THE PEARL OF PYONGYANG

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Human (post-World War II era) (Korean)

Occupation: Guerrilla

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: The People's Army of China, Colonel Fei Yang

Enemies: Battle Brady, Captain Rocke, Sgt. "Socko" Swenski

Known Relatives: Fei Yang (father)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mobile in Korea during the Korean War

First Appearance: (unidentified) Battle Action I#7 (December, 1952);
    (identified) Battle Action I#8 (January, 1953)

Powers/Abilities: The Pearl of Pyongyang was an excellent fighter. She briefly possessed the twin six-gun pistols belonging to Battle Brady.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'2")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 104 lbs.)
Eyes: Black
Hair: Black

History:
(Battle Action I#7) - The Pearl of Pyongyang was the daughter of Colonel Fei Yang. After an encounter with the U.S. soldier Battle Brady, Fei Yang stole Brady's personal sidearms and gifted them to his daughter. The Pearl of Pyongyang was taking a shower in a waterfall when she was found by Battle Brady and his ally Sgt. "Socko" Swenski, who were searching for the missing pistols. After the Pearl of Pyongyang finished her shower and donned her clothing, Brady recognized his pistols and stepped forward with his rifle drawn, demanding she return them. The Pearl of Pyongyang claimed she was a South Korean guerrilla and had taken the guns from a Communist officer. She pretended to be prepared to return the pistols but instead drew them and held Brady and Swenski at gunpoint.

    The Pearl of Pyongyang summoned her father, whom Brady immediately recognized from their earlier encounter. Colonel Fei Yang ordered Brady to fashion a noose they could use to hang him and Swenski but instead, Brady formed a lariat and snared the Pearl of Pyongyang and her father in the loop. Swenski removed their guns but the Pearl of Pyongyang suddenly slipped out from the lariat, grabbed one of Brady's pistols and jumped over a nearby cliff into a river below. While Brady despaired over losing one of his pistols, Swenski kept Fei Yang as their prisoner.

(Battle Action I#8) - Still armed with Brady's gun, the Pearl of Pyongyang mounted a rescue, liberating her father from the army stockade and taking Battle Brady and Sgt. Swenski prisoner. Colonel Fei Yang ordered the military to supply them with an artillery cannon so they could bombard the American camp with artillery shells. Although they had the shells, the cannon failed to appear and it soon began to snow.

    The Pearl of Pyongyang resolved to proceed with their plans without the cannon, instead ordering their men to build sleds out of logs and load the shells on the sleds then slide the logs downhill to the American camp and thereby obliterate it. However, Brady and Swenski escaped their captors and took one of the logs downhill. Along the way, they grabbed the Pearl of Pyongyang and Colonel Fei Yang, bringing them both back to the stockade. However, Brady and Swenski's superior officer Captain Rocke thought it suspicious when he found them with a beautiful woman and accused them of dereliction of duty. While Rocke investigated their story, he confined the Pearl of Pyongyang and put Brady and Swenski into the guardhouse.

Comments: Created by Hank Chapman and Syd Shores.

    All Asian femme fatales owe a great debt to Milton Caniff and his creation the Dragon Lady from the newspaper comic strip Terry and the Pirates.

    She (and her father) had no name in her first appearance but in Battle Action I#8, she referred to surviving the dive off the cliff in the previous issue, indicating her identity.

Profile by Prime Eternal.

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Pearl of Pyongyang should not be confused with:

• CHU SAN - Clark Mason foe--Spy Fighters I#11
• COMRADE CHINA - Combat Casey foe--Combat Casey I#14
• HAN RIVER HELEN - Iron Mike McGraw foe--Marines in Battle I#1
• KAESONG KATIE - Combat Casey foe--Combat Casey I#10
• KIMA - Doug Grant foe--Spy Cases I#15
• KOREA KATIE - Combat Kelly foe--Combat Kelly I#13
• LEE-SIK - Iron Mike McGraw foe--Marines in Battle I#1
• LING - Combat Kelly foe--Combat Kelly I#28
• MANCHURIA MARY - Battle Brady foe--Battle Brady I#11
• MUKTONG MOLLIE - Combat Kelly foe--Combat Kelly I#19
• NITA - Combat Casey foe--Combat Casey I#15
• GENERAL OLGA - Buzz Brand foe--Battle Action I#11
• PANTHER LADY - Combat Casey foe--Combat Casey I#8
• PUSAN POLLY - Combat Kelly foe--Combat Kelly I#24
• RED MARY - Combat Kelly foe--Combat Kelly I#21
• RED POPPY - Combat Casey foe--Combat Casey I#17
• THE SNAKE LADY OF SINYONG - Combat Casey foe foe--Combat Casey I#18
• SWEET LOTUS - Doug Grant foe--Spy Cases I#14
• THE WASP - Battle Brady foe--Battle I#25
• YALU RIVER ROSIE - Combat Kelly foe--Combat Kelly I#7
• other "Pearl" or "Pyongyang" characters, groups, items, races or events, or any other beautiful Asian Communist women

Colonel Fei Yang

Colonel Fei Yang was the Pearl of Pyongyang's father, an overweight Communist officer. After a fight with Battle Brady, he stole both of Brady's pistols and gifted them to his daughter. Colonel Fei Yang later schemed to hang Brady and Swenski to death but Brady used the rope to fashion a lariat and ensnared him. Colonel Fei Yang was captured but the Pearl of Pyongyang escaped and soon returned to liberate her father from a stockade. Colonel Fei Yang schemed an artillery assault on the American camp but the cannon failed to arrive and Brady and Swenski foiled their further plans by escaping downhill on logs, bringing Fei Yang and his daughter back to the stockade.

--Battle Action I#7 (#8,

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Battle Action I#7, page 5, panel 7 (Pearl, main)
Battle Action I#8, page 4, panel 6 (Pearl, face)
Battle Action I#8, page 4, panel 7 (Fei Yang)

Appearances:
Battle Action I#7 (December, 1952) - Hank Chapman (writer), Syd Shores (artist), Stan Lee (editor)
Battle Action I#8 (January, 1953) - Hank Chapman (writer), Norman Steinberg (artist), Stan Lee (editor)

First posted: 09/16/2025
Last updated: 09/16/2025

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