#so I was thinking that Black Venus' civilian job as a U.S.O. girl would give her a revolving door of love interests
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Contact Comics (1944) #2
#I’m intrigued by the gender politics of this#as Black Venus this character is essentially taking on the role of an official pilot#while her tracking down the body of this pilot and then vowing revenge for his death has a romance framing#I think it’s also a kind of narrative that’s commonly used for ‘brothers in arms’-type characters#her competence as a pilot also wasn’t questioned in last issue’s story by the other characters#and there and here it’s not being remarked upon that she flies well for a woman in the narration#I like that Black Venus cries when she finds the body and then directs those feelings into#‘I’ll get him for this- I’ll kill him if it’s the last thing I do!’#also the Agent X that murdered the pilot is revealed to be a woman#when Black Venus learns this she’s really startled#and Agent X says ‘Don’t let that deceive you! I can still defeat you!’#she does not actually as Black Venus succeeds in murdering her#also it seemed to me that this pilot was not the same primary love interest from the first story that stood out from all the other pilots#so I was thinking that Black Venus' civilian job as a U.S.O. girl would give her a revolving door of love interests#but then at the end of this story she dramatically declares that because of this pilot’s death#‘From now on no matter how many people are around me I will always be alone!’#/if/ they actually maintain that she’s swearing off romance then that would be an interesting conflict with her job#aviation press#black venus#my posts#comic panels#racist language tw
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