PUSAN POLLY

Real Name: Unrevealed (first name is possibly Polly)

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

Occupation: Spy

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Other North Korean spies

Enemies: Mike Ramson

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Korea during the Korean War

First Appearance: Combat Kelly I#24 (September, 1954)

Powers/Abilities: Pusan Polly was an experienced spy who used her good looks to beguile her enemies.

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

History:
(Combat Kelly I#24/3) - In the city of Pusan, Pusan Polly trolled around in a convertible until she spotted Mike Ramson, a U.S. soldier who had received a 24-hour pass and wanted to spend it alone, away from the rest of his squad. Claiming to be a hostess from an American club, Polly told Mike there was going to be a dance and offered to drive him there. Taken by her beauty, Mike happily got into her car. Instead of going to a club, Polly brought Mike to a shack where her fellow spies were lying in wait. As soon as Mike entered the room, one of the spies hit Mike over the head with a club, saying "This is a Communist club!"

    Polly directed her allies to remove Mike's uniform so their fellow operatives could make use of it. However, unknown to Polly, three of Mike's fellow soldiers from his company had been trailing after him and followed Polly to the shack. Although the soldiers were unidentified, they quickly outfought Polly's associates. Revived, Mike took Polly captive himself. The four soldiers contacted the Military Police, who arrested Polly and her fellow spies.

Comments: Created by an unidentified writer and Bill Savage.

    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.

Profile by Prime Eternal.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Pusan Polly 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 Kelly foe--Combat Kelly I#23
• THE PEARL OF PYONGYANG - Battle Brady foe--Battle Action I#8
• 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 "Pusan" or "Polly" characters, groups, items, races or events, or any other beautiful Asian Communist women

Mike Ramson

Mike Ramson was a soldier in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. As a rookie, he received a lecture from Cookie Novak about the importance of having "buddies" among his fellow soldiers. Heedless of the lesson, Mike decided to spend his 24-hour pass in Pusan alone, considering his fellow soldiers mere "shadows." In Pusan, Mike was easily swayed by the beautiful Pusan Polly into following her to a shack which she claimed was an American club. Inside, Polly's fellow spies clubbed Mike over the head and planned to seize his uniform for use by other operatives but three of Mike's fellow soldiers had indeed been shadowing him and they burst into the shack to rescue him. Mike revived in time to capture Pusan Polly and they delivered all of the spies to the Military Police. Now convinced of the importance of having "buddies," Mike paid a rickshaw driver for the use of his rickshaw and brought his buddies back to camp, surprising Cookie Novak.

--Combat Kelly I#24/3

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Combat Kelly I#24/3, page 4, panel 4 (Pusan Polly, main)
Combat Kelly I#24/3, page 4, panel 5 (Pusan Polly, face)
Combat Kelly I#24/3, page 5, panel 6 (Mike)

Appearances:
Combat Kelly I#24/3 (September, 1954) - unidentified writer, Bill Savage (artist), Stan Lee (editor)

First posted: 07/31/2025
Last updated: 07/31/2025

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