The early days must have been a more understanding era when superheroes could use the word "Purple" in their moniker, such as Purple Rider or Purple Zombie, especially if they didn't have much actually purple in their look, one of which was Purple Tigress. Only having two appearances from Fox Feature Syndicate, the maskless maiden wore what looks like a typical two-piece jungle girl getup and a purple cape. For some reason her outfit was fully purple in her first feature but she must have skinned a non-purple tiger for her second case. Purple Tigress herself is one of several Golden Age heroines that had the secret identity of being a darling debutante, Anita Morgan, who is constantly bombarded by a bevy of bachelors, but no one ever notices she looks similar to a certain scantily clad crimefighter, largely due to no one ever looking directly at her face as she prances around in what appears to be a striped bikini. There is even a photo of her in the local paper with its readers wondering who she really is. The one supervillain she confronts is a jerky jewel thief called The Flasher that constantly changes clothes in order to avoid being captured by the equally flashy good girl. Purple Tigress was one of the superheroine prototypes that tried to befuddle the bad guys with their sex appeal instead of their fighting prowess, even though the character was created by a female comic artist.
The early days must have been a more understanding era when superheroes could use the word "Purple" in their moniker, such as Purple Rider or Purple Zombie, especially if they didn't have much actually purple in their look, one of which was Purple Tigress. Only having two appearances from Fox Feature Syndicate, the maskless maiden wore what looks like a typical two-piece jungle girl getup and a purple cape. For some reason her outfit was fully purple in her first feature but she must have skinned a non-purple tiger for her second case. Purple Tigress herself is one of several Golden Age heroines that had the secret identity of being a darling debutante, Anita Morgan, who is constantly bombarded by a bevy of bachelors, but no one ever notices she looks similar to a certain scantily clad crimefighter, largely due to no one ever looking directly at her face as she prances around in what appears to be a striped bikini. There is even a photo of her in the local paper with its readers wondering who she really is. The one supervillain she confronts is a jerky jewel thief called The Flasher that constantly changes clothes in order to avoid being captured by the equally flashy good girl. Purple Tigress was one of the superheroine prototypes that tried to befuddle the bad guys with their sex appeal instead of their fighting prowess, even though the character was created by a female comic artist.
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