I can feel Gale's pain.
A panel from Planet comics. The scene is titled "GALE CAN STAND NO MORE...". The character is depicted wearing a futuristic crown inside a clear helmet. The panel features a speech bubble with the text "I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS!"
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Planet Comics # 12 | Published May 1941. With this issue, brunette Gale Allen got a dye job and spent the rest of her career as a blonde.
Gale Allen and her Girl Squadron! were from Planet Comics, from the publisher Fiction House. As a Venusian princess, she grew up to become the captain of the Universal Space Patrol. A skilled space pilot sporting a ray gun at her hip, Gale leads her Girl Squadron in the fight for galactic justice around the year 1990 (when her adventures first begin).
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Published 1941? So the thick of WWII days.
Yeah.....we have a bit of a nazi problem in 2026. And I too have had enough of this.
"Why did I put on my crown first? I'm basically wearing a hat under a helmet. And why did I think doing my hair like this was a good idea? As soon as I turn my head, it's going to get stuck in my face! I'm going to kill the first person who smirks."
I'm right there with ya, Gale.
"Can stand no more, eh?" ...pulls out a chair like a chivalrous gentleman at the time this was published would... "Here, have a seat."
Planet Comics as a whole is a fun read (a few stories are lame, but not many). It's an anthology comic with most stories being 4-15 pages long. Gale isn't presented as a Damsel in distress, but as an early female action hero.
Her character was introduced in Planet Comics #4.
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=87659
Her first episodes are 4 pages long. You'll have to skip from comic to comic. Amazon has a book with the collected stories (allegedly) for about $4. I'm cheap, so I don't know.
https://www.amazon.com/Squadron-Century-Fantastic-Femmes-Comics-ebook/dp/B008NST1I8
Comic Book Plus has them posted online to read for free. This is the link to Planet Comics #4 (her debut).
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=87659