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Vintage Comic - Rangers Comics #036

Pencils: Joe Doolin

Inks: Joe Doolin

Fiction House (Aug1947)

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FIREHAIR in Rangers Comics 37 Oct 1947. Pencils: Bob Lubbers 

Firehair by Joe Kubert

Firehair will make frequent appearances in this blog, being one of the strongest and most uncompromising heroines of the Golden Age. The character featured prominently in Rangers Comics and eventually got her own title, Firehair, Warrior-Maid of the Wild Dakotas, and her adventures ran from 1945 to 1952. Firehair was a red headed white woman, named Lynn Cabot, whose wealthy parents headed west from Philadelphia to deliver a shipment of arms to the western township of Plainsville. Ambushed by apparently hostile Native American warriors (who were in fact renegade white men in disguise - a common storyline in the title) and left for dead along with her murdered mother and father, the young Lynn is rescued by the benevolent Dakota Sioux who raise the girl as one of their own, naming her “Firehair” after her distinctive red locks. Initially unable to remember her former life, Firehair embraces the life of the Dakotas with enthusiasm, but refuses to accept the restrictions of being an “Indian squaw” and soon excels at horse riding, roping, archery and hunting, frequently putting the braves to shame. Eventually Firehair’s memory returns, but despite being an heiress to her family fortune, Lynn elects to remain with the Dakotas, rapidly becoming a confidant of their wise chief, Tehema, and best friend to the young brave and Tehema’s son, Little Axe.

Firehair’s adventures involve defending her people against Native American enemies and crooked and exploitative white men. Usually clad in a well-fitting belted green buckskin dress, Firehair is as sensual as she is brave, but, although secretly longing for love, finds it forever denied her. Strong-willed, intelligent but sometimes reckless, the western heroine is highly skilled in unarmed combat and, frequently aided by the Dakotas, brings numerous villains, renegades, traitors and outlaws to justice. In truth, Firehair is of a piece with the numerous and contemporaneous Golden Age jungle woman comic book characters. She is white, beautiful, from a wealthy background and intent of defending what she views as a noble life from encroaching white settlers. She can rightly be accused of being a paternalistic figure in respect of the Native American tribespeople she fights with and against, but the title is free of the racism that often permeates the jungle girl genre, with the Native characters rarely portrayed as savage caricatures. Also, to the squaws of her tribe, she is a feminist role model, puncturing male pretensions and demonstrating daily, that she is indeed a warrior-maiden and the equal of any man.

Firehair first appeared in Rangers Comics #21 (February 1945) and featured in every issue until #65 (May 1952). Her own title lasted eleven issues from Winter 1948 until Spring 1952. The Firehair stories were usually well-plotted, often with a moral, and were written by John Starr, and illustrated by Lee Elias and Bob Lubbers. The cover above, featuring Firehair in typical combative style intercepting and capturing two male Pony Express robbers, and aided by Little Axe, is from Firehair #11 (Spring 1952).

All Firehair’s adventures can be found on comicbookplus, either in the original titles or in a five volume archive.

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Firehair #11 (Spring 1952) cover by Maurice Whitman.

Showcase (1969)

Art by Joe Kubert

Introduction and origin of Firehair by Joe Kubert