Mike Madrid is the author of Divas, Dames & Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics, Vixens, Vamps & Vipers: Lost Villianesses of Golden Age Comics, and The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines, an NPR "Best Book To Share With Your Friends” and American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project Notable Book. A San Francisco native and lifelong fan of comic books and popular culture, Madrid also appears in the documentary Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines and is the illustrator of Lily the Silent: The History of Arcadia. Foreword contributor William Kuskin , Ph.D., who has been described by Denver's Westword as "kind of like Professor X of the X-Men, teaching his young mutants how to wield their superpowers,” is Professor, Faculty Associate, and Chair of English at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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Foreword Introduction: Lethal Ladies Chapter One: Vicious Viragos 1. Madame Doom 2. Texa 3. Idaho 4. Red Haired Kate 5. Fräulein Halunke 6. Her Highness 7. Lady Serpent Chapter Two: Beauties & Beasts 8. He-She 9. Nadya Burnett 10. Beauty 11. Skull Lady 12. The Figure Chapter Three: A Rainbow of Evil 13. Nang Tu 14. Queen Tuana 15. Veda The Cobra Woman 16. Mava 17. Madame Butterfly Chapter Four: Crime Queens 18. Belle Guness 19. Madame Muscles 20. Winsome Wanda Bailey 21. Mable Reine 22. Shoebox Annie French Afterword: A Touch of Evil
