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Jerry Grandenetti Mademoiselle Marie DC War pin up art Star Spangled War Stories

Pin up Jerry Grandinetti did of Millie Marie which his family found under his bed after he passed away. Cool stuff. Mademoiselle Marie of the French Resistance debuted in its 84th issue of Star Spangled War Stories. (August, 1959). Marie (last name not given) started out as an ordinary French farm girl, listening avidly to war stories told by her father and grandfather. By the time she grew up, her country was again in need of heroes, as the Nazis had marched in and taken over. She and her father joined the Resistance, but his participation was short-lived. In fact, he died in her arms in their very first story, leaving her the de facto commander of their unit. She proved to be more-or-less typical of fictional French Resistance women — tough as nails or soft as silk, depending on what would best advance her cause. She was created by writer/editor Robert Kanigher (whose highly varied resume included Viking Prince, Knights of the Galaxy and The Trigger Twins), and artist Jerry Grandenetti (whose also-varied resume ran fromThe Spectre to Prez and points beyond). They continued to write and draw her adventures in subsequent issues, tho Grandenetti was replaced after the first few by Mort Drucker. But while Marie's wasn't quite the first of DC's war series to be introduced (that would be Sgt. Rock, who had started four months earlier, followed by Gunner & Sarge a month after that), it was the first dropped. Star Spangled #90 introduced The War that Time Forgot, and that was the beginning of the end. Before long, the visceral thrill of pitting World War II soldiers against dinosaurs crowded Marie completely out. In fact, her last appearance was in #91 (May, 1960). Mademoiselle Marie was Sgt. Rock's only love interest although I find that hard to believe. Marie was an early example of the practice of keeping characters around after their series fold. She next appeared in The Brave & the Bold #52 (March, 1964), where Sgt. Rock, The Haunted Tank and Johnny Cloud, Navajo Ace, were the joint stars. After that, she continued to turn up as an occasional guest star in DC's war comics, as long as those titles remained in print. Her encounters with a later star of Star Spangled War Stories, a master of disguise known as The Unknown Soldier, were fairly memorable — she threatened to kill him soon as the war was over and his skills were no longer needed. Above Courtesy Don Markstein

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Millie Marie and the twin Tiger Tanks.

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Artist:	Jerry Grandenetti (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Pin Up
For Sale Status:	NFS
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Added to Site:	11/22/2014

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Millie Marie and the twin Tiger Tanks.
Artist: Jerry Grandenetti (All)
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1970 Mademoiselle Marie Pin Up Jerry Grandenetti

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Artist:	Jerry Grandenetti (All) Jerry Grandenetti (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	Nfs
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Added to Site:	11/15/2014

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1970 Mademoiselle Marie Pin Up Jerry Grandenetti
Artist: Jerry Grandenetti (All)
Jerry Grandenetti (All)
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