Today in Comics History, February 25: Happy birthday, June Tarpé Mills!

Born on this day in 1912: comics writer and illustrator June Tarpé Mills, one of the first major female comics artists (Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics, Amazing Man Comics, Our Love Story, Amazing Mystery Funnies, Funny Pages, Prize Comics, more) and the creator of the first woman action hero, Miss Fury, for Marvel/Timely.


from "Golden Girls" in Fearless (2019 series) #4 (Marvel, December 2019); script by Trina Robbins; pencils, inks, and colors by Marguerite Sauvage; letters by Cardinal Rae
A very happy birthday to you, Miss Mills!


from Girl Comics (2010 series) #2 (Marvel, July 2010), text by Trina Robbins (?), Mills illustration by Colleen Coover