Whether it was Betty and Veronica, or Hedy and Sandra, you always had to give your main girl a rival. The titular character is a spoiled actress who (you guessed it) has battles against another rival actress. These comics actually began in 1947 under the title Hedy de Vine. There were actually several artists who contributed to Junie comics, some worse than others, but all of them dreadful. Here, Lollie and Junie get into a bit of a cat fight. Easily the worst of all these girl comics. What’s interesting about this one is that the artwork is total shit. She’s constantly warring with the other popular girl in school, Lollie, for the boys’ affection. Junie Prom is the school knockout who all the boys like. People in the 1950s loved their wacky hi-jinx. In the comic below, Lucy sabotages another actress by posing as a maid. Of all the teen girl shenanigan comics, Lucy may be the biggest troublemaker…In fact, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that her name is Lucy, because she behaves a lot like I Love Lucy – constantly coming up with batshit stupid schemes. Worth it only to see prudish Wendy call some guy a “Big Four Flusher”. Your standard romance comic – tales of love, then love-lost, then love found again, etc. Like I said – it’s not laugh-out-loud hilarious, but it’s a nice little look into the world of the 1950s teenage girl. So it’s on to the girl’s bathroom for Teena to get dolled up… Her brush with the popular boy rekindles her passion for the opposite sex. I’m sorry but that didn’t look accidental! It begins with Teena disavowing all males, only to have her crush elbow-check her in the hallway. Teena was a mildly amusing look at your standard boy-crazy teenage girl, based on the comic strip. Why buy a Superman comic when you can get a showgirl one instead? 5. It is an interesting fact that there were a number of showgirl/burlesque comics produced around this time, clearly intended for young kids. Note the Stan Lee credit (and Al Hartley) at bottom. Nothing particularly exceptional here – beyond the hot ladies, not much to see here. After three issues it became simply “Showgirls” and ran for a few more issues.

Sherry the Showgirl was another Marvel/Stan Lee series.

I kid you not when I say that the following panels all come from only two issues. I presume the sight of her stocking seam would get the boys attention. One notable trait of the series was a propensity to feature Tessie’s calves. It was your standard run-of-the-mill comic, where Tessie gets into all kinds of comedic situations. Tessie the Typist was actually published by Marvel comics, with Stan Lee getting credit for a few stories. I guess that would be a bit dark for an Archie comic… but I still wouldn’t put it past creepy Ickky. I half expect the comics to end with Ickky, finally unable to control his obsession, and abducting Ginger.

Female bellhop