Art attributed to George Tuska from the “Glory Forbes” story in Rangers Comics #22, April 1945.
Transcript:
CAPTION: At first, Shirley Smelmoor was just a hardworking deodorant model–testing the olfactory limits of the latest pit protection devised by Dismal Hygiene, Inc! But then a new, experimental deodorant is accidentally mixed with radioactive ore! (Don’t ask how! It doesn’t make sense to us either!) And Shirley becomes Ms. Sniff–the Maid of Malodorous Might!
PANEL #1: Ms. Sniff is undressing on a dock.
MS. SNIFF (thinking): Stopping that bank robbery left me smelling worse than a skunk in a cesspool!
PANEL #2: Ms. Sniff dives off the pier into the water as a bystander comments.
BYSTANDER: Hey! What reeks? Did something die?MS. SNIFF (thinking): A quick bath in Lake Fetid should do the trick!
PANEL #3: Ms. Sniff is hiding in the water below the pier as she hears voices from above.
BYSTANDER: No! It’s worse! It’s Ms. Sniff…The siren of stench!
BYSTANDER #2: Again? That putrid pariah oughta be run out of town!
MS. SNIFF (thinking): Th-that voice! It’s my date…Paul!
CAPTION: What happens next? Find out in our next sinus-scorching adventure: “I’ll love you forever…as long as you’re downwind!”
1945 Art by George Tuska Color by Lustig
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PANEL #1: Ms. Sniff is undressing on a dock.
MS. SNIFF (thinking): Stopping that bank robbery left me smelling worse than a skunk in a cesspool!
PANEL #2: Ms. Sniff dives off the pier into the water as a bystander comments.
BYSTANDER: Hey! What reeks? Did something die?MS. SNIFF (thinking): A quick bath in Lake Fetid should do the trick!
PANEL #3: Ms. Sniff is hiding in the water below the pier as she hears voices from above.
BYSTANDER: No! It’s worse! It’s Ms. Sniff...The siren of stench!
BYSTANDER #2: Again? That putrid pariah oughta be run out of town!
MS. SNIFF (thinking): Th-that voice! It’s my date…Paul!
CAPTION: What happens next? Find out in our next sinus-scorching adventure: “I’ll love you forever…as long as you’re downwind!”
1945 Art by George Tuska Color by Lustig
