Patriotic Medical Personnel PAT PARKER: WAR NURSE "Disease from the Depths"

Few non-superpowered World War II heroines had as active a career as...

 ...who went through three different incarnations during the conflict!

Introduced in Harvey's Speed Comics #13, British nurse Patricia Parker kicked the butts of spies, saboteurs, and medical black marketers in plainclothes for two issues before donning her costume and identity at the end of this never-reprinted story from Speed #15 (1942).

She was as proficient at Nazi-clobbering in costume as without one.

You'll note Pat didn't need a guy to assist her.

But, as of Speed Comics #23, she teamed up with several women from other countries (China, Russia, and America) to form the Girl Commandos, a distaff version of the multi-national Blackhawks...

...and dropped the "War Nurse" identity for the remainder of her run!
Note: If the art seems a tad un-detailed, even for a Golden Age comic, that's because the book wasn't normal sized (7.75" x 10.5"), but the smaller digest magazine-size (4" x 6.75")!
We just run them at the same size as the regular comics on this blog for your viewing ease!
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REX MORGAN, M.D. Exposes the TEEN-AGE DOPE SLAVES! Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

When Bruce Grayson is brought to the hospital to treat his overdose, his pusher, Manny, tries to force Dr Rex Morgan to inject the helpless dope addict with enough drugs to kill him.

Morgan manages to overpower Manny and his stooge...

This story, which appeared in Harvey Comics Library #1 (1952), was written by Nicholas Dallis, and illustrated by Marvin Bradley & Frank Edgington, the creators of the Rex Morgan MD newspaper strip.

(In fact, the story was originally published as part of the strip's continuity in newspapers all over the country before being reformatted into a comic book.)

Though meant as a cautionary tale, it was vilified by Dr Fredric Wertham in his book Seduction of the Innocent and lumped with horror and crime comics as one of the causes of juvenile delinquency!

REX MORGAN, M.D. Exposes the TEEN-AGE DOPE SLAVES! Part 3

When Last We Left Our Addict...

Bruce Grayson was near death, a victim of his own overdosing.

Dr Rex Morgan, Coach Bill Neal, and Neal's daughter Louise, who loves Bruce, arrive to find the teen comatose...

Has Manny lost a customer?

Has Rex Morgan been shot?

Be here next week for the thrilling conclusion...

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REX MORGAN, M.D. Exposes the TEEN-AGE DOPE SLAVES! Part 2

When last we left young Bruce Grayson...

...the one-time honor student and gifted athlete had become addicted to narcotics provided by Manny, a dealer who forced Bruce to help him steal drugs from Dr Rex Morgan's office.

Now, as Bruce sinks deeper into a life of dope-induced depravity...

Has Bruce overdosed?

Has Manny lost a customer?

And what of Louise?

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REX MORGAN, M.D. Exposes the TEEN-AGE DOPE SLAVES!

June will be the month of...

...considered so lurid in 1954 that Dr Fredrick Wertham said "When adolescent drug addiction had finally come to public attention, it led to the publication of lurid new comic books devoted entirely to the subject, like the one with the title, Teen-Age Dope Slaves. This is nothing but another variety of crime comic of a particularly deplorable character. (Seduction of the Innocent, page 27)

And this was a comic created to help teens...

 What will happen when he does locate Manny?

Will Bruce get his fix?

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