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Doll Girl's Atomic-Age Debut in Doll Man #37, at Auction
Amidst a real-life backdrop of atomic weapons testing and transmuting thorium into Uranium-233, Doll Girl undergoes a transformation of her own.
Article Summary
- Doll Girl debuts in Doll Man #37 as Martha Roberts gains a lasting shrinking power and rescues Doll Man herself.
- Ross Andru’s cover promises peril, but William Woolfolk’s story makes Doll Girl the key hero in a thorium theft thriller.
- The tale ties Doll Girl to 1951 atomic-age anxieties, Nevada testing grounds, and comics’ fascination with nuclear science.
- Doll Girl’s origin builds on Feature Comics #77, while Doll Man #37 remains a noteworthy Quality key.
Doll Girl's debut cover, credited to Ross Andru, gives a very different impression of her first adventure than the story inside. Bound next to an Atomic Heat Unit while the Skull looms in the background, she seems to be waiting for Doll Man to save her. But the story of Doll Man #37 (Quality, December 1951) casts Martha Roberts herself as the rescuer, giving her a new superhero identity in a tale about stolen thorium and atomic ...