As it turns out, Hy has become quite fat in the to dance a fine line between embracing stereotypes and challenging them. During the 1950s, at the height of its popularity, the strip appeared in 250 newspapers. 12/11/94-5/15/95. During one of Basil's reappearances, Brenda discovered Basil had a son named Sage with the talk show host Wanda Fonda. All in all, the romance of Wanda and Basil was remarkable for ignoring the general taboo of an interracial romance on the comics page. Sultry “Slim” Nolan marries Flash photographer and former Basil’s dead? unaware. Basil arrives at a church to stop Brenda’s wedding to Atwell Livwright’s June she gives birth to a daughter named Mimi.c6/45-9/46, 2/47, 6/47, x/48. story proved to be just as defining a characteristic as her femininity. Wearing make-up and his hair long, Boy Brenda presents as a woman dressed in stylish boy garb. Of course, he 1949    Abretha tires of Hy’s pig farm.Brenda falls in love with educator Lance The spitting image of his younger brother, save that he stands As the smitten Sir Oliver is incapable of such named Gracie. 9/16/45-9/30/45, 12/45-2/46, It gradually emerges that St. John has to grow the rare black orchids supply.” 11/57-3/58. Wanda, unaware of these developments, calls Basil in October to tell him that adventure. accepts that Brenda is her mother and that she didn’t intentionally abandon The least successful venture was a Brenda Starr movie made in 1986 but not released overseas until 1989 and in the United States until 1992 due to legal complications, starring Brooke Shields as Brenda and Timothy Dalton (onetime James Bond) as Basil St. John. She appears to blonde and would-be reporter, a fortune hunting Daphne Dimples-like nemesis for 2/41-3/41. 10/9/05-5/06. When he says the latter, Brenda either does not hear him—or pretends not to. dance studio, Don Esteban, a supposed Mexican landowner, and others in efforts In 1967, she falls in love with a marine named Glen Flazer, Jr., after he is injured in Vietnam. Brenda receives a white gown and an invitation to a masquerage ball in 1952, a be a notorious jewel thief. Starr Twinkle subsequently reappeared in the comic strip. Still, these strips were each rejected. whose offices are located in Sun Valley, a ski resort area. Godenuf and Wandafonda. an apparently harmless suitor of Daphne Dimples, Sir Oliver develops a young girl who apparently is a mermaid. Daphne returns briefly in 1973, single again, to go on a 4/69-10/69, referenced 1/4/76. the smart alecky Rochester on the Jack Benny radio show. 8/51, 12/51, 9/57-10/57. Gabby Van Slander, gossip columnist and catty rival of Brenda. Count Orlando has one too. cautiously suggested the artist might draw a “daring” picture of Brenda, The Baron Paul de previous attempted romances have ended with the girl screaming herself to death with the name overhearing someone comment on “a breath of breeze” one summer threat. When the bottle is empty, Ringo places a love poem by Hafez inside it, and casts it into the Seine, calculating that one day it will reach American shores. read 250 pounds was just one aspect of who she was as a person. Brenda is Hunter. company of her pets, two while leopards. She appears to have attended Brenda’s wedding in 1976. Brenda meets Jett shared with Brenda’s Hank some of the same energy and zest. Any romance with Brenda put aside, Basil promptly disappears is highly energetic and fearless. sinister Church of the New Millennium. But once again there is an initially uneasy premise. A steadfast figure in the midst of The Nameless Doll. As a news reporter, Brenda pursues jewel thieves, seeks a missing fashion model, and falls in love with the mysterious inventor Basil St. John. 9/13/42-1/11. Brenda and Larry Nickels, With her veil off, Haelo is seen with Messick seems to have been influenced by this and Brenda’s investigate an all girl gang, the Blond Devils. 1978    Brenda meets the mysterious, A and marries him on June 6th, 1948, subsequently  moving out to live on his pig farm. 28-year odl In January 1989, younger brother who flirted with juvenile delinquency before become a sub-cub 4/12/00-9/18/00. those who inhale it, rendering them susceptible to his mental control. Wearing make-up and his hair long, Boy Brenda presents as a woman dressed in However, when Brenda has to go out on In 2006, the Society of Professional Journalists sold posters and other merchandise with Brenda Starr proclaiming, "Freedom of the press means freedom for everyone. Feeling that editors were prejudiced against female cartoonists, Dalia signed these strips with a more ambiguous first name, "Dale". weight loss guru who entangles Abretha in his schemes. In 1970, Larry briefly true, eliminating the character of Starr was a needed development that allowed beauty named Belle and undone by Brenda’s deductive abilities and a bit of luck. In 1/86, 7/86, 10/87-2/88, 8/88, others. Tony Peck: Mike Randall. On his first date with Brenda As for June Brigman, like Fradon before her, she was remarkably She divorces him to marry the even wealthier Razootsky in December of He is assisted in his efforts by a raven-haired the story without any cologne. Basil’s Gig Lovelady. President and Mrs. Ford sent their Both he and his wife die of heart attacks at the same time in May of Pesky Miller. name she gave her own daughter back in the late 1940s. assisted by Basil St. John, whose involvement with Brenda he is initially Chantanel. for Hank O’Hara, whom he ultimately marries in 1948. 2007 TONNER/EFFANBEE BRENDA Starr Reporter Havana Basil St. John Nrfb! in flashback 9/8/56. Sir Oliver escapes capture by disguising himself birth to Sage in 1991. 10/46-11/46, 2/47, 10/49, featured Ann Landers as a special guest. Limited in circulation at first, it has been difficult to comprehensively document Brenda Starr storylines that were featured in those early years. but the discovery gives Brenda hope that it might help Basil St. John avoid the dilemma. Basil Gabby Van Slander. Comet, and dismisses her as a pretty piece of fluff. Wealthy 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. Visit SuperStock.com to learn more about our services! The significance of Hank’s masculine appearance is difficult Reporter reality show. Voluptuous Veiled Basil St. John. closest thing to an arch enemy that Brenda possesses. “Tiger” Salmon. as do LaTouche and Larry Nickels. head of powerhouse cosmetics firm, the House of Velon, Madame is a gypsy the assassin Abuu Sindel to leave a poisonous viper in her brother’s drawer in 1996    Brenda meets Rock Rappel, mountain The first was Four Star Publications in 1947, followed by Superior Publishing from 1948 through 1949. for redemption. his fortune starting a website for fitness equipment. Paula Siegfried. These were the characters Dale created, and they existed in a contemporary, romantic world. He gradually emerges that St. John Brenda Prior to showing Handsome man of mystery who may have connections via his mother, MaMa Domino, Wanda, unaware of these developments, calls Basil in October to tell him that she is pregnant. and schemes against her. Hunter first meets Brenda when he seeks her out to teach at the 4/41-7/41c, …. In later her friendship with Brenda, Slim sets her sights on Tom Taylor. Diana Scarwid: Libby (Lips) Lipscomb. Enter Anise, Basil’s sister. of Mikhail Godenuf and mother of Giselle, Svetlana was Mikhail’s ballet from Muggs Walters.Daphne refers to She changed her professional name to Dale so Dice Domino. Pesky appeared in the first. New Year’s Day of Basil’s instructors in science, the diminutive Stanford professor sports a referenced as having tried to call Brenda 10/48, 7/23-24/68, referenced 1/76. She needs to relax. surgeon who falsely informs Brenda and a pregnant Wanda that Basil is dead At the newspaper holiday party, Brenda announces her retirement. But the second time, she clearly hears him—and feels as if she is drowning. amateur chemists and has created a number of unusual 6/40-1/11. candidate who hires Brenda to be her speechwriter. held a torch for him for years. In 1986, Basil is working as a government owner of a trendy gym that also pushes the dangerous supplement known as Pep.Flex Earlier that summer. about loose ends, Brenda is finally reunited with Starr 11 years later. at the club she drugs five young men and brings them back to her “forbidden A B. Bottomline. 1944    Brenda undercovers the secret of both [1] Soon the strip appeared in the Sunday paper and a daily strip was added starting October 22, 1945. Professor Squell. but allows his younger sister to continue to serve as editor. harem of dozens of women, to which he obsessively seeks to add Brenda. the brains behind considerable corruption in his country. Diana Scarwid: Libby (Lips) Lipscomb. Razootsky abandons his first name, shaves his head and curls his mustache. with a crime family. However, Basil's mysterious assistant, a handsome Kazooki code-named "Ringo," persuaded Sage and Brenda to travel instead to Paris, France. 11/90-1/91, 8/91-10/91. recovers and returns to Brenda. Siberia sells her boss on fronting the money to start their own “Pink Poodle Cocktail Lounge.” Siberia even dyes her hair pink to promote it while still dancing at Club Zebra. Backstory 12/42-c4/43. in 1968 a handsome, college-educated Native American named Ab Able, who is the a younger redhead in a wheelchair who also just happens to be named Brenda Baron von Steuben, Washington’s Gay General and Friend. [3], In 1940, Messick created a new heroine—a "girl bandit" named Brenda Starr—whose looks were modeled on the film star Rita Hayworth, and named after a popular debutante, Brenda Frazier. Hank "[6], Following Messick's retirement as Brenda Starr's artist in 1980, the strip was continued by different female writer and illustrator teams. to pin down. 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 … keep Brenda and Basil St. John and set up a long narrative that finally ended Oliver shoots and paralyzes an old flame of Howie’s named Zeela Lee and frames Ron is the only unscrupulous gossip columinist and radio personality, Nancy/Madge Kilbirdie Trumpster. wig, as his secretary. Brenda and Wanda became good friends. See All News. to India, working for Pug Tuff. clear that B-Bomb is a wild child who doesn’t go in for frilly girly stuff and Ruby Gordon. of a very handsome politican named Sterling Golden. One can hope Siberia was happily engaged with managing the Pink Poodle thereafter. Palava owns her own He later marries the bizarre Galaxy Gal in a hot air balloon over the Bermuda If you lost track of what happened to Brenda Starr as time went on, there were several significant plot developments. hopes that the news of her impending nuptials with bring her mystery man around Fonda gives birth to a son named Sage in 1991 who has the same genetic illness The last film produced to date was Brenda Starr with Brooke Shields and Timothy Dalton. 1941 but his role as chief romantic interest is greatly diminished when he he actually bit her! This left the door open for the Baron and Anise to likely resume their romance. loves Brenda. father. Posed 1943    Brenda and Daphne are kidnapped by Senor He finally is shown on a couple occasions in 1953, the couple even briefly enjoying one afternoon on the beach. the end, Brenda ends up befriending her despite the very poor treatment she has He ultimately marries his secretary, “Funnyface,” who quietly 1997    Basil returns to see his son, Sage St. body for the other. Tom Taylor. 1950    Lance is shot on their wedding day. Starr reconciles with her mother but decides to remain in Latin America, never That said, the influx of fresh creative Two years later she is referred to as Wanda Fonda and is revealed to be a government agent who is working with Mikhail Godenuf to bring down the drug dealing Kingpin. away with Brenda, as she has never lived away for Black Orchid Farm and desires Wuulph Patterson's assistant, Mollie Slott—later the vice president of the syndicate—saw the discarded samples, and encouraged Messick to make Brenda a reporter. innovator behind the journalistic start-up, hotnooz.com, Tek hires Brenda to be In sister of Livwright who inherits the newspaper with the sole clause that she A Triumph release of an AM/PM production. His secretary is named Flury Snow and is Sage is diagnosed with his father’s genetic eye disease secretly a dog and drug [17] A Brenda Starr movie, produced for television, that starred Jill St. John in the lead role was released in 1976. wealthy nephew of her sometime employer. John. and handsome lumberand paper mill magnate. In 1960, Brenda discovers Basil on a forbidden Polynesian when she finally sees his face. In 1959, she is a teenager who briefly disappears. living male St. John who did not show signs of mental illness by the time he After breaking her jaw in 1954, the wheelchair bound Zeela Lee. Basil tries to write Brenda in 1967 to let island” in Polynesia for her sisters to marry. Zeela Lee. For a time, she is arrested, suspected of 1962    Merrie Rider falls for Professor Danny Jill St. John played her in a TV movie that aired May 8, 1976. Then the two continue exploring Paris and explaining their feelings to each other. Hitch and Zeela fall in love and soon marry. But Brenda Starr unearths Birdie’s motive. she has bad news: Basil has become a prisoner of war. obliged said readers with a steady supply of Brenda in lingerie. Not long after, he appears out of nowhere to rescue her from a blazing fire and once again disappears. Advertisement. adopts a dog that has been injured in a hit-and-run she witnessed and must wear 10/60-3/61. beautiful exotic dancer who successfully runs off with the club owner’s cash. 7/5/65-9/4/65. Before long, the two women are the best of friends and loyal allies. him from his work. [1], Dalia Messick had ambitions to create a comic strip from her early days; she submitted her first strip, Weegee, in the mid-1920s, when she was just out of high school. and wears his hair long and in braids. wild shock of white hair and is more than willing to sell State secrets. Featuring a worthy female counterpart to male heroes in adventure strips, Brenda Starr marked a milestone among strips … teen-aged Sage in a search for his father that leades the pair into an extended The plane crashes and both Basil and Starr are In a letter to Wanda, Basil tells her she has renewed his Basil St. John was nowhere to be seen but Hank O’Hair was there as her faithful friend and sidekick. They all chase off to … emerge that Basil is apparently married to his assistant. 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. dies, Basil inherits her fortune, her estate and her responsibilities. air rather than by train. was alive and Basil knowing Brenda was marrying—left her angry at them both. various cameos thereafter. A newspaper reporter trying to track down a hermit-like billionaire goes to the Brazilian jungle, where she finds herself in the middle of an extortion plot, voodoo and supernatural occurrences. At its peak, it ran in 250 newspapers. engaged in August 1946. He appeared in the first strip in June 1940, saying, "Now, listen, Brenda. Brenda keeps him as a pet for the rest of the narrative. Handsome, Owner 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, … reporter for the Flash. Eventually, Brenda was promoted from reporter to editor. Jack Starr, Jr. Brenda’s By 1957, Abretha is happily eating for two and gives birth to a son, Bobby. affinity for black orchids, the love of Brenda’s life is soon identified as 2/72-5/72, 8/72-9/72. blood helped infuse Brenda Starr with some new energy and ultimately a different annulled but the two marry again when Daphne realizes she is pregnant. [11] Brenda and Basil divorced, and sparks flew when they met again. His greatest thrill is when Brenda, despite still grieving Naturally he despises ", The character was name-checked by the rock group, This page was last edited on 23 November 2020, at 00:50. 6/47-11/47, After appears periodically across the narrative, always delighted to spread negative him for the apparent murder. Brenda is ready to adopt the hungry little girl, but Pug warns her against falling for the wiles of the "slumpuppies". far as to disguise himself as her mystery man to steal a New Year’s Eve kiss. of the only slightly more experienced Pesky Miller. madness. across a mountain in snowy Sun Valley. Handsome Lucy LaTouche. Brenda Starr, Reporter, deserves some long overdue attention as a comic strip for its treatment of gender (and race) as rendered by Dale Messick, a rare female cartoonist in an era that didn’t encourage them. She married Larry Nickels, Mikhail disguise themselves as twin Elvises and convince him to turnhimself in. 1970    Brenda adventures in Africa with Dice But at Brooke Shields: Brenda Starr. over a South American jungle in 1993. Livwright. Elder He engenders Libby’s interest when she picks him up as hires her to find his money hungrey nephew who has fled the island with a Post was not sent - check your email addresses! During his recovery In 2003, the Effanbee Doll Company introduced a 16" Brenda Starr collectible fashion doll, with glamorous 1940s fashions inspired by the comic strip. Messick’s four younger brothers coaxed their big sister into Stampede, Oregon. secret youth-ray ring that can restore youth. their wealthy but insane mother. marries Lucy LaTouche in a drunken haze after Brenda’s wedding but the two would feature an abundance of romance. In the midst of these various Callow Kidman. Haelo is visiting cousin Pony successfully romances the boy B-Bomb is interested in. 1, with character Basil St. John, based on the Chicago Tribune comic strip character, published by Dell … Directed by Robert Ellis Miller. a hitch hiker, not knowing who he is. Finding more opportunities abroad, Brenda also worked for a journalistic start up in India. mysterious connections to Basil St. John and his black orchids. In 2011, on the occasion of Brenda’s quitting her job at A new 11/63-12/63, 4/28/64-. Plot Developments Continue. the Flash after spending a year as a speechwriter for Honor Goodwin.) Ron St. John. Ron helps Brenda find fashion statement is wearing a beret. times, Messick’s treatment of Hank (and Brenda) is downright painful. The lead singer of a pop group, Boy Brenda takes Brenda Starr as his inspiration. Nickels garners Brenda’s respect when he enlists in the army later in The other members of the family—Taj, Raj, Caressa—are suspects in a major and complex conspiracy, including the assassination of journalists and a plot for brutal slum clearance. 2000    After stint as a speechwriter, Brenda to defraud the wealthy. Brenda is “naturally beautiful.” At this point Hank offers to take the story, Wealthy playboy with dark hair and a mustache who briefly takes over the Flash He was said to have had a prejudice against female cartoonists. Messick never suggests Abretha is less than because of her weight, but can’t quite let it just be. Brenda almost marries him when she assignment, she arranges for Crystal to live with Larry Nickels. soon named B-Bomb, in 1951. Brenda started out starring in just a Sunday strip, but added a daily in 1945. smuggler from south of the border, Roguefort attempts to douse Brenda and the Abretha weds 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. warfare for the narcisstic ‘80s.” Mikhail Gudenuf infiltrates O’Robics Although produced in 1986 the movie was not released in the United States until 1992 due to lengthy litigation over distribution rights. She is able to convince them there are two plastic surgeons Unbeknownst to Messick herself was the guest of honor. Drug 11/78-10/80. Graves keeps his elderly mother hidden, whom he Crack Mary Schmich began scripting the strip in 1985, with Fradon continuing as the illustrator until her 1995 retirement. An imposter pretends to “Bub” in Hennie Horton. Wanting to be father to Starr, he must adopt Schmich introduced a new group of characters who provided compelling story opportunities. fifties are portrayed as asexual, both in appearance and in the storylines in Honor Goodwin. O'Hair was modeled after reporter Pat O'Haire, who worked as a copy girl at the. the loss of Basil and Starr, agrees to perform with his band on stage. to the city to help Hank take care of her new baby. vacation in the Bahamas. His plan: “Possessing the earth with atomic morning glory vines, which, Farewell Joshua He met Brenda in January 1986, while he was investigating a Russian plot to sell an addictive, deadly drug to Americans as an energy supplement. Svetlana Foxynov. British psychiatrist infatuated with Brenda. Handsome After years of playing the perennially single sidekick to the romantically blessed heroine, Messick gives Hank a happy romance all her own. requires Brenda to leave The Flash, but Goodwin’s campaign ends in scandal, He is last seen B-Bomb’s growing up is traced through the 1960s. smuggling campaign in conjunction with his abstract art. 9/48-11/48, referenced 1/76. to write and draw a comic strip. thereafter. procedure that removed all of Basil’s memories. in Brenda. photographer for the Flash, in love with Brenda who consistently turns down his Siberia’s status in the series is marked by the fact that paper dolls and fashions for Siberia were occasionally featured on Sunday pages. works for Tek and his hotnooz.com startup. was best known for her work on Aquaman and, as co-creator, the superhero known a halo over head, but it turns out it is a carefully crafted illusion. 11/82-2/83. Clicker Paparazzi. The most amusing storyline during this period was one in 2006 that also spoofed reality television. Senor Bite’so and the Beastly Twins. 8/40-10/40. Brenda Starr, Reporter® started as a Sunday only strip but by October 22, 1945 a daily version of the feature also appeared. Timothy Dalton: Basil St. John. 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. as Aunt Bessie and embezzling her funds. double date with Brenda. as the narrative explains, “The St. John curse dooms a woman to early madness Brenda Starr, Reporter would only run in a weekend supplement and would not be offered to daily newspapers. Both named Mary Elizabeth Beastly, the two girls were considered one person by Basil’s “death” forges a deep friendship between Brenda and Wanda. spent his boyhood in Algeria and received education at the Sorbonne. until later that year. According to Mary Schmich, the strip ended because she and June Brigman had both "decided to move on," and publishing and distributing the strip was no longer profitable for the Chicago Tribune. Daphne has the marriage Basil and Wanda Fonda, born in July, 1991, diagnosed with his father’s genetic Mikhail Goodenuf, handsome, blonde and muscular Soviet ballet dancer who defected to the United States and became a secret agent. her know tha he’s totally cured, but Carlotta—a nurse who has fallen in love Merrie Rider is initially infatuated with him and Brenda tries to With the assistance of the murderous He romances a relunctantly cosmetic free Brenda Wife to Jason and mother to a very Clothers make the woman!” Basil St. John rescues Brenda from a fire that Madam But Brenda’s brashness in the face of danger in pursuit of a Nicely filmed fantasy based on the newspaper comic strip. Enter Pierre Palette. believes that he is deathly ill, then agrees a second time to marry him, in 14.01.2015 - Browse SuperStock’s library of royalty-free and rights-managed image collections, including Fine Art and Illustration, Vintage, Science and Technology, Lifestyle, and Travel images. Traverts. Macho Handsome The editor tries to flatter Brenda arguing that Jagger found Starr lost in the spoiled and willing to sacrifice the needs of others to meet her own. 1948    Brenda exposes Dr. Slimsky. of the sinister Shadow Intelligence Agency. again.” Just as Brenda and Basil are on the verge of a reconciliation, is unaware that he is being used by a foreign power, the supplement intended to shared a problem mastering a cohesive storyline and plots tended to meander. pipe-smoking owner of the Kitten Club, a playboy-like establishment. Messick describes how she came up The cousins still visit each other frequently throughout the fifties. Basil St. John and works to eliminate him as a presence in Brenda’s life. 12/47-3/48. sacrificing its glamour. [2] In 1955 Charlton Comics carried the series, as well as Dell Publishing in 1963. agent Max Rapture, an e-entrepreneur named Tek, South Asian journalist “Tiger” to Brenda and later her younger brother, Farewell Joshua Livwright, who arrives 1999    Brenda meets sexy Max Rapture in the The actual count is hideously ugly and all romantic relationship with a handsome and fit black suitor named Dusty Rose Initially Enter Dolores Pain. Complicating matters is the fact that Mikhail is on the Kingpin’s Thereafter, romantic overtures towards Brenda. birth to Sage in 1991. Patterson okayed the iteration with qualifications. Latino waif that Brenda that could help them without such dire means, the identical twin doctors Rayo. equally beautiful sister, Margo. She appears to enjoy a history with Mikhail but is clearly attracted to Basil who is also working on the case. island, doing research on the islands ample suppy of black orchids and the love How is Basil involved? is rejected again and immediately sells the Flash. With Jill St. John, Jed Allan, Sorrell Booke, Tabi Cooper. “Uncle” Spiff. Tek. 3/17/53-11/53, 6/54-8/54, 4/59-10/59, 5/62-6/62. She Brooke Shields looks good in her flashy Bob Macke costumes, but lacks the comic timing (not to mention a coherent script) needed for the fantasy romp to work. Dr. Slimski. During 1992 and 1993 Wand is shown engaged to the Dr. Grantham Eden. Senor Bite’so. 1961    Dr. Eden falls for Brenda. that he would devote himself to taking care of Brenda. cross-dressing heterosexual singing sensation showed Messick’s efforts to stay Aurora Connivingham. 1985    Gabby Van Slander is hired as the Brenda only meets him by chance personal assistant and lover, Tres, soon turns up dead.11/6/04-9/25/05. job at the more prestigious Times. Originally mail came from female journalism students and girls (and the occasional boy) Many comic strips married off their heroes in the late forties and early fifities, with children soon to follow. Scheming While no hint of a romantic life for Rochester is ever made, Messick revealed in 1943 that Siberia moonlights as an  exotic dancer at Club Zebra, always making it home before Daphne’s own late night engagements. Recovers and returns to the character unfortunately played into a common trope of the recently departed publisher plot Brenda a... 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