Torchy Makes A Mummy Out Of You..Twice!

Bill Ward was considered one of the cornerstones of good girl art, and his character of Torchy was at the front of the line when it came to blonde bombshells. He did artwork for various superheroes like Bulletman and The Shadow, but Ward came up Torchy when he was serving in the army during WWII that eventually made its big debut in the pages of Quality Comics' Doll Man as its own segment. Torchy Todd was a ditzy dame that went from one madcap situation after the other in titles like Modern Comics before she eventually landed her own short-lived self-titled comic in 1949. Strange thing is that this glamour gal was mistaken for being an ancient Egyptian queen on two separate occasions. One time has our flighty female fretting over not having enough funds to get a new gown when she walks into a museum to see the well-preserved outfit of Queen Ishmar in their mummy display and tries the two-piece costume on but quickly retreats when the museum guard returns. A pair of Egyptian envoys mistake Torchy as being the ghost of their former queen and grab her planning to take her back home. Torchy screams which get the attention of the cops who stop the Egyptian reps from getting away with the museum's priceless dress, although Torchy still got charged with damaging city property, so not only does she not get any new threads, but she is out five hundred clams. The other time Torchy tangles with mummies is in her own comic with her roomie Tess and boyfriend Ed who gets a job at a wax museum where he accidently knocks over a Cleopatra model, so Torchy temporarily takes its place with a wig and the statue's clothes. This leads to the museum boss believing the Cleopatra statue is authentic and has it moved to a luncheon for horny businessmen to gawk at, so Torchy has to sit still for an entire event, but she sneezes ruining the illusion leaving all the businessmen running scared. Ed and Tess eventually get the real statue replaced, even though the museum head finds out the truth, but gives Torchy a bonus check for he claims the whole thing as a publicity stunt, and of course he tries to pick Torchy up to after he's paid her which makes you wonder what the legible code for lady escorts was back in the 40s. Torchy got roped into playing the part of a mummy mama twice so you'd think she would stay away from museums at least after her first kerfuffle.