'Femme' Fatal

With thanks to Jim: Everyone knows beloved comic book superheroes Batman, Superman, Iron Man and Captain America. But how many of you remember the first cross-dressing superhero -- Madam Fatal?

Neatorama reports:

Madame Fatal (sometimes spelled “Madam Fatal”) is a fictional character and superhero active during the Golden Age of comic books. Madame Fatal was created and originally illustrated by artist/writer Art Pinajian. The debut of the character was in Crack Comics #1 (May 1940). This was a crime/detective anthology published by Quality Comics. Madame Fatal continued in the series until issue #22, but was not at all popular or well-received. Madame Fatal is notable for being a male superhero who dressed up as an elderly woman to fight crimes. As such, he was the first cross-dressing comic book superhero. (Interestingly, later that same year, The Red Tornado became the first female cross-dressing superhero (superheroine?). The Red Tornado proved to be much more popular and successful than Madame Fatal.

Movies based on comic-book heroes are all the rage now. Can a big-screen adaptation (perhaps a comeback vehicle for Arnold Schwarzenegger?) be far behind?!

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