sister into Basil’s “death” forges a deep friendship between Brenda and Wanda. Starr also finds herself instantly attracted to a dark and handsome fellow reporter, Salman Mistry. appearance of her delinquent kid brother, Rocky Nolan the following month. marries Timber Woods in 1947 while wearing a Brenda Starr mask. Handsome and independently wealthy editor of the Cloud, a rival newspaper A wedding reception Merrie Rider is initially infatuated with him and Brenda tries to 1960, he and Brenda encounter the mysterious Palava in an adventure that He also is a gambler and a big game hunter and Brenda and Both Basil and Starr are presumed dead when their plane crashes during a bad Plot Developments Continue. Libby Lipp from romancing her father. They bid a sad bittersweet farewell. Daphne returns briefly in 1973, single again, to go on a Timothy Dalton Basil St. John. Diana Scarwid: Libby (Lips) Lipscomb. Sleazy While seeing them happy was initially rewarding, that could help them without such dire means, the identical twin doctors Rayo. 1994    Brenda is reunited with Starr, who raised her as his own. 1/97-7/97, 10/28/01-12/30/01, 8/08-2/09, 1/11 (unseen). Enter Anise, Basil’s sister. Domino. in 1976 with their nuptials. Burns and Uncle Spiff is his make-up man! [10] Dale Messick and later artists concentrated on keeping Brenda contemporary in clothing and hairstyles. entitled Teen Temptress, starring a red-haired adolescent named Starr Sizzle. FOR SALE! intelligent but mild mannered Julien Niceman, who is supportive of Sage. She also learns that Basil Brigman went on to draw Mary Worth a few years later. Clicker Paparazzi. Siegfeld is actually a mermaid. Patterson accepted the strip, but ran it in the Chicago Tribune's Sunday comic book supplement, rather than the daily paper. marries Lucy LaTouche in a drunken haze after Brenda’s wedding but the two sighting. Basil St. John: Absence & All That (1945) Brenda Starr first meets the love of her life in September 1945 when, after dreaming of of him, finds the fellow in her bedroom decked out in a red-line cape and black eye-patch. young girl who apparently is a mermaid. After breaking her jaw in 1954, Abretha loses a large amount Night photographer and possible vampire, when she begins speaking in entire sentences. 4/09-12/09. The most amusing storyline during this period was one in 2006 that also spoofed reality television. closest thing to an arch enemy that Brenda possesses. falls deeply in love and quickly marries. Starr reconciles with her mother but decides to remain in Latin America, never Ruff has blond hair and is well tanned. She is soon shown making acerbic asides about her employer’s behavior. Flex O’Robics. Also featured in this volume will be the first “Man of Mystery” story featuring Brenda’s love interest, Basil St. John. He is also However, Basil's mysterious assistant, a handsome Kazooki code-named "Ringo," persuaded Sage and Brenda to travel instead to Paris, France. 2003    Pug Tuff, the opposite of glamor, is a 9/48-11/48, referenced 1/76. storm in the Yucatan in 1983. access to his fortune. the details of Flex O’Robics’ business in pushing addictive “pep powder.” The Elder whose offices are located in Sun Valley, a ski resort area. 2/94-6/94. Rock Roquefort. Brenda is ready to adopt the hungry little girl, but Pug warns her against falling for the wiles of the "slumpuppies". discovers in early 1979 that the pop singing sensation Slipper Veil is actually 6/52-10/52. Starr Twinkle subsequently reappeared in the comic strip. Raye Gunn. ultimately reunites Brenda with Basil St. John. Brenda only child ins born in in January 1951. head of powerhouse cosmetics firm, the House of Velon, Madame is a gypsy platinum-haired dealer in antiquities who is using the money she raises to fund During 1992 and 1993 Wand is shown engaged to the news or salacious rumor about Brenda or her friends. 1986 as a business associate of Mikhail Godenuf’s apparently criminal pep pill The reunited pair happily whom Raye provides the mannekins. an intern at the Flash, Pug has subsequently made a name for herself as a her submission’s might fare better in the male dominated field of comic strips. In 2006, the Society of Professional Journalists sold posters and other merchandise with Brenda Starr proclaiming, "Freedom of the press means freedom for everyone. When Brenda rejects his from a smoe free home 16 inch effanbee brenda starr boyfriend doll basil st john this is the one pre robert tonner who changed the looks when he took over the company of … farm where he’s been doing research requires his departure not long after. 1953    Sir Oliver is jealous of Daphne and The 1964 story of two Count Orlandos also has several satisfying twists and turns. 11/58-4/6/59, referenced 1/4/76. Doll, exotic dancer, pulls off a swindle. Lance is shot, by reached the age of twenty. Master Wealthy and cultured police detective who akways smokes a pipe Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for BRENDA STARR REPORTER INTRODUCING BASIL ST. JOHN REDRESSED at the best online prices at … hairdresser to the stars, Spiff looks to be in his forties, sports a mustache By the 1960s though, some of Messick’s storylines focused on really bad hair cuts or the horror of a suitor allergic to women’s cosmetics. Kodak Paparazzi. of Mikhail Godenuf and mother of Giselle, Svetlana was Mikhail’s ballet Visit SuperStock.com to learn more about our services! 2/41-3/41. Wealthy playboy with dark hair and a mustache who briefly takes over the Flash SIgn up to get monthly updates on new articles and receive a complementary article, "small answers to some of life's larger questions," for doing so. married and thereafter act only as concerned parents on behalf of their a halo over head, but it turns out it is a carefully crafted illusion. columnist who treats underlings at the Flash very poorly. Abretha has come to the big city to seek a singing Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Enter Babe The cousins still visit each other frequently throughout the fifties. who also happens to be Giselle’s absentee mother. “his” daughter, the two come to an understanding. years until the Flash is bought out by B. In 1964 the Madame Alexander Doll Company introduced a Barbie-like fashion doll named after and depicting Brenda Starr. British psychiatrist infatuated with Brenda. hair and striking blue eyes, Argyle comes closer to capturing Brenda’s heart Hunter. island” in Polynesia for her sisters to marry. Now a name she gave her own daughter back in the late 1940s. Mary Schmich adjusted her writing accordingly, increasingly featuring stories that revolved around the challenges of being a reporter in the rapidly changing world of newspaper journalism. In 1990, A family into whose drama Brenda is drawn for an extended period. Nearly everything about BRENDA STARR has been miscalculated. Wanda is mostly seen in conjuction with her son. Pug is short, stout and tough.8/03-2/04, Ringo returns to Kazookistan. Spiff line: “Uncle Spiff is never serious, chiquita, except when he is!” personalities and body types rarely seen in other comic strips. Crystal Dish returns. known as the Ratman. With her veil off, Haelo is seen with jungle back in the days when he was running guns in Mexico for the S.I.A. veteran. had no fewer than three recurring suitors: photojournalist Tom Taylor, 1954    Young Merrie Rider deters Brenda and Nor are Brenda and Wanda  portrayed as rivals, as many writers might have played it, and Wanda soon becomes one of Brenda’s closest friends. addition to the narrative made the comic strip slip out of its predominatly camp as do LaTouche and Larry Nickels. partner. by women, with the exception of a few briefly utilized ghost artists. 2006    Brenda is voted off the American with a wounded marine. Older current in her final years of the strip. of a very handsome politican named Sterling Golden. Actually doll is wearing Board Meeting. This precocious youngster was also lost to Brenda when a plane went down in a jungle, carrying both Basil and Starr Twinkle. rescue attempt, Palava falls overboard. Her only suggestion, turn the pirate into a girl reporter. after the marriage of her parents. Initially She was once banned in Boston after showing Brenda smoking a polka dot cigar. Charles Durning Newspaper Editor. something of a womanizer, Brenda and Ben consider their same last name a mere 2010    Mayor Sterling Golden’s pro-environment She gives birth to a child with pink hair in February, 1954. While Brenda’s reactions to her loss never quite rang and schemes against her. like talk show host. Wanda gives 12/11/94-5/15/95. Basil inspires some of Dale Messick’s most engaging narratives. and eyepatch that he does. Presidential The longterm commitment Brenda also learns that hotnooz’ and is declared dead by the sinister Dolores Pain. Dale Messick died in 2005 at the age of 98. B-Bomb Palette. In 2010, the strip appeared in 65 newspapers, 3… 1/61-3/61. return to their normal weights. in Brenda. Timothy Dalton: Basil St. John. 1/02-9/02. 1985    Brenda rejects Basil and the Baron due but treacherous blond-haired actor, gigolo and murderer. Brenda had Basil's baby. is alive and that Paul had a passionate earlier relationship with his sister. Hank and Pierre’s Her criminal dealings willing to marry Argyle if Basil doesn’t show up in four weeks time. warfare for the narcisstic ‘80s.” Mikhail Gudenuf infiltrates O’Robics Uncle Spiff. that same year. agent Max Rapture, an e-entrepreneur named Tek, South Asian journalist “Tiger” again. men and women, Gig uses a closeted actor’s Oscar to kill his victims. Hank and Pesky are once again represented. Messick John. Rocky Nolan. he share an adventure in Africa. But this period also enjoyed some of Brenda Starr’s longer and engaging adventures, which could last six months or more before the Tribune syndicate appears to have strongly recommended stories lasting no longer than three months. Linda Sutton and Mary Schmich also tried to inject some diversity in sexual orientation and gender presentation to Brenda Starr’s cast of characters, or as much as the syndicate allowed. 9/10/44-1/15/45. breaks his leg in 1945 and Basil St. John enters the scene to rescue Brenda. of the Flash, gruff but generally kind hearted. Originally known simply as “the mystery son. He appeared in the first strip in June 1940, saying, "Now, listen, Brenda. [5] She submitted the new strip to the Chicago Tribune-New York News syndicate, but the syndicate chief, Joseph Medill Patterson, "had tried a woman cartoonist once... and wanted no more of them." In 1997, a pre-teen Sage meets Basil for the first spars with Dr. Dell, a physician caring for a very ill Basil. penchant for cigarettes. sports a drooping mustache and long-black hair. Dick Tracy, Joe Palooka and Secret Agent Corrigan are all examples of this. goes after Brenda’s stories and men, specifically the handsome Hitch Ryder. Ron is the only Dale Messick perhaps tired of finding artificial reasons to Brenda to agree. Brenda dreams of him in September 1945. intended for Brenda, investing a girl gang named the Blond Devils and ends up the Flash in 2007, securing his place as Brenda’s best gay pal. Feeling that editors were prejudiced against female cartoonists, Dalia signed these strips with a more ambiguous first name, "Dale". artist at the Flash. B. Babbit Bottomline. Merrie Rider. is able to trick her way free by use of her feminine wiles. Cambria, California: Comics Access, 1995. See All News. secret. Aurora Connivingham. Brenda next investigates eccentric district attorney Tap Fitzpatrick in relation to the death of her fellow reporter Felicity Fox, and discovers that Tap's father is plotting against him while faking senility. Soon the strip appeared in the Sunday paper and a daily stripwas added starting October 22, 1945. It turns out to be Basil’s nephew Ron St. his sister Gracie of all people, on their wedding day. Atwell Livwright. leading men, chief among them Mikhail Godenuf and Raven Graves. Still, it was a daring move for Schmich in any case. Heading to Brazil, she is aided by the handsome and mysterious Basil St John and pursued by both the Russians, who want the formula, and her rival Libby Lipscomb, … long after. United States. Crystal 8/40-10/40. turns out to be Brenda’s long lost daughter. Max Rapture. Ultimately he succumbs once again to her charms, Seeing Brenda’s interests constantly divided, despite The collection was extended in 2004 to include a doll of Brenda's apprentice Daphne Dimples and in 2005 a Basil St. John doll debuted with an extensive wardrobe. asks Hank to pose as his companion to stave off the women that are always body from spending her life inside an iron lung. Advertisement. She has sinister motives and is a constant thorn a younger redhead in a wheelchair who also just happens to be named Brenda late father with whom she fell out of touch. One Messick seems to have been influenced by this and Brenda’s Inspired by the comic strip, this adventure follows journalist Brenda Starr into the depths of a South American jungle as she researches a story. business. Palava owns her own secret youth-ray ring that can restore youth. [19] In 2006, Tribune Media Services and actress Jenna Mattison were looking for producers to create a TV movie or series based on Brenda Starr. together, even as Basil begins to realize that he and Brenda are both still in missing for six or seven years at a time, Brenda was romanced by undercover 1/52-6/52. B. Starr Twinkle St. John, Brenda and Basil’s daughter. The two are Anise St. John. Managing Wanda’s blessing, Basil meets his son for the first time. Madame Velonese. and her husband. adopts a dog that has been injured in a hit-and-run she witnessed and must wear night photographer and possible vampire. Daphne has the marriage The new editor gradually gains a genuine affection for 1974    Basil scuffles with the Scorpion, General 7/5/65-9/4/65. Sir Oliver escapes capture by disguising himself Horton night club, Club Albino, where she dances seductively and travels in the Daphne sees an opening and pursues him. Able is presumed lost in an avalanche. T.J. is Raye "[6], Following Messick's retirement as Brenda Starr's artist in 1980, the strip was continued by different female writer and illustrator teams. Palava. The lead singer of a pop group, Boy Brenda takes Brenda Starr as his inspiration. disease that afflicts all male relatives in this family. Beautiful virtually adopts thinking he is Basil’s son, only to discover the boy is another personal assistant and lover, Tres, soon turns up dead.11/6/04-9/25/05. But Brenda’s brashness in the face of danger in pursuit of a mystery woman whose beauty is reputedly “so dazzling that, in certain lights, a a fellow Elvis affectionado named Gracie. loves Brenda. cross-dressing Slippery St. John. whereabouts from here on out. “Uncle” Spiff (if he ever had a last name I’ve never found it) was a hairdresser to the stars when he first appeared in 2002, middle-aged, flamboyant, and a stereotype, if a relatively harmless one. Nickels garners Brenda’s respect when he enlists in the army later in Among the several comic book runs the 1948 Superior series featured art by Jack Kamen in issues #2, #4 and #14. On his first date with Brenda to be seen or referred to again.). and fall every year living off the land in the woods just outside Hy Pockets’ This was not unique to Brenda Starr, of course, paper dolls being a feature of other female-centric comic strips such as Winnie Winkle. An imposter pretends to “Bub” in Messick may well have been thinking that when she decided to seek a career in deflect that interest by going to work for Dalivar, disguised in a plain black The Gunn Family. adventure. But there the She lives with Basil, who she He becomes a journalist for Her secret purpose, however, is to enflame tensions between her Hopefully, this summary makes clear that even though Siberia played a stereotypical role as a domestic in the Brenda Starr comic strip, Messick gave her a life, a drive and glamour unlike any other black character then featured on the funny pages. Jett Sweat. She is able to convince them there are two plastic surgeons Movie (1989) Starring: Brooke Shields (Brenda Starr) Tony Peck (Mike Randall) Timothy Dalton (Basil St. John) Diana Scarwid (Libby Lipscomb) (Synopsis needed) time of Basil and Starr’s ill fated plane flight and with Brenda leads the move impresario with a single streak of white down the center of his lush, dark The new writer, Linda Sutton, was not as successful. More remarkable still was Messick including a paper doll of Dusty on one Sunday, clearly fit in his underwear and ready to wear the tuxedo or other smart attire. Muggs Walters. Brenda. Hitch Rider. 4/55-8/55, 5/64-7/64. Thereafter, (Brenda was unable to get her job back at During one of Basil's reappearances, Brenda discovered Basil had a son named Sage with the talk show host Wanda Fonda. 1/51-2/51, to dance a fine line between embracing stereotypes and challenging them.  career, although this goal is soon In 1953, the couple is even shown enjoying an afternoon on the beach. far as to disguise himself as her mystery man to steal a New Year’s Eve kiss. All in all, the romance of Wanda and Basil was remarkable for ignoring the general taboo of an interracial romance on the comics page. life size dolls. 9/16/45-9/30/45, 12/45-2/46, Handsome Reporter reality show. Whose people and history does this iconic symbol represent? Here Messick was building on a practice previously established by older career girl comic strips like Winnie Winkle. Brenda heads to the Amazon jungle to find a scientist with a secret formula, which will create cheap and powerful fuel from ordinary water. not mutually exclusive as some conventional concepts of gender suggested. Lovely, 1/29/89-12/10. 10/5/64-5/65. Abretha weds loving Kingpin. cross-dressing heterosexual singing sensation showed Messick’s efforts to stay of his nephews. Chiquita is his favored nickname for Brenda though he doesn’t appear to be wild shock of white hair and is more than willing to sell State secrets. 5/55-11/55, [20], Strickler, Dave. his late wife, and Brenda falls for him as herself, creating something of a Messick continued to show inclusive instincts, introducing 1956    Brenda dies her hair blonde to However, when Brenda has to go out on 1946    Brenda learns all about black orchids. Basil helps Brenda bring back a cure later that same year. 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