Ten Things I Like About Comics--#3Given that comics are mostly drawn by men, it is only natural that the artists would occasionally give free rein to their appreciation for the female form. And given that most comics of the 1940s to the 1970s were bought by adolescent boys, it is not surprising that editors would encourage this tendency. Indeed, one publishing company of the 1940s, Fiction House, seemed to survive on nothing but cheesecake. They published 167 issues of Jungle Comics, virtually every one of which featured a nearly naked woman about to be ravaged by an animal as Ka'a'nga swooped in to the rescue.
Of all the voluptuous ladies of comicdom, one stands out: Bill Ward's Torchy. Ward's women were always amazingly beautiful, leggy gals in varying states of undress (always integral to the plot, however! ;) Torchy is a classic example, with a body that would make Barbie feel inadequate. Her legs seemingly stretch to the sky, and her breasts... well, judge for yourself:
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