Number 1362: Funky Funnies: Torrid Torchy!

This is the second day of our Funky Funnies theme week. Today we light our internal fires with Torchy.

Torchy, who may be the sexiest female character to come out of the golden age of comics, began her career as a filler in Quality Comics’ Doll Man, then earned her own book in 1949. Gill Fox, a master cartoonist who could work in a variety of styles, did a terrific job interpreting Bill Ward’s original vision of the statuesque blonde, and today I’m showing you the first story from Torchy #1 (1949), drawn by Fox.

Putting aside the obvious sexism represented by Torchy (who was drawn to attract young male readers, including servicemen), who do you think drew a sexier Torchy, Bill Ward,  or was Fox’s Torchy “foxier”? (One female reader told me Ward’s Torchy “looked like a hooker.” That’s one opinion.) I have a love comic story by Ward coming up soon where we see again Ward's very sexy, slinky women. Should you need evidence, if you’ve never seen Ward’s work, if you have seen it and need reminding, or if you just want to ogle Ward’s beauties, click on the picture below for a Pussycat story he did in the sixties, along with a forties Torchy story reprinted in black and white in the nineties. Warning: lingerie panels abound. No more than you’ll see in the average Victoria’s Secret catalog, but I thought I’d let you know what you’re in for.

Click on the picture for Pussycat and Torchy:

From the Hairy Green Eyeball blog, Pussycat #1 in its entirety!