Miss Masque's Bikini Skiing

The iconic Miss Masque had a backup story in Fighting Yank #24 showing what a glamorous vigilante does during her winter break. In her secret identity as Diana Adams, she and her reporter boyfriend Russ Bowman head to the Suntop Lodge in the mountains where she meets an old jeweler friend Jolly that happens to be staying there. Jolly gets bumped off by the crooked ski instructors Helga and Herman that are working for the evil manager Munson. All three of them are trying to find a jewel belt Jolly was supposed to have, so they ditch his body on the slopes and ransack the dope's room for the jewelry. Diana decides to investigate as Miss Masque, which at this point in her career is sporting a crop top pointlessly revealing her navel, something you wouldn't normally wear in snowy weather. The masked maiden avoids getting impaled by a ski pole thrown from off panel that Munson tells her belongs to Herman who Helga claimed just committed suicide. Masque gets cornered by the remaining crooks who plan to shove her down a gorge, even though she wisely leaves behind a trail of her cosmetics which Russ happens to find just in time to rescue her, despite the fact that Masque would've been better off carrying a pistol for her crimefighting. The final ski chase with Masque and Helga only goes on for two panels in the whole story, probably because Masque would've frozen wearing only a bolero shirt and a short skirt in below freezing temperature. Most superheroes like Batman have special arctic gear, but Miss Masque should have planned better for a surprise mountain murder mystery armed only with her showgirl outfit and some lost lipstick.