Invisible Scarlet O’Neil was the one of the very first superheroines.
Invisible Scarlet O'Neil is a 1940–1956 American comic strip written and drawn by Russell Stamm, who had previously been an assistant to Chester Gould on Dick Tracy. The strip focused on Scarlet O'Neil, a plainclothes superhero (and one of the first superheroines) with the power of invisibility.
Originally published by the Chicago Daily Times and distributed by its syndication service, Invisible Scarlet O'Neil began on June 3, 1940. In September 1949, the title of the strip was reduced to simp...
It focused on Scarlet O’Neil, a plainclothes superhero (and one of the first superheroines) who had the power of invisibility. Scarlet used this power mostly to help out strangers in need and help the police catch dangerous criminals, as explained by comics historian Don Markstein:
Were there ever any published collections of her comic strip?
Coo! This is something I’d never heard of before. I’d love to see a collection.
(What a cute/dorky bad guy! “Haw haw haw!” Sigh. Our villains certainly have gained in sophistication in the intervening years.)
It’s actually public domain, you can find scanners of her stories in copyright free comic book sites, like the Digital Comic Museum (may have to sign up to download)
