MISS AMERICA

Real Name: Madeline Joyce Frank

Identity/Class: Human mutant mutate (World War II era to post-World War II era)

Occupation: Homemaker;
    former government operative, adventurer, socialite

Group Membership: V-Battalion (Angel/Tom Halloway, Betty Barstow, Destroyer/Roger Aubrey, Jacqueline Falsworth, Iron Cross/Helmut Gruler, Irene Martinez, David Mitchell, Robert "Reb" Ralston, Gwen Sabuki, Dr. Sam Sabuki, Union Jack/Brian Falsworth);
    formerly All Winners Squad (Bucky/Fred Davis, Captain America/Jeff Mace, Captain America/William Nasland, the Human Torch/"Jim Hammond," Namor the Sub-Mariner/Namor McKenzie, Toro/Thomas Raymond, Whizzer/Bob Frank, Sr.), Invaders (Blazing Skull/Mark Todd, Bucky/Fred Davis, Captain America/Steve Rogers, Captain America/William Nasland, Human Torch/"Jim Hammond," Namor the Sub-Mariner/Namor McKenzie, Silver Scorpion/Betty Barstow, Toro/Thomas Raymond), Liberty Legion (Blue Diamond/Elton Morrow, Bucky/James Barnes, Jack Frost, the Patriot/Jeff Mace, Red Raven, Thin Man/Bruce Dickson, the Whizzer/Bob Frank, Sr.)

Enemies: Adam-II, Agent Axis (Hiroyuki Kanegawa, Aldo Malvagio & Berthold Volker), Agnes (thieving maid), Ant-Man (Scott Lang), Baron Shinto the Gouger, Battle-Axis (Doctor Death/James Bradley, Golem/Jacob Goldstein, the Human Meteor/Duke O'Dowd, Skyshark/Elias Schleigal, Spider Queen/Sharon Kane, Strongman/Percy Van Norton, Vision/Aarkus, Volton), Black Widow (Dean Tarlek), Blackbeard (Japanese spy), Brain Drain (Werner Schmidt), Nick Bruto, the Calcium Master, "Carnation" Joe, Carol, Casey (criminal reporter), the Chain Murderer (Mathers), the Cherub (Franz Neumensch), Mary Collins, Paul Connors, Dead Girl (Moonbeam), Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange), Prof. Boris Drakla, Eric (Count Laxto's butler), the Flaming Hate, the Fox (killer thief), Future Man of Earth-46141, the Ghoul (Joshua Crown), the Glass Blower, Griggs, the Human Fly ("Crawler" Turner), Mrs. Iles, James Iles, Isbisa (Simon Meke), John (criminal Maison de Cristal employee), King Cobra (Samson Barrick), Lady Luftwaffe and her Flying Frauleins, Baldo "Lifer" Larch, Count Armand Laxto, John Lukas, Madame Bluebeard (Lorelei Ricciardi), Madame Death, Manuel, Marie (crooked maid), Wanda Mason, the Mitigator, Mister M (Eric Kesselwolfe), Mister Sensitive (Guy Smith), the Monster Men (Judge Hendrick, Number Three, others), Morrow, "Big" Ike Mower, Murder, Inc. (Jake, Brant Lee, Louie, Snake, others), Mys-Tech (Algernon Crowe, Bronwen Gryffn, Porlock, Rathcoole, Gudrun Tyburn, Ormond Wychwood),  Nazis (Alan/Ludwig, Brunwald, Cairo, Herr Cyclops, the Fencing Master, Gerhardt, Rex Herr, Karl, Hans Ludwig, Master Man/Wilhelm Lohmer, Peg-Leg, Pinhead/Stefan Halpern, Professor Mason, the Red Skull/Johann Shmidt, Dr. Mikolas von Helstog, others), Page, the Peddler of Doom, Toby "Killer" Pedro (Pedro Alvarez), the Rockville Bandit, Guy Rogers, Dutch Rosenblatt, Rudy (Cherub's chauffeur), Samhain, the Shark (Verrill Shark), She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters), the Shocker (Dalt Kendall), Slicer (Tochigi Mamoru), Slug (Black Widow's thug), "the Soviet Super-Soldiers" (Iron Comrade, Night Witch/Alexa Volkoff, Proletariat, Red Guardian/Aleksey Lebedev, Sunbird), the Spiderman (Lester Noran), "Silk" Stevens, Super-Axis (Baron Blood/John Falsworth, Lady Lotus, Master Man/Wilhelm Lohmer, U-Man/Meranno, Warrior Woman/Julia Koenig), Thomas (thieving chauffeur), Tony (mobster), U-Go Girl (Edie Sawyer), U-Man (Meranno), the Ubermadchen (Axis Annie, Fraulein Fatale, Madame Mauzer, Penny Panzer, Vichy Vixen), Mary Varnham, Velasquesa, the Vixen (the Fox's partner), Elise Winters, Wong, the Yogi;
    formerly Iron Cross (Helmut Gruler)

Known Relatives: Robert Frank, Sr. (Whizzer, husband, deceased), Robert Frank, Jr. (Nuklo, son), unidentified son (deceased), unidentified father (deceased), unidentified sibling, James Benton Bennett (uncle, presumed deceased), unidentified nephew, Ken Bennett (uncle), Mona Bennett (cousin), Merrill Pierce (cousin-in-law, presumed deceased)

Aliases: "America's Girl Friend," "Baby," "Beautiful," "Dollface," "Flygirl," "Fraulein Amerika," "Girl," "Girlie," "Honey," "Idiot Girl," "Lady," "Little Birdie," "Little Miss Clever-Fanny," "Little Missy," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Mad," "Maddy," "Madeleine," "Madge," "Miss," "Miss A," "Miss Smarty," "Senorita Joyce," "Sister," "Woman" (nicknames/insults/pet names);
    impersonated Mona Bennett Pierce, Elise Winters

Base of Operations: Mobile throughout the afterlife;
    formerly the Hotel Self-Loathing, Hell; Long Island, New York, USA; the Times Building, New York City, New York, USA; NCA radio studio, New York, USA

First Appearance: Marvel Mystery Comics I#49 (November, 1943)

Powers/Abilities: Miss America was a latent mutant with the ability to psionically levitate herself by generating psions that interacted with gravitons around her body, allowing flight up to 30mph in speed and 20,000 feet in height before breathing would become difficult. When used in conjunction with well-timed leaps, Miss America could fly for up to two hours before mental fatigue would set in.

    As a result of the electrical accident that activated her mutant powers, Miss America also possessed enhanced physical vitality that slowed the rate in which her body produced fatigue poisons.

    The accident also granted Miss America various other powers that were subject to fluctuation over time, including superhuman strength allowing her to lift an average maximum of five tons (though her powers fluctuations could change this maximum well above or below that level), x-ray vision that emitted visible rays of radiation when used to see through solid objects, and enhanced intelligence. While her strength remained at fluctuating levels throughout her life, she only used her x-ray vision and enhanced abilities for the first few months of her superheroic career, suggesting that she either lost those abilities entirely or did not display them when they were active.

    Madeline Joyce was an Olympic-level athlete, especially in regards to gymnastic ability, reflexes and stamina, and she was a skilled hand-to-hand combatant trained in unarmed combat by Captain America.

    Miss America was familiar with the use of 1940s era firearms, especially Tommy-Guns, and she was quite talented at reading lips. She was also a capable, if a bit sloppy, disguise artist. Miss America at least once was known to carry a master key capable of fitting most locks and her cape contained a hidden pocket within its lining to secretly store sensitive items. During her time as a government operative, she occasionally carried a standard issue firearm.

    Madeline Joyce suffered from nearsightedness that worsened at she got older, forcing her to wear corrective lenses even as Miss America later in her career.

    After being temporarily resurrected on Earth by the mystic Creme de Profundis, Miss America's body was capable of sustaining massive physical damage with no pain or permanent damage and her body would heal from any injury within moments. 

Height: 5'8"
Weight: 130 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Auburn (occasionally dyed black or blonde)

History:
(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#14 - Miss America entry - BTS) - The latent mutant Madeline Joyce was born an American citizen in Washington, DC.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#49 / 5 (fb) - BTS) - Growing up, the nearsighted Madeline Joyce inherited her sunny disposition and habit of championing the causes of the little people from her father, the business partner of Madeline's uncle, radio tycoon James Bennett. When her father died, Madeline became the ward of James Bennett.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z HC Vol. 7 - Miss America entry - BTS) - Madeline Joyce graduated high school.

(Invaders II#2 (fb) - BTS) - At some point shortly after, Madeline very briefly attended the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), becoming fairly familiar with the campus.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#49 / 5 / Invaders I#6 (fb)) - In late 1941, James Bennett and Madeline Joyce left the palatial Bennett estate to visit the experimental electrical radio station sponsored by Bennett. As they left, Madeline waved goodbye out the car window to one of Bennett's employees, Mike. During the trip to the station, James Bennett wondered aloud why the station's Professor Lawson was so excited when he summoned Bennett over the phone and when Bennett mentioned how the station could be a huge help to mankind, Madeline replied that her father would have felt the same way James Bennett did. She then expressed wishes that she could do more to help humanity but demanded Bennett stop when she noticed some bullies beating up a disabled newspaper boy. Madeline then rushed out of the car to break up the fight and the bullies departed, prompting Bennett to remark on how much Madeline was like her father in that she was always helping the underdogs. Admitting that it made her mad that she could only help people in small ways and commenting that the bully deserved a thrashing, Madeline got back into the car and the two continued on their way to Professor Lawson's lab.

    Once there, Madeline and Bennett were greeted by Professor Lawson, who claimed he had been shocked while working inside the cylinder during an electrical storm and briefly developed clearer perception, x-ray vision, superhuman strength and the ability to fly. Concerned and noticing Madeline's interest in Lawson's statements, Bennett brushed off Lawson's statements as the ramblings of an overworked man who might need to lay off eating late at night. Bennett then excused Madeline and himself, noting that a storm was coming outside. That night, Madeline thought about her desire to do more to help others and Lawson's claims about briefly acquiring superhuman powers during a storm.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#49 / 5 / Invaders II#3 (fb)) - Noting the storm outside, Madeline decided to secretly pay another visit to Lawson's laboratory and upon arrival, she climbed into the cylinder as Lawson had claimed he had done.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#49 / 5) - Starting to think that perhaps no one should tamper with the kind of power he had briefly possessed, Lawson soon noticed someone inside the electrified cylinder and quickly turned off the power. Rushing into the powered down cylinder, Lawson found the unconscious Madeline and, thinking her dead, Lawson snapped. Feeling as if he could not face Bennett after his experiments cost Madeline's life, Lawson destroyed the experimental electrical station, killing himself in the process.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#14 - Miss America entry - BTS) - The unconscious Madeline laid in a coma for a week, the electrical accident activating her latent mutant ability of psionic levitation.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#49 / 5) - Gaining additional physical superhuman powers from the experiment before she lost consciousness, Madeline donned an heroic costume and one week later went into action as the heroine Miss America. Not long after, Madeline, cheerful at the thought of her newfound powers, decided to drive into town and along the way, she witnessed an old man about to be hit by a large truck. Swerving her car, Madeline grabbed the old man up off the street while still driving, subsequently crashing her car into a lamppost but nonetheless saving the old man. While the man recuperated, his wife emerged, having witnessed the near-accident from their house, and mentioned to Madeline how the old man was distracted by a situation with their son, who spoke of strange goings-on at a local defense plant. Curious, Madeline donned her Miss America costume in a nearby alleyway and rushed off to the plant, arriving just in time to rescue the plant foreman from being murdered and using her momentum to fly up and kick the would-be killer.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#50 / 5) - The two Nazi would-be killers underestimated Miss America and, considering her "just" a girl, they rushed at her but Miss America avoided the attack, causing the two Nazis to collide into one another. She then punched one of them into a large chain that swung back and hit her in the back of the head as she was interrogating the other thug. As the unconscious Miss America fell, the two Nazis escaped into another plant building but Miss America recovered mid-fall and landed safely. Immediately curious where the killers escaped to, Miss America used her x-ray vision to see the killers heading for the plant manager's office. Flying over to intercept the two men, Miss America frightened them into agreeing to give her any information she wanted but they were interrupted by the two agents' leader, who forced Miss America into a safe using a welding torch. Once locked inside, Miss America overheard the leader ordering his two agents to set five-minute time bombs in the other defense plant buildings and when they departed, Miss America managed to force the safe door open. Flying out to see the Nazis driving away, Miss America deduced that they had already set their bombs so quickly took out the two agents then located their leader hiding out inside a tank using her x-ray vision. Destroying the tank with the leader inside, Miss America then gathered up the three time bombs and defused them with only seconds to spare. She then gave the defused bombs to the plant workers so the FBI could examine them and flew off, bidding the plant workers goodbye.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Golden Age 2004 - Miss America entry - BTS) - At first displaying powers of x-ray vision, superhuman strength and heightened intelligence following the electrical accident, possibly as part of a secondary mutation of her latent mutant powers, Miss America fully retained her psionic levitation and superhuman vitality while the other initial powers would come and go sporadically over time.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#14 - Miss America entry - BTS) - Not long after her public debut, Miss America's dual identity as Madeline Joyce became known to the US government.

(Marvel Premiere I#29 (fb) - BTS) - A FBI file was soon drafted up on Miss America, detailing not only her real name but her origin. Not long after, the FBI file was passed over to the heroic Patriot, who was routinely performing a series of public radio chats regarding the events of World War II, in hopes that some of the heroes the FBI had on file could be brought in for additional radio shows.

(Invaders I#5 (fb) - BTS) - By 1942, Miss America's work corralling the Nazi spies had earned her fame via the newspapers. Shortly after, as the heroic Invaders were discussing their work overseas and how some of the other recent heroes were helping take care of things in America, the Human Torch brought up how many of the new heroes appearing to be taking a cue from Captain America with a patriotic motif and he showed the other Invaders a newspaper article about Miss America battling Nazi spies. Captain America joked that Miss America seemed like a girl he ought to meet, prompting Namor to reply back that he and Miss America could hold hands while singing the Star-Spangled Banner.

(Marvel Premiere I#29) - After the Invaders were mentally controlled by the villainous Red Skull and sent to destroy a defense plant, Captain America's partner Bucky recalled seeing Miss America and other heroes in the newspapers and rushed to a major radio station in an attempt to broadcast a message that would summon other heroes to help bring in the mind-controlled Invaders. At the time investigating a spy ring, Miss America tracked down the Nazi Ludwig and his ally moments after they had left dynamite on a train track. Landing atop their car, Miss America stuck her head down in front of the car's windshield, flying away seconds before the two Nazis crashed their car.

(Marvel Premiere I#29 / Invaders I#6 (fb)) - When Ludwig emerged from the car with a gun, Miss America flew down to kick him from the air then slammed him in his own car's door.

(Marvel Premiere I#29) - The super-speedster Whizzer arrived on the scene seconds later and demanded to know the heroine was. Gruffly introducing herself to the demanding hero, Miss America admitted she was familiar with the Whizzer after a photo of him had appeared in the previous issue of Look magazine and she was about to comment that the Whizzer might've heard of her if he read before their conversation was interrupted by Bucky's radio broadcast from Ludwig's car. The Whizzer announced his intent to head to the station, suggesting Miss America turn her "silly" outfit back into a flag, but Miss America replied back with "Look who's talking!" before challenging the Whizzer to a race to Manhattan so she could watch him eat his words.

(Marvel Premiere I#29 / Invaders I#35 (fb)) - Several minutes later, Miss America arrived at the radio station alongside many other heroes including the Whizzer, the Blue Diamond, Red Raven and the Thin Man.

(Marvel Premiere I#29) - As introductions were being made, a Nazi spy working as a radio engineer knocked out the Whizzer and threatened to destroy the assembled heroes with a bomb. Before the Nazi could utilize his bomb, the arriving hero Jack Frost froze the bomb to the man's hand and the man was taken into custody by the military. Bucky then revealed his plan to have the assembled heroes fight the Red Skull on homefront until the villain sent the mind-controlled Invaders after them, at which the assembled heroes would capture the Invaders. Bucky then revealed his name for the assembled group: the Liberty Legion. The newly-dubbed Liberty Legion then went into action.

(Invaders I#6) - After their first night as an organized group, the Liberty Legion to the radio station where they had first assembled to give a press conference, where Bucky announced their intentions to respond to the Red Skull's brainwashing of the Invaders. Bucky concluded the press conference by warning the Red Skull that the Liberty Legion were coming after him. In the days that followed, Miss America aided the Liberty Legion against a spy ring, a Nazi submarine and a Nazi bund, among other cases, bringing Nazi espionage to a virtual standstill on the east US coast. Eventually, the Red Skull opted to meet the challenge of the Liberty Legion by sending the brainwashed Invaders to three different American landmarks to destroy the Legion. The Legion rushed out to meet the Skull's challenge, splitting up to tackle the three landmarks. The Patriot and Miss America traveled to Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where they met the mind-controlled Captain America. Witnessing Captain America hit the Patriot and hearing Captain America accuse the Patriot of being a traitor, Miss America deduced that the Invaders had not been directly hypnotized so much as the Red Skull had twisted their thinking so that they believe others had betrayed the country. Entering the fray herself, Miss America flew down to kick Captain America from behind. The Red Skull soon realized his brainwashing Nulla-Rays were slowing down the Invaders' reflexes and he ordered Captain America to retreat, the mind-manipulated hero hitting both the Patriot and Miss America as he escaped. Getting to their feet, Miss America and the Patriot immediately reported back to Bucky regarding their mission.

(Marvel Premiere I#30) - Not long after, Miss America was out doing some legwork for the Liberty Legion alongside Bucky and Red Raven when Bettman P. Lyles (secretly a disguised Red Skull) visited the radio station to check on the Legion's progress at rescuing the Invaders. Having secretly learned that Lyles was an impostor, the Legion claimed they had freed Toro of his brainwashing and sufficiently fooled the Skull by having Bucky dress up as Toro then leap from the window into a hidden net, at which point the flying Miss America created a flaming "V" in the air to simulate Toro's powers. Upon seeing this, "Lyles" departed the station and the Red Skull soon went to the airwaves again to challenge the Liberty Legion to a battle at Yankee Stadium. From their base, the Liberty Legion readily accepted the challenge but when the Patriot asked Bucky if he felt they were ready to take on the Invaders and Bucky replied that he wasn't sure, Miss America reminded Bucky that they outnumbered the Invaders 9-to-3. Bucky commented back that the Invaders had beaten those kind of odds before and that both he and Toro could not fight their own teammates. The next day, Miss America and the rest of the Liberty Legion arrived at Yankee Stadium to a stadium filled with onlookers who wished to watch the fight. An unsure Whizzer asked Miss America if she was ready and when the heroine suggested the Whizzer not worry about her, the Patriot ordered the two to stop bickering, to which the Red Raven agreed and suggested they could hash out their differences after the impending battle.

(Marvel Premiere I#30 / Saga of the Original Human Torch I#2 (fb)) - The Red Skull soon appeared in the skies and unleashed the Invaders, who immediately leaped into battle against the Liberty Legion.

(Marvel Premiere I#30 / Invaders I#35 (fb)) - During the fight, Miss America distracted the Human Torch long enough for Jack Frost and Red Raven to down the mind-controlled hero.

(Marvel Premiere I#30 / Marvel Premiere I#36 (fb)) - After the real Toro soon regained consciousness and, drawn to the Skull's will-sapping Nullatron device, flew straight into the Red Skull's blimp, destroying it and freeing the Invaders from their brainwashing, the Invaders teamed with the Liberty Legion to rescue the bystanders from the falling debris.

(Marvel Premiere I#30) - Once the situation had been calmed, Captain America shook hands with the Patriot and remarked that it sounded like the public would be glad to have the Invaders fighting the war in Europe while Miss America and the Liberty Legion took care of the home front.

(Marvel Two-in-One I Annual#1) - A few weeks later, the infamous Nazi aviator Skyshark attacked New York City and several of the Liberty Legion, now based out of New York's Times Building, went into action against him. On the street below, Madeline Joyce attempted to make her way past the gathered crowd including young boy Johnny Romita and the time-traveling modern era hero, the Thing. The Thing soon noticed Madeline beginning to remove her clothes and he asked why, prompting Madeline to ask the "big slob" what else she could do since he wouldn't let her through. Unaware Madeline was Miss America, the Thing averted his eyes and those of Johnny Romita but Madeline disrobed to reveal her Miss America costume. She then flew off to assist against Skyshark. Zigzagging through the sky in between two Nazi planes, Miss America caused them to collide with one another and the Liberty Legion ultimately forced Skyshark and his Japanese ally, Slicer, to retreat.

(Marvel Two-in-One I Annual#1 / Marvel Two-in-One I#20 (fb)) - Returning to the Times Building to find the Thing speaking with the Patriot and the Whizzer, Miss America asked "what" the Thing was and she was informed by the time-traveling hero that he was from the future.

(Marvel Two-in-One I Annual#1) - A few minutes later, the Patriot revealed to the Thing that the Liberty Legion had tasked with protecting some valuable American secret weapons in upstate New York and Miss America then boarded the Thin Man's plane as the group prepared to travel. A short while later, the Thin Man's plane dropped the Liberty Legion off miles from their destination and Miss America grumbled about the team's disorganization as they walked up to a farmer's home to ask for assistance. The dozing farmer confused the Liberty Legion with the American Legion but Miss America quickly interrupted the conversation to point out a radio broadcast about destruction in upstate New York at the hands of a physical giant.

(Marvel Comics Presents I#160 / 4) - As Miss America and the rest of the Liberty Legion split up to check the secret weapons plants they were to protect, a temporal portal created by the modern era time manipulator Doctor Yesterday very briefly opened up. While Miss America and the others did not notice the portal, the modern era heroine Turbo briefly glimpsed the Liberty Legion before the portal closed.

(Marvel Two-in-One I Annual#1) - Rushing to one of the three weapons plants they were protecting, Miss America, the Whizzer and the Blue Diamond found the plant under attack by Master Man. When Master Man easily downed the Whizzer, Miss America kicked Master Man in the head from behind as the Blue Diamond punched the Nazi in the gut.

(Marvel Two-in-One I Annual#1 / Marvel Two-in-One I#20 (fb)) - Master Man followed up by knocking the surprised Blue Diamond into Miss America and absconded with the plant's experimental aircraft windshield.

(Marvel Two-in-One I#20) - After regrouping with the rest of the Liberty Legion, Miss America, the Whizzer and the Blue Diamond spotted the cosmic Uatu the Watcher in the sky and the Liberty Legion followed what they thought was an image of the Watcher to a hidden, floating Nazi platform where they found the still time-displaced Thing battling Master Man and his allies U-Man, Skyshark, Slicer and Brain Drain. Teaming up with Thin Man, Miss America battled Master Man once more and the Thing and the Liberty Legion defeated Master Man and U-Man while Brain Drain, Skyshark and Slicer fled the scene. Thin Man gave chase in his plane and when Skyshark tossed his ally Slicer out of his plane, Miss America flew up to apprehend Slicer for questioning. With the Nazis defeated, the Thing acquired the time-displaced container of Vibranium that he had traveled to 1942 to retrieve and bid farewell to the Liberty Legion, returning to his own future time period.

(Women of Marvel V#1) - Miss America was briefly erased from existence after she was pulled from reality into the Ultimate Limbo realm by the extraterrestrial Mitigator alongside numerous female superhumans from across time and space. Upon realizing the Mitigator had concentrate to use his reality-warping powers to keep the captured women removed from existence, Miss America and the other female superhumans attacked the Mitigator en masse until he gave up and restored the women to their proper points in time and space as if they had never left (see comments).

(Invaders I#35 (fb) - BTS) - Not long after, Miss America agreed to act as the secretary during Liberty Legion meetings.

(Invaders I#35 (fb)) - The Liberty Legion held a secret meeting to discuss whether they should reveal their civilian identities to the US government and let them decide where the team could be put to the best use. As the meeting progressed, Miss America asked her teammates to slow down, as her handwriting couldn't keep up with the speed of the conversation. The Patriot interrupted to request an election for a new team leader but the Liberty Legion decided to table the election and discussion of their civilian identities until they had accomplished the FBI's recent request that the team investigate the loyalty of certain German-Americans in the area. When Jack Frost commented about the Japanese-Americans being interred in camps, Miss America noted that was out of the group's purview, opting to get started on their new mission in an effort to prove that most German-Americans were anti-Nazi. She then began to fly away to begin the mission, leaving the worried Whizzer behind to question who would continue taking the meeting's minutes. As she flew away, Miss America thought to herself how the Whizzer made her so mad sometimes despite finding herself attracted to him.

(Invaders I#35 (fb) / Invaders I#37 (fb)) - Making her way to the Rhinemaiden, a bar on East 86th Street that the FBI wanted investigated, Miss America entered in her civilian identity of Madeline Joyce and witnessed Prof. Franz Schneider being roughed up and escorted outside. Quietly exiting the Rhinemaiden, Madeline changed back into her Miss America costume and followed the men and Prof. Schneider. When the men, revealed as Nazis Karl and Gerhardt, turned Prof. Schneider over to the armored Iron Cross, Miss America attacked the Nazis in an attempt to rescue Prof. Schneider. Iron Cross quickly took to the air to chase Miss America and the much quicker Miss America led Iron Cross on a pursuit, occasionally and futilely getting some attacks in before deciding to call for help. Noticing a nearby cannon, Miss America hurled some of the cannonballs at the unfazed Iron Cross and when the Iron Cross hurled the cannonballs back, Miss America dodged backwards into a tree, knocking herself out. As Iron Cross scooped up the unconscious heroine, the rest of the Liberty Legion arrived on the scene.

(Invaders I#37 (fb)) - Iron Cross held Miss America hostage to keep the Liberty Legion at bay. Gloating that the Legion would not risk attacking and potentially causing harm to either Miss America or Prof. Schneider, Iron Cross eventually tossed the unconscious Miss America to the ground to launch the first strike against the Liberty Legion.

(Invaders I#35 (fb)) - When the Iron Cross defeated most of the Liberty Legion as well, the Whizzer ran for help, thinking that he was Miss America's only hope for rescue.

(Invaders I#35 - BTS) - Having heard of the Invaders arriving in New York, the Whizzer ran through the city at superhuman speed until he encountered them and explained the story of Miss America and the Liberty Legion being captured by the Iron Cross. Following the story, the Whizzer noted that every second was too long to wait when Miss America's life was at stake and the Invaders agreed to help.

(Invaders I#36) - The Liberty Legion made a second attempt to rescue the unconscious Miss America from the Iron Cross but Iron Cross downed the entire team with gas emitted from his armored glove. Iron Cross then took the downed Liberty Legion to the waterfront as the Whizzer, increasingly worried about Miss America, and the Invaders searched for leads to Iron Cross' whereabouts. Following a stop to rescue civilians trapped in a train crash, the Whizzer realized Miss America's Liberty Legion communicator would still be active and quickly checked it in hopes of tracking her location, only to find its signal was too faint. Namor suggested they use his Atlantean flagship to amplify Miss America's signal and while the signal remained faint, Namor noted that as long as the signal remained active, they should be able to track Miss America. Increasingly worried for Miss America's life, the Whizzer wondered to himself why he hadn't earlier decided to tell the heroine how he felt about her. In the meantime, the Iron Cross had the Liberty Legion underwater via submarine and trapped them in glass tubes filled with gas, threatening their lives in an effort to force Prof. Schneider to make improvements to his armor. The Invaders and the Whizzer soon tracked Miss America's communicator to the submarine and Namor dove into the water to investigate. Iron Cross had fired at Namor via the submarine's torpedo tubes and their underwater battle resulted in the Iron Cross get knocked back through his own sub, flooding the submarine and destroying the gas-projecting mechanisms in the Liberty Legion's tubes. No longer unconscious, Miss America and the other captive Legionnaries busted free of the glass tubes and immediately leaped into fighting the Nazis onboard. Miss America quickly noticed the large hole in the sub through which water was pouring and the Iron Cross, hoping to hasten the Liberty Legion's deaths, tore the hole open even larger and escaped with Prof. Schneider.

(Invaders I#37) - As water flooded, Iron Cross' Nazi allies sought to take the Liberty Legion down with them but Miss America and the Liberty Legion fought back, with Miss America personally taking down one of them. Miss America and the others then took the Nazis into custody while the Thin Man tried to patch the hole in the submarine with his own flattened body. Namor then rescued the submarine with the Legion inside and Jack Frost created a large ice sheet to float the damaged sub atop. Once everyone was safe, the Legion and the Invaders discussed their concerns that the escaped Iron Cross would force Prof. Schneider into upgrading his armor, at which point an angry Namor flew off to confront the Iron Cross. Red Raven and Miss America followed, refusing to allow the angry Namor to go alone with Prof. Schneider's life at stake. As the Whizzer remained behind with Captain America, wishing he could fly to assist the other heroes, Miss America, Namor, Red Raven and the Human Torch confronted Iron Cross. Iron Cross quickly hit Red Raven with an electrical blast, tricking Miss America into thinking he had killed her teammate before hurling the stunned Red Raven into Miss America. From Namor's flagship, Jack Frost then created an ice bridge that allowed the Whizzer to rush to catch the falling Miss America, who asked about Red Raven. The Human Torch eventually managed to defeat Iron Cross and Namor rescued Prof. Schneider, prompting the Whizzer to suggest their mission was over and that they might be able to make it back to New York in time for the new USO show. Miss America questioned the Whizzer's use of the pronoun "we" and remarked that it sounded awfully like he was asking her on a date, at which point the nervous Whizzer replied that he meant the entire Liberty Legion. The Legion then crammed into Namor's flagship with the Invaders, leaving the Nazis behind on the ice sheet to be picked up by the authorities, and flew off, unaware that the villainous U-Man had surfaced below them.

(Invaders I#38) - Miss America met at the Times Building for a late night Liberty Legion meeting, during which the Whizzer arrived and announced his plans to take a leave of absence from the Liberty Legion to join the Invaders in Union Jack's absence. Miss America reminded the Whizzer that the Invaders were also short one woman, Spitfire, and the Whizzer realized that Miss America was suggesting she also temporarily join the Invaders in the interim. Jack Frost then remarked that the Whizzer and Miss America should be off before the Whizzer's blushing face melted his ice.

(Invaders I#38 / History of the Marvel Universe II#2) - The next morning, the Whizzer and Miss America greeted the Invaders as the Human Torch was welding spots on Namor's flagship following their recent battle with Iron Cross and they were welcomed onto the Invaders.

(Invaders I#38) - When Namor suggested the Torch hurry up so the newest Invaders could enter the flagship, both the Whizzer and Miss America reminded Namor that they were only temporary members until the Invaders returned to Europe. Once the repairs to Namor's flagship were completed, Miss America joined the other Invaders in traveling to San Diego for the Invaders' investigation of espionage activity in the area. During the trip, the Whizzer commented that the five of them were all winners, prompting Miss America to note the phrase in case the group ever needed a new name.

(Invaders I#40) - After the Whizzer and Namor determined the California spy activity to be erroneous, Miss America was present on Namor's flagship as the regrouped Invaders headed back towards the East Coast. As Captain America and the Human Torch discussed their recent team-up with the Kid Commandos against Lady Lotus in San Diego, the Whizzer began to ask Miss America out on a date but Miss America suggested the Whizzer slow down, warning him against coming off like an adolescent with a case of puppy love and suggesting that it was neither the time nor place.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#14 - Miss America entry - BTS) - While a member of the Invaders, Miss America was trained in unarmed combat by Captain America.

(Invaders I#40) - A few days later, Miss America and the rest of the Invaders performed an exhibition at Fort Dix. Afterwards, Capt. Sam Sawyer asked the Invaders to investigate an unmarked aircraft that had been spotted and when Namor remarked that the equipment on his flagship might be able to detect the aircraft, Miss America and the rest of the Invaders rushed to Idlewild Airfield to retrieve Namor's flagship.

(Invaders I#40 / Vision & the Scarlet Witch II#1 (fb)) - Upon arrival at the Airfield, the Invaders spotted the vampire Baron Blood and they swiftly engaged the villain.

(Invaders I#40) - The Whizzer rushed up first but Baron Blood grabbed him mid-run and swung him around, hitting both Captain America and Miss America. Recovering quickly, Miss America attacked Baron Blood directly and was nearly bitten by the vampire if not for the Human Torch projecting fire between them. Baron Blood angrily hurled Miss America towards the ground but the flying heroine saved herself mid-air and yelled for the Torch to pursue the vampire. Baron Blood soon made his escape when two airplanes collided with one another and the Whizzer subsequently reported back to Captain America and Miss America that he had phoned a Red Cross ambulance for the pilots. When Namor touched down with the rescued pilots, Miss America was thankful the two pilots were alive but Captain America warned that the Invaders' troubles were just beginning with Baron Blood, U-Man and Lady Lotus all at large and possibly working together.

(Invaders I#41 / The Marvels II#6 (fb)) - Miss America and Captain America gave their blood to the Red Cross to help Baron Blood's victims and the doctor warned them against physical exertion for twenty-four hours, to which Captain America remarked that they couldn't promise that with Baron Blood and U-Man at large. Suspecting he could track the fog to Baron Blood, the Human Torch suddenly flew off, leaving Miss America and the rest of the Invaders behind. The group was soon given a room at a hotel near Idlewild Airfield, which Miss America grumbled about since all four Invaders had to share a single room. The Whizzer suggested Miss America not fret over roommates during such a time and both Captain America and Namor assured the other Invaders that the Human Torch could handle himself against Baron Blood. When the Whizzer subsequently turned up the radio, a news bulletin reported on strange superhumans in the Chicago railroad yards, prompting the Invaders to rush to Namor's flagship and Miss America to ask if they were going to pack before leaving. The Invaders soon arrived to find Baron Blood, U-Man and the newly-dubbed Super-Axis group tearing up the railyards. Flying down towards the ground, Miss America punched Warrior Woman, only to be grabbed and swung around by the ankle. The Whizzer responded by running circles around Warrior Woman, distracting her long enough for Miss America to kick her from behind. Baron Blood then went after Miss America, who attempted to fly away from the vampire to prevent him from catching her in his hypnotic gaze, and Captain America saved the heroine by hitting Baron Blood with his shield.

    Super-Axis was soon defeated and as the Whizzer commented about getting one of the villains to talk about their mistress, Lady Lotus, the Invaders were attacked by a Lady Lotus-controlled Human Torch. Worried for Miss America, the Whizzer tried to rush her to safety but she demanded he put her down. The Whizzer tried to apologize but the angry Miss America flew into action, exclaiming that she wasn't exactly helpless and might even be a better match for the Human Torch than Namor. Miss America then led the Human Torch into Grant Park but when the weakened heroine noticed the Whizzer following on the ground, she was caught in a fiery updraft from the Torch and fell into the Whizzer's arms. The Torch then blasted a large stone column and the Whizzer poured on some extra speed to get Miss America and himself free of the falling column. Upon opening her eyes to see the Whizzer risking his life for hers, Miss America smiled. The Whizzer sat Miss America down on the Park steps but the mind-controlled Human Torch soon returned to finish them off. Namor arrived seconds later and doused the Torch's flame, rescuing the Whizzer and the still-dazed Miss America. Captain America subsequently managed to snap the Torch out of Lady Lotus' control and the Torch apologized to the Whizzer and Miss America for attacking them.

    The Human Torch then informed the Invaders of Super-Axis' next target: the Riverview Amusement Park. The group quickly took Namor's flagship to the Park, where Miss America flew out of the flagship just in time to rescue two soldiers from a ferris wheel attacked by Master Man. While Miss America safely lowered the soldiers to the ground, the other Invaders took down some of the Super-Axis. Captain America subsequently ran up to Miss America, who pointed out Master Man attacking another ride. Captain America rushed to stop Master Man as Miss America flew to take down Warrior Woman. Flying into battle, Miss America was again grabbed from the air by Warrior Woman, who delivered a punch to Miss America's face. Miss America then returned to the air with Warrior Woman still holding onto her ankle, soon taking a sharp curve, launching Warrior Woman into the large archway of the Riverview funhouse. After Captain America defeated Master Man, Miss America regrouped with the rest of the Invaders and the Invaders admitted that there wasn't much for them to do there with the defeated Super-Axis in custody. Realizing that their time as temporary Invaders was coming to an end, the Whizzer and Miss America held hands and the Human Torch wished them luck in the future, asking them to give his regards to the Liberty Legion.

(Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb) - BTS) - Over time, Miss America fell in love with her teammate, the Whizzer.

(Giant-Size Invaders I#2) - On June 19, 1942, Miss America accompanied Invaders Namor and the Human Torch to escort a plane to its landing at a country estate. As they flew next to the plane, Miss America was surprised to see Winston Churchill in the plane's window and when Namor mentioned that they were escorting an old friend, Miss America admitted that she had forgotten the Invaders had met Churchill previously when he had given them their name. Namor grumbled that it was beneath a prince of Atlantis to play bodyguard to two heads of state and when Miss America tried to argue how important Roosevelt and Churchill were, the Human Torch suggested Miss America pay Namor no mind, claiming that Namor got grumpy any time he was away from the sea for very long. Namor then decided to abruptly cut away from the ground and dove into the Hudson River, leading Miss America to question how well Namor and the Torch truly got along. Once Winston Churchill had landed, Miss America and the Human Torch regrouped on the ground with Captain America and Pres. Roosevelt introduced Churchill to Miss America, reminding him also of Captain America and the Torch. Confusing the superheroine with the beauty contest of the same name, Churchill assumed Miss America was merely the winner of the Miss America beauty pageant but Miss America politely corrected Churchill, claiming that she had made a bad choice of superheroic codenames months earlier. She then apologized to the Prime Minister, remarking that she was nattering on, and when she admitted to being nervous, Churchill assured that they would become fast friends.

    Roosevelt and Churchill then drove off in a rush and as Cap, Torch and Miss America followed closely behind, Miss America asked how Roosevelt could drive, given his infirmities, and the Human Torch explained that Roosevelt's car could be controlled entirely by Roosevelt's hands. When Roosevelt's car was forced to stop due to Nazi Hans and his ally, both who had taken pills to make themselves giant-sized, Miss America, Captain America and the Human Torch rushed to aid the two world leaders, only for Miss America to be roughly swatted aside. The Human Torch flamed off to check on Miss America, who weakly suggested he not lower his flame before one of the Nazis got the Torch in a bear hug. Namor soon returned to join the fray and just as the heroes cornered the Nazis in a spiral of flame, the two Nazis suffered heart attacks and died as a result of the growth pills they had taken. Miss America and the Invaders then went to check on Roosevelt and Churchill, both of whom were fine.

(Invaders II#1) - Madeline Joyce and Bob Frank were walking together on a date on June 22, 1942 in a park on Manhattan's East Side, where Madeline admitted feelings of guilt that the two of them should be happy while the world was at war. Bob suggested that was all the more reason for them to enjoy each other's company while they could before he kissed Madeline. Spotting something metallic in the distance, Madeline interrupted the kiss to point out what she'd seen but when the metallic item seemed to disappear, the two returned to their romance until a sub began to surface in the East River. Suspicious, Madeline and Bob donned their superheroic costumes and went into action as Miss America and the Whizzer. After following the submarine for a short distance, Miss America and the Whizzer were attacked by Spider Queen and the Human Meteor of the Nazi Battle-Axis group. Spider Queen quickly webbed up Miss America before kicking her, knocking Miss America unconscious while the Human Meteor took care of the Whizzer. Battle-Axis' leader, Dr. Death, soon appeared and he ordered Battle-Axis to bring the unconscious heroes with them towards their next stop in New Jersey. As Strongman gathered up the Whizzer, a recovering Miss America kicked Strongman back and attempted to escape into the air. The Human Meteor and Volton pursued and a weakened Miss America soon tired of trying to outmaneuver the villains. Feigning surrender, Miss America allowed the two to get near her then she grabbed the electric Volton and swung him into the Human Meteor, stunning them both. before successfully escaping. Unable to find Miss America when they recovered, Volton and the Human Meteor opted to claim to Dr. Death that they had killed Miss America, unaware that the surviving Miss America was hanging onto the side of St. Patrick's Cathedral, too weak to even fly herself to safety.

(Invaders II#2) - Hours later, the weakened Miss America managed to fly to the Liberty Legion's headquarters at the Times Building, where she crashed through a window and was caught by Captain America, who was visiting the Legion alongside the other Invaders to seek aid against Battle-Axis themselves. Barely conscious, Miss America revealed how she and the Whizzer had been attacked by Nazis emerging from a submarine in the East River. Deducing that the Nazis were the same Battle-Axis the Invaders had earlier fought, Captain America helped Miss America to her feet and the heroine informed the heroes that the Whizzer had been captured. The Human Torch suggested Miss America stay behind to rest while the Invaders left to scout for Battle-Axis but Miss America refused, insisting that she would soon be fine to accompany them. To prove her point, she smashed a bust of Captain America and informed the heroes that she had overheard Battle-Axis mention their plans to travel to Los Angeles as part of a plot to knock the USA out of World War II, promising that she would explain more on the way to LA. Thin Man expressed a need to stay behind as liaison since the rest of the Liberty Legion were in the southern USA but he promised to contact other heroes in the western US to assist Miss America and the Invaders as they boarded Namor's flagship to fly to California.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z HC Vol. 7 - Miss America entry - BTS) - Miss America temporarily rejoined the Invaders to assist in the mission against Battle-Axis.

(Invaders II#2) - Along the way to California, Miss America revealed that she had heard Battle-Axis mention that Los Angeles was only a stop to look up a Dr. Goldstein at UCLA  before the villains' main goal with "The Mojave Project."

    Once in California, the heroes split up with the Human Torch and Namor investigating the Goldstein home while Captain America and Miss America visited UCLA. Easily making their way to UCLA's Science Center thanks to Miss America's past experience and familiarity with the campus, Miss America and Captain America found that Spider Queen, the Human Meteor and Strongman had already seemingly killed three people inside the science building. Confronting the Battle-Axis agents, Miss America and Captain America battled the trio but they were ultimately knocked into one another and rendered unconscious. Having survived her attempted murder at the hands of Battle-Axis, the recovered Silver Scorpion came to Cap and Miss America's rescue. When Spider Queen ensnared the Silver Scorpion, a recovered Miss America knocked Spider Queen out and the Battle-Axis agents retreated, knocking the props for the building during their escape. Captain America quickly ordered Miss America to grab the Silver Scorpion and the three heroes barely escaped before the building collapsed. Captain America then began trying to clear some of the rubble while Miss America spoke with the Silver Scorpion, learning that she was still new to using her armor. Cap soon uncovered the body of private detective Dan Hurley and the Silver Scorpion revealed to the two heroes how Professor Carson had designed the Oscillatron that Battle-Axis had been after and how the Thin Man had summoned Silver Scorpion and Dan Hurley to the scene, only for Battle-Axis to attack and kill Carson and Hurley. The Silver Scorpion then insisted on joining Cap and Miss America in tracking down Battle-Axis but both Miss America and Cap suggested the Silver Scorpion stay there due to her unfamiliarity with her own armor. When the Silver Scorpion replied by revealing knowledge of the Mojave Project, Miss America changed her mind and suggested the Scorpion join them. Cap reluctantly allowed the Silver Scorpion to join them as they rushed off to track Battle-Axis.

(Invaders II#3) - After regrouping with Namor and his new ally, the Blazing Skull, the Invaders flew out over the desert, at which point the impatient Miss America asked the Silver Scorpion to reveal where the Mojave Project complex was. Trying to recall the location and ignore Miss America's combative tone, the Silver Scorpion revealed how Dan Hurley had been hired to guard Professor Carson's lab, where her new armor had been developed, and she promised to return the armor once Battle-Axis was finished, reminding Miss America that while Miss America's boyfriend had been captured, Dan Hurley had been killed. Captain America agreed, trying to assure Miss America that the Whizzer was still alive, but the increasingly annoyed Miss America remarked that there were things worse than death before yelling at the Silver Scorpion to stop stalling in her reveal of the complex's location. Tired of Miss America berating her, the Silver Scorpion admitted that all she had learned from Battle-Axis was something about a "dead lake" and that she had lied about having more information so the Invaders would bring along for the fight against Battle-Axis. The angry Miss America threatened to hurt the Silver Scorpion if she had led the Invaders on a wild goose chase but Captain America soon suspected that equipment on Namor's flagship might be able to detect dead lakes in the desert that could be hollow beneath to disguise a base. Namor quickly modified the ship's Sonitron and discovered three dead lakes that seemed to appear as if they had been covered up and Miss America deduced that the covered lakes could be disguising a base. As the flagship neared one of lakes, the ship was fired on and Captain America opened the canopy to allow Miss America to fly out to destroy the guns as the flagship landed roughly nearby. Flying into the base when part of it opened it to allow the guns to fire, Miss America took out the Nazi gunners before venturing further inside to look for the Whizzer. Encountering more guards and, soon, the Human Meteor and Volton, Miss America was eventually captured by Battle-Axis but the rest of Invaders arrived inside to confront Battle-Axis. During the ensuing battle, Dr. Death activated the Dimension Smasher device, summoning the otherworldly Vision, who aided in downing the Invaders.

(Invaders II#4) - Miss America and the other Invaders remained captives of Battle-Axis as they proceeded forward with their plot to knock the US out of the war until Captain America managed to free himself. Battling Volton, Captain America used his shield to shatter the glass cylinders holding the other Invaders. They quickly took down Volton and rushed off to stop Dr. Death, accompanied by the Golem, who had been reluctantly aiding Battle-Axis to save his captive brother Johann. The assembled Invaders then stormed Dr. Death and during the battle, Miss America fought Spider Queen and Johann Goldstein was killed trying to turn on Dr. Death. When Dr. Death managed to reactivate the Dimension Smasher device that Dr. Goldstein had designed, Volton electrocuted Dr. Death as Miss America and the other Invaders battled Battle-Axis. The Dimension Smasher soon exploded, damaging the ground beneath the complex and, following Battle-Axis' surrender, Miss America noted that any crack could cause poison gas to leak from below ground. The Invaders then watched as the enigmatic Vision used the remaining smoke left from the Dimension Smasher's explosion to open a portal to his own world, drawing the poison gas safely through the portal as he departed the Earth dimension. The Invaders then made their way topside, where Miss America properly reunited with the Whizzer and the group mourned those lost in the battle.

(Girl Comics II#1) - At one point while in battle, Miss America remarked that heroism wasn't done for the glory.

(Captain America: Patriot#1) - Returning to the Liberty Legion days later, Miss America aided them against Lady Luftwaffe and her Flying Frauleins and took down Nazis at a ballpark during a solo mission. Following a mission in which the Liberty Legion battled a group of assassins and the Thin Man saved Franklin D. Roosevelt from a gunshot, Miss America joined the Legion at a press conference during which the Patriot fumbled his words. Afterwards, when the Patriot admitted he was no good in front of microphones and that his radio shows were scripted, Miss America suggested they could work on his confidence since the public saw him as the Legion's leader. The Patriot replied that the Thin Man was the smart one of the group and that Miss America was no slouch in that department either but the Blue Diamond reminded the Patriot that people related to him as an everyman. Miss America also noted that wearing the US flag on his costume automatically put the Patriot in the spotlight and that the Patriot should've chosen a different costume if he didn't want to be in the limelight.

(Miss America Comics 70th Anniversary Special#1 (fb) - BTS) - The Whizzer and Miss America became engaged. At some point, Miss American encountered the Nazi Madame Mauzer in Finland.

(Miss America Comics 70th Anniversary Special#1) - Tasked with locating the missing American Agent 12, Miss America and the Liberty Legion were sent into a German village, who welcomed them. Moments later, however, the villagers, now wearing strange mechanical helmets, attacked the Legion. While Miss America and the Blue Diamond held off the mind-controlled villagers, the Whizzer noticed the villagers were coming from a nearby barn and he rushed inside to rescue Agent 12. With the villagers not letting up, Miss America lured them all into the barn then flew out through the roof as the Whizzer and Blue Diamond closed the villagers inside. Agent 12 was then questioned and the Legion learned that Brain Drain was after the USA's new attack-transport ship and had an agent in the shipyard. Miss America quickly suggested she'd get Agent 12 back to headquarters and check out the shipyard while Blue Diamond and the Whizzer investigated Brain Drain. Blue Diamond admitted it was a sensible plan but the Whizzer revealed his concern for Miss America going off with Agent 12 alone, prompting Miss America to angrily remind the Whizzer that he never seemed to worry about her being able to take care of herself before they had become engaged. The Whizzer asked if Miss America would at least wear her engagement ring for luck but Miss America argued that she didn't like to wear the ring in the field in case something happened to it.

    Soon after, Miss America flew Agent 12 over the Atlantic Ocean to England and along the way, Agent 12 attempted to flirt with Miss America, who called him a creep before landing him at the Army Intelligence base in Bristol. Agent 12 questioned whether Miss America was going to check out the shipyard herself and when an annoyed Miss America if he also thought she wasn't up to the task, Agent 12 admitted that if he were a saboteur, he would probably duck out of sight if he saw Miss America coming. Inspired by Agent 12's remarks, Madeline Joyce later visited her Uncle Jim's office and asked about temporarily joining the women working at the shipyards, claiming that she could really do her part and return with a great radio story for Jim to air. Not quite convinced, Jim asked what her fiance Bob thought of her idea and Madeline claimed Bob would be proud she was doing more than bond rallies a tea parties. Jim reluctantly agreed and commented that Admiral Canby owed him a favor, asking Madeline to promise to be careful. He then arranged for Madeline to be placed among the shipyard workers and the shipyard manager Lucy sent Madeline to work with Sadie, who handed Madeline a bucket of rivets. Working hard on her first day, Madeline noted that the shipyard's electricians seemed to keep to themselves rather than associate with the riveters. At the end of the shift, Madeline claimed she had forgotten her tool belt and reentered the work area in an attempt to investigate the shipyard but she was discovered by Lucy, who ushered Madeline away, reminding her that the ship was top secret.

    The next morning, Madeline met with Sadie but before they started their shift, Madeline again attempted to investigate and when she noticed another worker, Carol, following her, she ducked inside the attack-transport ship to change into her Miss America costume. She then tackled Carol, who feigned concern for Madeline, but Miss America flew Carol back to Lucy and when Lucy misquoted an American idiom, the suspicious Miss America removed her hard hat to reveal her as Madame Mauzer. Miss America quickly ordered the rest of the workers to stay back and Madame Mauzer ordered her Ubermadchen to attack Miss America. Removing their worker disguises, the Ubermadchen readied to attack but Miss America flew into the air, soon dive bombing Axis Annie into Madame Mauzer. She then dodged an attack from Penny Panzer, causing her to collide with Vichy Vixen, before swinging Penny Panzer into Madame Mauzer. Mauzer eventually activated mind-control welding helmets, sending the controlled workers against Miss America. Refusing to fight the innocent workers, Miss America was quickly overtaken and chained up by the Ubermadchen. Madame Mauzer then gloated about her plot to kill Miss America and brainwash the soldiers and sailors intending to board the attack-transport ship, prompting Miss America to deduce that Madame Mauzer had placed mind-control wiring into the ship's communications systems. Remaining brave in the face of death, Miss America winked at the passing Sadie, signaling her to whistle, at which point the non-brainwashed workers fought back against the Ubermadchen. In the ensuing battle, Miss America managed to snap her chains, freeing herself just as the workers defeated the Ubermadchen. Sadie immediately pointed out the explosive fuel tanks and Miss America quickly flew them into the air, harmlessly exploding them before returning to the workers. Sadie turned over Madame Mauzer's mind control device to Miss America, who flew to Germany to check on Blue Diamond and the Whizzer. Finding them surrounded by mind-controlled men, Miss America used Madame Mauzer's device to turn the men against Brain Drain. The Whizzer happily scooped Miss America up in his arms to celebrate their victory and a winking Miss America admitted that wearing her engagement ring really was lucky this time.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z HC Vol. 7 - Miss America entry - BTS) - Weeks after the summer of 1942, Miss America joined other superheroes in parachuting into enemy lines on an unrevealed mission.

(X-Men: Marvels Snapshots#1 (fb) - BTS) - At some point, Miss America posed for a photo for the cover of Liberty magazine, though the printed cover reversed the colors of her costume (see comments).

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#51 / 5 (fb) - BTS) - Madeline Joyce spoke with her Uncle Jim and the two arranged to meet up near the Navy yard.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#51 / 5) - On the way towards the waterfront Navy yard, Madeline wondered if she was going the right way when she noticed a car behind her driving up on the sidewalk. A police officer attempting to stop the hit and run drivers quickly noticed Madeline's car and ran up, ordering her to pursue the murderers. Before the officer could jump into Madeline's car, the murderers fired a gun, hitting and killing the police officer and prompting Madeline to change into her Miss America costume to avenge the officer's death. Easily flying to catch up and apprehended the murderers, Miss America returned them to the scene of the original hit and run, depositing them with another investigating police officer, who recognized the heroine and informed that the hit and run victim appeared to be trying to arrange matches in a specific pattern as he died. Suspecting the victim was creating a bridge design, Miss America flew off towards the waterfront draw-bridge, where she found the criminal Peg-Leg leading a group of criminals as a US made its way towards the draw-bridge. Deducing that Peg-Leg and his Nazi allies were planning to bomb the aircraft carrier as it passed through the draw-bridge, Miss America flew down to confront the Nazis, swiftly defeating the goons as Peg-Leg prepared to drop the bomb. Subsequently making her way to Peg-Leg too late to stop him from dropping the bomb, Miss America tossed Peg-Leg onto a deck and rushed to intercept the bomb. Struggling to slow the bomb's fall, Miss America managed to slow the bomb's descent enough for the carrier to safely pass through before allowing the bomb to continue its fall into the water, where it safely exploded. Quickly flying from the explosion for her own protection, Miss America looked back to see the explosion consuming the Nazi saboteurs as the aircraft carrier continued on its way.

(Invaders III#6) - Miss America and the Whizzer accompanied the Invaders on a mission to Eisenach, Germany in 1943, where they battled Baron Blood, Master Man and Warrior Woman. During the fight, Miss America once again squared off against Warrior Woman and eventually, the battle was halted when Allied bombers, unable to give the Invaders any additional time, bombed the area.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#52 / 6) - During a particularly rainy day, Madeline Joyce opted to walk her way towards the waterfront rather than ride with her Uncle Jim and while she was enjoying the pleasant but rainy walk, a blind woman collided with her from a nearby alley. The woman tried to beg Madeline for help before an armed man emerged from the alleyway and roughly snatched up the woman, shoving Madeline aside in the process. Quickly donning her Miss America costume, Madeline pursued the man to a nearby warehouse but arrived too late to prevent the man and his captive from entering an elevator. She was then attacked by two German men, whom she easily defeated and learned that the elevator went to a rooftop penthouse before hanging the defeated men on wall hooks. She then flew outside the warehouse to get a better view of the roof, where she noticed the rooftop penthouse. Flying into the penthouse to find the blind woman about to be whipped and her grandfather held hostage, Miss America leaped into battle against the torturous thugs but she was soon hit from behind by a tossed table and knocked unconscious. The Nazi gang leader, Pinhead, then ordered the unconscious Miss America tied to the recoil spring of the elevator in an effort to crush the heroine when the elevator next went down to the ground floor. Once Miss America was secured to the spring, Pinhead cut the cable holding the elevator, sending it crashing down towards the heroine. Regaining consciousness to see the falling elevator hurtling towards her, Miss America summoned all of her strength to break her bounds and roll, narrowly avoiding being crushed with mere inches to spare. She then climbed back up the elevator shaft and confronted the Nazis anew, learning that they had acquired an air transformer invention from the blind woman's grandfather that would theoretically allow Nazi agents to fly without oxygen masks. While Miss America dealt with the Nazi thugs, Pinhead fled through a window with the air transformer model. Pursuing Pinhead as he attempted to leap to a neighboring building, Miss America punched him and the force of her blow sent him teetering over the roof of the neighboring building. Pinhead attempted to clutch at Miss America to save his own life but Miss America eluded his grasp, causing him to fall from the roof. Grumbling that she should let Pinhead smash himself to death via the fall, Miss America nonetheless rescued the criminal, returning to the penthouse and hurling Pinhead against the wall. The blind woman's grandfather informed Miss America that the police had been summoned but Miss America opted to depart, noting that she had a walk she was still needing to return from. Miss America then flew off, leaving the grandfather to proclaim that they hadn't had a chance to thank her.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#53 / 5) - Madeline Joyce and her Uncle Jim were stopped in their car by a police barricade surrounding a raging fire caused by an arsonist murderer calling himself the Flaming Hate. When the police officer explained how the Flaming Hate kept escaping their attempts to apprehend him, Uncle Jim asked about any clues and the officer suggested they go to a nearby roof to get a better look at the fire and Jim accompanied the officer while Madeline claimed she would simply watch from there. Having secretly noticed a man dash through the police barricade, Madeline waited until Jim had departed before changing into her Miss America costume to investigate the strange-looking fireman she had seen get through the barricade. Flying impetuously into the fiery building, Miss America quickly spotted the fireman she had seen and when he drew a knife behind another fireman, Miss America deduced he was the Flaming Hate and attacked him, failing to prevent the Flaming Hate from stabbing the legitimate fireman. At first thinking she had failed to save the fireman, Miss America realized the fireman had only been wounded rather than killed. Choosing to get the fireman to safety rather than pursue the Flaming Hate, Miss America left the injured fireman with his coworkers and flew off to find the Flaming Hate. Soon spotting the Flaming Hate climbing the wall to a hospital, Miss America burst into the hospital, only to discover that it was an insane asylum and the doctor present refused to believe anyone could have escaped. Insisting that she had tracked the Flaming Hate there, Miss America failed to notice the Flaming Hate approaching behind her. The Flaming Hate drew his knife on Miss America and the doctor and announced his plans to kill them before returning to finish the job on the fireman he had earlier attacked. Miss America provoked the Flaming Hate and when he lunged at her, she met him with a fierce kick to the chest, followed up by a punch. The Flaming Hate managed to retaliate by kicking Miss America aside, where she hit the corner of a table and was knocked unconscious.

    Twenty minutes later, Miss America regained consciousness and, upon learning that the Flaming Hate had escaped, she ordered the doctor to call the fire department and tell them to get to the hospital housing the injured fireman. She then flew off to the hospital, finding it in flames. After helping the fireman get the patients to safety, Miss America arrived in the injured fireman's room mere seconds before the Flaming Hate could stab the fireman. Uppercutting the arsonist, Miss America ordered the orderly to have the fireman help him with the injured patient and his fainted nurse while she went after the Flaming Hate. Gloating that the heroine would never catch him and that he must survive to have his vengeance, the Flaming Hate ran over a weakened floor that collapsed, dropping the Flaming Hate to his death in the fiery room below. Remarking on the horrible death, Miss America escaped back to the injured fireman's room, where the orderly and the recovered nurse were attempting to move the fireman themselves after flames had prevented the other firemen from assisting. Miss America grabbed the nurse and the injured fireman and ordered the orderly to prepare to jump for his life into a safety net below as she slowly flew the other two to ground level. Making sure the orderly also made his jump safely, Miss America returned home and later that evening, Madeline Joyce listened as Uncle Jim read a newspaper article about the Flaming Hate's death and Miss America's rescue of those in the burning hospital.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#54 / 6) - Madeline Joyce attended a masquerade bond rally at the mansion shared by her Uncle Jim and herself, choosing to wear her Miss America costume as her masquerade outfit. When one of Uncle Jim's friends, a Navy admiral, thought Madeline was Miss America due to her costume, Uncle Jim assured his friend that it was only his niece Madeline, who had chose to wear a Miss America costume to the masquerade, before suggesting Madeline would win first prize in the costume contest. Jim's friend introduced Madeline to Lt. Harding and the two walked off to share a dance as Jim's friend confessed to Jim his worries that his secretary had not yet arrived, as she was bringing something the enemy would give their teeth to get their hands on. When two of the guests masquerading as Adolf Hitler and Emperor Hirohito suspiciously darted for the door, Miss America rushed to the mansion terrace to see what the two men were up to. Noting that it was nice to not have to change into her costume for once, Miss America witnessed the two men get into a car and she decided to investigate further, flying up over the mansion to swing around from behind in an effort to not give herself away. Jim's friend yelled that the two men were attacking his secretary and Miss America quickly pursued their car, soon catching up and confronting them on a nearby mountain road. The two men rushed to escape the heroine but Miss America managed to apprehend the one dressed as Hitler, who had snagged his sleeve on the secretary's masquerade mask, before the car began to roll towards the mountain cliff with the unconscious secretary still inside. Miss America successfully saved the secretary but the man disguised as Hitler escaped. Upon checking on the secretary, Miss America learned that the secretary's mask housed important Navy secrets.

    Realizing the two men were after the secretary's papers, Miss America scouted the area and minutes later spotted the two men fleeing into a mountainside shack. Flying to the shack to find it covered in armed guards, Miss America made quick work of the guards as the two men reported to their Nazi leader, who discovered the Navy secrets stashed in the secretary's mask. Before the Nazis could signal their fellow agents about the secrets, Miss America attacked them and while she defeated the two men from the masquerade, their leader escaped. Miss America quickly snatched up the papers containing Navy secrets and flew outside to confront the leader. The leader successfully punched Miss America in the face but she quickly recovered when he attempted to kick her off the side of the cliff, twisting the Nazi leader's leg and causing him to fall from the cliff instead. After witnessing the leader fall to his death, Miss America returned to the shack and scooped up the unconscious Nazis from the masquerade, soon depositing them on the mountain road in front of a passing police car. She then rushed back to the masquerade party, arriving on the scene just as the secretary returned. Miss America then returned the Navy secrets to the secretary, who quickly delivered the papers to the admiral. Madeline entered the mansion minutes later and the secretary insisted that Madeline was actually Miss America, who had earlier rescued her and recovered the Navy papers. Uncle Jim assured the secretary that it was only his niece Madeline, laughing at the idea that she could be Miss America.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#55 / 6) - While on the way to her Uncle Jim's office, Madeline Joyce and her Uncle Jim overheard a radio report about the sixth murder in a series of chain-style murders. When they arrived at the office, they found Jim's employee Perkins fainted on the floor and they quickly got him into Jim's office, where Perkins recovered and explained that he had received a chain letter ordering him to kill or his wife and child would be killed instead. As Madeline inspected the letter, Jim suggested they all go to the District Attorney's office, where was directed to Assistant District Attorney Mathers, who had been handling the chain murder cases. Mathers assured Perkins that he would place a police guard at Perkins' home to protect his family and when they all left the DA's office, Madeline questioned whether Jim or Perkins had ever met the Assistant DA before. When Perkins admitted that he had never seen Mathers before, Madeline demanded Jim stop the car and claimed that she had seen something in a shop window that she had to purchase. As soon as Jim and Perkins dropped her off and left the scene, Madeline changed into her Miss America costume to investigate Assistant DA Mathers. Realizing from Perkins' lack of familiarity with Mathers and Mathers knowing of Perkins' wife and daughter (see comments) that Mathers must be behind the chain letters forcing people to commit murder, Miss America flew through Mathers' office window and demanded he write his confession. Admitting his role in the chain murders, Mathers asked how Miss America had figured it out and as she explained how no one had given Mathers information on Perkins' wife and daughter, Mathers grabbed an inkwell and hurled into Miss America's face. As Miss America attempted to wipe her eyes, Mathers hit her over the head with a heavy paperweight, knocking the heroine out. Soon hearing the DA approaching the office, Mathers locked the unconscious Miss America into a cabinet and departed with the DA to Perkins' home so the DA could question Perkins, all the while plotting to next kill the DA himself.

    Minutes after Mathers left, Miss America regained consciousness and busted out of the cabinet, quickly rushing to the Perkins house, where she suspected Mathers would strike next to make good on his chain letter threats. Arriving at the Perkins home as Mathers was proclaiming himself the Chain Murderer and explaining his plot to "create" murderers to prosecute in an effort to make a name for himself and move up the ranks of political power, Miss America smashed through a window and punched the Chain Murderer from behind. After Mathers used up the ammunition in his handgun attempting to hit the flying Miss America, the heroine punched him back and he tripped over Perkins' daughter, whom he quickly took hostage to escape. As soon as Mathers and the captured daughter left in a car, Miss America pursued and swooped in to rescue Perkins' daughter, distracting Mathers into crashing the car. The quickly recovering Chain Murderer then fled into a nearby field, where Miss America cornered him against a "high-tension wire" fence (see comments). In an effort to continue his escape, the Chain Murderer leaped at the fence and was seriously injured when his hand touched the fence. Miss America then apprehended Mathers before changing back into her civilian clothes and returning home with an outfit she claimed to have bought while shopping. Uncle Jim dismissed Madeline's shopping and noted that while she was out, he overheard on the radio that Miss America had captured the Chain Murderer.

(Dragon I#104 - "Sudden Dawn" story) - In May 1944, Miss America joined the rest of the Liberty Legion at a Friday afternoon meeting at the Krupp Building radio station where the Patriot had just completed one of his regular radio broadcasts. The meeting was soon interrupted by a radio engineer, who informed the Legion about a disturbance outside in the street that required the Legion's assistance. Rushing aside to see a gang of thugs exchanging gunfire with police outside Rosenstein's Fine Jewels, the Legion and the newly-arriving heroic Spirit of '76 assisted against the thugs until an explosion rocked the side of the Overton Storage warehouse and an experimental Nazi flame-tank emerged from the warehouse, followed shortly by the spy Agent Axis and his agents. When Agent Axis made his way to the Globe Press building, Miss America and the Liberty Legion pursued and eventually captured Agent Axis despite Agent Axis destroyed the Nazi flame-tank in an attempt to escape. Shortly after, Miss America, the rest of the Liberty Legion and the Spirit of '76 were contacted by high-ranking government officials, who revealed that Agent Axis' attack on the Globe Press building was an attempt to acquire secret government documents, as the building was being used as a classified research facility for an experimental American weapon. While remaining vague as to what exactly the weapon was, the officials tasked the Liberty Legion and the Spirit of '76 with defending two other important sites from Nazi attack.

    Before traveling to the first target at the University of Chicago, the Patriot received a special message from an Army general informing him of a hidden research center beneath the University's Stagg Field, the importance of the research center and a special phone that would allow the Liberty Legion to summon the Army if needed. Soon arriving at Stagg Field, Miss America and the rest of the Liberty Legion waited for two hours before a Nazi strikeforce led by Master Man and Warrior Woman appeared. A fierce battled between the Legion and the Nazis ensued and when the Nazis attempted to flee in an experimental VTOL aircraft, the Liberty Legion caused them to crash before apprehending the Nazis. Learning from some of the papers the Nazis had attempted to steal that the research below Stagg Fields involved atomic reactions, the Liberty Legion was silenced by a military security net placed over the area and they were quickly sent to their next target, the Barcley Research Center near the New York coast. Returning to New York, Miss America and the Liberty Legion waited until dawn at the Barcley Research Center, at which point a Nazi u-boat appeared at the pier and the Atlantean U-Man emerged from the water. Following a brief battle, U-Man was also apprehended and after the Legion showed U-Man his captive Super-Axis teammates, U-Man revealed that he was working for the vampire Baron Blood, uncaring of what Baron Blood sought to uncover at the attacked research facilities. Following U-Man's interrogation, Miss America and her allies were met by an Army general, who informed them that the attack at the Barcley Research Center was a feint while the rest of Super-Axis attacked a facility in New Jersey and captured key scientist Dr. Horatio Martin, absconding with a prototype weapon.

    After being given two days to rest, the Liberty Legion aired a special radio broadcast interviewing the Spirit of '76 that was interrupted by an ultimatum from Baron Blood threatening to detonate the stolen prototype weapon if America did not withdraw from Britain and Africa. Rushing over to the Empire State Hotel, where Baron Blood had mentioned being based, Miss America and the Legion found the area packed with spectators and newly-arriving military personnel. Upon learning that the President had refused to negotiate with the terrorist Baron Blood, Miss America and her allies stormed the hotel and rescued Dr. Horatio Martin, who immediately got to work defusing Baron Blood's weapon. As Dr. Martin successfully defused the bomb, the Liberty Legion defeated the escaping Baron Blood and were congratulated by the military, who pressured the heroes the entire incident a secret for reasons of national security. Agreeing to keep the events a secret, Miss America and the Liberty Legion rested for a few days before preparing for an upcoming bond rally at Yankee Stadium.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#56 / 5) - While driving through town, Madeline Joyce heard on the radio about a recent string of murders in which the victims' clothes were ransacked with the only clue to the killer being the smell of roses in the vicinity. Reminded by the report that she needed to pick up some flowers for her Uncle Jim, Madeline visited a nearby florist and while she waited to be served, she noticed a "shabby old woman" spending large amounts of money on flowers. A few minutes later, Madeline spotted the same "old woman" in the bank next door and watched as she followed a wealthy man and attempted to sell him flowers at half the price she had paid the florist for them. Suspicious as the "old woman" insisted that the wealthy man buy a white rose, Madeline ventured outside to change into her Miss America costume to investigate as the wealthy man left the bank. Flying up onto a nearby rooftop, Miss America watched as an unidentified gang of thugs began to follow the wealthy man. Deducing that the "old woman" had specifically sold the man a white rose so the thugs would know which man to follow, Miss America followed behind the thugs from the air and witnessed the wealthy man drive off the road into a tree. Unsure of why the man had crashed, Miss America flew down to prevent the thugs from crushing the wealthy man's skull and robbing him. Easily defeating the thugs and tossing one into the path of the approaching state police, Miss America witnessed the wealthy man wake up and, suspecting something strange about the white rose, she snatched it up and flew off to confront the florist. Touching back down within minutes at the flower shop, Miss America forced her way into the shop and demanded answers. The fearful florist revealed that his shop had hidden doors beneath rugs and Miss America ventured into one of the hidden doors, where she saw the shabby old woman again. Listening outside another door, Miss America heard the old woman, dubbed the Peddler of Doom, bragging about the wealthy man's money and when she overheard a doctor talking about drugging white roses, she busted through the door and attacked the criminals. Making a quick work of two of the criminals, Miss America noticed the surprising strength of the "old woman" and when the "old woman" begged for life, Miss America pulled the shawl from the "woman" to reveal a disguised man with a gun. Punching the man out, Miss America left the criminals for the arriving police before flying off.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#57 / 5) - Madeline and her Uncle Jim were walking home from a late night engagement when police officer O'Reilly came running up. When O'Reilly explained that there had been a bank robbery and the bandit had fled down a nearby alley, Madeline secretly disappeared from the scene to investigate as Miss America, leaving Uncle Jim to think she had become frightened and rushed home. Worried that O'Reilly was in trouble, Miss America arrived in the alley just as the supposedly dead Killer Pedro was gunning down O'Reilly. Miss America punched Killer Pedro aside in order to check on O'Reilly but Killer Pedro hurled a skull to cover his escape. Miss America then confirmed O'Reilly was dead before pursuing Killer Pedro into a small graveyard, where Killer Pedro seemingly entered his own grave. Deciding to get permission to search the grave, Miss America visited the nearby home of Don Alvarez, Killer Pedro's brother, who had the deceased Killer Pedro buried in his family's ancestral graveyard. When Miss America claimed she had seen Killer Pedro that very night, a shocked Don had his manservant Carlo take Miss America to the grave to show her Killer Pedro's corpse. As Carlo led Miss America to the now-empty coffin, the very much alive Killer Pedro attacked his brother Don. Noticing two shadows in Don's window, Miss America flew up through Don's window to rescue him, forcing Killer Pedro to flee into Don's tower room. While searching for Pedro in the tower room, Miss America was knocked out from behind by Killer Pedro, who was disguised in a suit of knight's armor. Pedro then dragged the unconscious Miss America to the roof and tossed her over but the rush of air revived Miss America and she flew back to rescue Don Alvarez a second time. Defeating Killer Pedro with one final punch, Miss America heard Killer Pedro's confession that, while he was thought dead, he had only been comatose and had awakened inside his own tomb with the scheme to commit crimes under the guise of being dead. After ensuring Killer Pedro went to jail, Madeline returned home before her Uncle Jim and was reading the newspaper about Killer Pedro when Jim expressed joy that Madeline had went straight home.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#58 / 3) - While enjoying a quiet evening at home, Madeline and Uncle Jim overheard a blood-curdling scream from outside. Madeline rushed to the terrace and witnessed an attempted murder taking place several rooftops away. Feigning being faint, Madeline asked for a glass of water and when Uncle Jim rushed to get it, Madeline changed into her Miss America costume and flew off to investigate. Flying up to the rooftop to uppercut the criminal Slug, Miss America found herself facing the murderous Black Widow, who pulled a gun on the heroine and threatened to shoot if Miss America didn't stay out of the situation. When the victim, John P. Otis, was thrown from the rooftop by Slug, Miss America rushed to save him as Black Widow and Slug escaped. Puzzled that John P. Otis had no idea why the Black Widow had sought to kill him, Miss America flew back to the rooftop to look for clues and found the Black Widow's purse. Miss America was surprised to see a razor in the purse but was more interested in a notebook left behind that detailed the Black Widow's projected crimes. Seeing that the next name on the list was Raymond Wil, Miss America flew over to Wil's home, arriving just in time to save Wil from Black Widow and Slug. Miss America uppercutted Slug but the Black Widow exclaimed that the heroine couldn't hit a woman. Noting that she was a woman as well, Miss America uppercutted the Black Widow as well before the recovered Slug hit Miss America from behind with a chair, downing the heroine long enough to be tied up. The Black Widow then set fire to Raymond Wil's curtains to cover her and Slug's escape, leaving Miss America and Raymond Wil to die in the fire. A piece of burning wood soon popped from the fire and Miss America used it to burn through her ropes and get both Raymond Wil and herself to safety. Knowing from the notebook that Paul Edgemont was the Black Widow's next victim, Miss America flew over to Edgemont's suburban home and snatched the knife from the Black Widow's hands. Easily dispatching Slug, Miss America battled the Black Widow one-on-one, noting that the Widow had surprising strength for a woman. When the Black Widow pulled a gun, Miss America punched the Widow to the ground, revealing the seeming female to be a man in women's clothing. The Black Widow then confessed that his plans were to murder men whose wives hated them so the wives could collect on the insurance money and Miss America noted the appropriate criminal alias before stating that jail was the place for the Widow. The next morning, Uncle Jim expressed relief that Madeline was okay, as he'd returned with the water to find her in bed.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#59 / 3) - Madeline accompanied Uncle Jim on a visit to the Benson House Electric Company plant. They soon came upon a seeming accident and when they stopped to investigate, the drivers kidnapped the victims and Uncle Jim gave chase. Opting to stay behind at the scene of the crime, Madeline waited until Jim was far enough away before changing into her Miss America costume to trail the kidnappers. Tracking them to a building in the city, Miss America fought past the elevator guard and, learning that the kidnappers had went to the thirtieth floor, she flew up with the defeated guard and overheard the Nazi kidnappers demanding the victim's new floating torpedo under threat of the victim's daughter. Just as the victim was being forced to provide the combination to the safe containing the floating torpedo, Miss America tossed the defeated guard through the window and attacked one of the men inside. Another Nazi followed by hitting Miss America with the butt of his gun and tying her up as the criminals acquired the floating torpedo from the safe and departed. The reviving Miss America was then told by the victims that the Nazis planned to use the torpedo to blow up the Crosby-Electric plant and Miss America managed to break her bounds by swinging back and forth. Quickly freeing the victim and his daughter, Miss America ordered them to call the police and direct them to the Crosby-Electric plant as she flew off to stop the Nazis. Arriving at the Crosby-Electric plant's dam minutes later, Miss America followed the river to the Nazis just as they were releasing the torpedo into the river. Easily defeating the Nazis, Miss America flew them to authorities on the dam then rushed to grab the torpedo by the tail and hurl it into the river, where it safely exploded. Despite pleas for her to wait up, Miss America flew off, noting to herself that "all's well that ends well."

(All Select Comics I#11 / 4 (fb) - BTS) - At some point, Madeline moved into her own penthouse in the city.

(All Select Comics I#11 / 4) - While reading newspapers regarding seven recent deaths that appeared accident, a suspicious Madeline Joyce received a telegram that her recently married cousin Mona would be arriving in town at 2pm. Happy for Mona, Madeline opted to first visit the police statio to check into the seven recent deaths. Changing into her Miss America costume, she then flew to the station to look over some of the evidence related to the deaths, noticing that each of the victim's husbands were only photographed from the left side. Soon realizing it was nearly 2 o'clock, Miss America departed almost as fast as she had arrived and flew back to her apartment just as her cousin Mona was knocking on the door. Changing out of her costume at whirlwind speed, Madeline Joyce happily greeted Mona and her new husband, Merrill Pierce. When Mona remarked on how she was attracted to Merrill at first sight due to his unusual eyes, Merrill slapped Mona and angrily reminded her that he didn't like anyone talking about his eyes. A worried Madeline commented that Merrill shouldn't have struck Mona, as the square-shaped pupil of his eye was interesting. Admitting that he'd lost his temper, Merrill explained that his square pupil was the result of an eye operation and that he had asked Mona not to mention it before excusing himself for a smoke while Madeline consoled Mona. When Mona mentioned that Merrill used to be an actor, a suspicious Madeline decided to inspect Merrill's luggage, finding the initials of R.L. on the bags. Matching those initials to Roger Lawton, husband of the most recently reported murder victim, Madeline informed Mona of the possibility that Merrill was a murderer.

    In an effort to prove her suspicions, Madeline donned a blonde wig and changed clothes with Mona before posing as Mona and telling Merrill that she wished to leave due to Madeline saying mean things about him. Merrill apologized for striking Mona but soon noticed a lock of black hair hanging out from beneath Madeline's blonde wig, deducing that he was not speaking to Mona. Pretending not to notice, Merrill led Madeline to his car then covered her face with a chloroformed handkerchief, announcing that he'd plan to use it against Mona before Madeline passed out. Merrill then drove out to Peaceful Haven Cemetery and dumped the unconscious Madeline into an open grave. Awakening to find herself buried alive, Madeline managed to remove her disguise, revealing her Miss America costume, and she flew out of the grave, surprising the gravedigger. Rushing her way back to her apartment, Miss America spotted Merrill Pierce's car and flew down towards it just as Merrill sent the car toppling over the side of the bridge. Miss America rescued Mona then went for Merrill, who fled on foot and tried to jump the bridge, only to fall to his death. Mona then asked Miss America what had happened to Madeline and Miss America promised to bring Mona back to Madeline's penthouse.

(Miss America Comics I#1 (fb)) - Madeline Joyce took a vacation to her Uncle Jim's ranch out in the western United States.

(Miss America Comics I#1) - On her way through the desert to catch a train back east from Uncle Jim's ranch, Madeline spotted a stopped military jeep with a man flagging her down for help. Stopping to help who she thought was an American soldier, Madeline was instead attacked by the Japanese Baron Shinto, who went to gouge out Madeline's eyes with his metallic talons. Briefly wrestling with the Baron, Madeline managed to kick him and run for it, soon ducking behind a sand dune to change into her Miss America costume. Taking to the air, Miss America witnessed Baron Shinto steal her car and drive it towards an old railroad station. Touching down in back of the station, Miss America peered through the window and witnessed the Baron and his fellow escaped Japanese prisoners taking the station master hostage and plotting to send a telegram to three others. A short time later, when a train approached, Miss America watched as the Japanese agents forced the station master to stop the train on schedule so as not to arouse suspicions. When three Filipinos departed the train, a curious Miss America, still hiding behind the station, witnessed Baron Shinto ordered his men to strip the Filipinos of their clothes. Before they could do so, Miss America busted through the window to stop Baron Shinto and his fellow prisoners. Cutting a swath through the escaped prisoners, Miss America was soon grabbed by the ankle and when she tried to kick the prisoner away, she was hit over the head from behind with a wrench. Soon waking to see three of Shinto's men donning the Filipinos' suits as well as explosives, Miss America realized the prisoners were preparing for a suicide run. Unable to free herself due to her full strength having not yet returned, Miss America continued to feign unconsciousness as Baron Shinto and the remaining members of his men grabbed her and took both the captured Filipinos and herself out into the desert to be disposed of. Shinto eventually stopped his men at a spot where he ordered the Filipinos to dig their own graves before his men were to shoot them. Miss America soon managed to break the ropes tying his hands together and she punched out Baron Shinto before flying over to stop Shinto's men from murdering the captured Filipinos. The escaped Japanese prisoners attempted to flee but Miss America grabbed one of their Tommy guns and used it to shoot them both down.

    Flying back to Baron Shinto, Miss America found him attempting to flee on foot back to the railroad station. She soon noticed that the freed Filipinos and the station master were both fleeing in opposite directions and opted to round them up so they wouldn't get lost and die in the desert. Learning from the Filipinos that the Japanese agents planned to pose as them at three separate christening ceremonies for four new bomber planes, Miss America flew off to stop the would-be human bombs at the three separate airplane hangars at a plane plant. Realizing she only had two minutes before the Japanese explosives went off, Miss America flew to the plant manager to have him cancel the christening ceremonies. Smashing through the manager's window, Miss America found the manager under attack by Baron Shinto. The heroine traded blows with the criminal until she managed to punch him out of the window she had arrived through, causing Baron Shinto to fall to his death. She then immediately flew to one of the plane hangars, where she apprehended the first bomber before gathering up the other two. With seconds to spare, Miss America flew extremely high into the air then tossed the three Japanese human bombs downward, where they exploded in the air. Returning to her car, Madeline Joyce then continued on her way to the train and when she arrived back east, she saw a newsboy selling an extra edition of the Daily Bugle newspaper. Curious if the special edition had to do with her defeat of Baron Shinto, Madeline purchased a copy with a front page that read "Miss America Foils Saboteurs."

(Miss America Comics I#1 / 2) - Reading a Daily Bugle issue with articles on missing citizens and the escaped criminal Lifer Larch, Madeline Joyce became curious if the two unsolved cases could be connected and she decided to investigate as Miss America. Deciding to visit the wife of the most recent missing citizen, John Greene, Miss America questioned Mrs. Greene about where her husband had went to. When Mrs. Greene gave Miss America a letter her husband had received before traveling into the mountains, Miss America found the letter surprisingly blank but when heat from the radiator revealed the letter to be written in invisible ink by the biologist Prof. Boris Drakla, Miss America decided that Drakla would be the next stop in her investigation. Spotted as she arrived at Prof. Drakla's mountain laboratory, Miss America was met by the twisted mutate Number Three. Momentarily frozen in terror at the horrible creature, Miss America rallied and fought back, ultimately knocking the lumbering Number Three over the side of the cliff to his death but failing to see another Monster Man behind her. The second creature clubbed Miss America over the head and dragged her into Drakla's lab, where Prof. Drakla ordered Miss America placed into a cell.

    Miss America quickly recovered and when she overheard Prof. Drakla mention that the next victim of his experiments would be John Greene, she fully came to her senses and became determined to free herself. Backing up for a running start, Miss America crashed through the iron bars of her cell in an effort to save John Greene. Another Monster Man approached and tried to grab her but the heroine shoved him backwards and punched him against the stone wall of the lab, knocking him out. Curious as to how Lifer Larch fit into Prof. Drakla's Monster Men experiments, Miss America soon came upon Drakla about to surgical remove John Greene's leg and she punched Drakla away from Greene. Lifer Larch then fired on Miss America but she flew into the air to dodge the gunfire before zooming back down to punch Larch. While Miss America subsequently freed John Greene, Prof. Drakla and Larch fled to the laboratory tower to unleash two of Drakla's largest Monster Men. Preying on the low intelligence of the Monster Men, Miss America flew out of the tower and one of the Monster Men dumbly followed, falling off the tower to his death. The other Monster Man hesitated and Miss America quickly recognized its face as that of one of the missing citizens, Judge Hendrick. Judge Hendrick soon recalled what Prof. Drakla had done to him and turned against Drakla and a shocked Miss America watched as Hendrick tossed Prof. Drakla over the side of the tower. Lifer Larch followed up by shooting Judge Hendrick, causing him to tumble over the tower himself, and, upon seeing the lifeless bodies of the unidentified Monster Man, Prof. Drakla and Judge Hendrick below, Miss America punched Lifer Larch and demanded answers. Larch admitted to providing Prof. Drakla a list of names that he wanted revenge on and inviting them to Drakla's lab, where they would be transformed into patchwork Monster Men. Upon hearing the story, Miss America flew off to take Lifer Larch to jail mere moments before Drakla's laboratory exploded due to a supposed short circuit in Drakla's machinery.

(Miss America Comics I#1 / 3) - While on a shopping trip in the city, Madeline Joyce rushed to catch the Main Street Bus and hoped to take the seat of a bearded man departing the bus. As she entered the bus, another bearded man rushed past her and moments later, the curious Madeline noticed the man beside her, James Moffet, was leaning his head on her shoulder. Not liking the situation, Madeline pushed the seemingly sleeping man aside, only to find a knife in the dead man's chest. Rushing off the bus, Madeline was quickly pursued by a nearby policeman due to the screams emanating from the bus but she refused to stop, instead ducking into a cab and changing into her Miss America costume. When she flew out of the cab as Miss America, the unobservant cab driver was dumbfounded that his passenger was a superheroine. Flying off to investigate the two bearded men that had fled the bus as she got on, Miss America caught up to the running men and when one tried to hold a bystander hostage, Miss America easily punched the man and left him for the pursuing police. She then went after the second man, who fled into a Bate Building elevator. Flying up to meet the man when he departed the elevator, Miss America noticed a seemingly Moslem man bowing to the skies and the bearded man halted the police, claiming that they were interfering with the Moslem man's holy prayers. Knowing that Mecca was east of the city while the man was bowing to the west, the suspicious Miss America flew down and punched the man from the bus, demanding answers. The Moslem man fought back, nearly hitting Miss America from behind but the heroine uppercutted him, knocking him off the building to his death. Avoiding another knife attack from the bearded man from the bus, Miss America forced the man to explain what was going on before she flew off to confront the man's boss. As she flew out to an abandoned farm, police officers saw her and followed. Arriving at the farm, Miss America fought off two guards and entered to confront a false yogi as he was asking his patrons for money to prevent a death that he secretly intended to cause via his criminal agents. As Miss America dealt with his agents, the Yogi hurled his crystal ball, hitting Miss America in the back of the head, knocking her out. The two state policemen soon arrived behind Miss America and the Yogi ordered his men to lock his patrons in the cellar and throw the unconscious Miss America into the old well. Reviving mid-fall due to the rush of air, Miss America flew up the well, only to find the exit sealed by a large stone cover. Gathering up all her strength, Miss America forced the stone cover open and flew off to apprehend the Yogi, noticing that the police were rescuing the Yogi's patrons. Miss America soon tracked the Yogi's car to a nearby railroad and the Yogi's men attempted to run her over but the car was hit by an oncoming train. When the Yogi jumped free just in time, Miss America stopped him with a punch and flew him back to the police, informing them that the Yogi had known to tell his patrons of the exact time of his murders because the Moslem man's praying at the Bate Building, which he was informed of using a high powered telescope, was the signal that his murders were successful.

(Miss America Magazine I#2 (fb) - BTS) - Madeline dyed her hair black.

(Miss America Magazine I#2) - Madeline arrived at a Bank of America branch to deposit her Uncle Jim's war bonds and despite Madeline arriving at closing time, the security guard Tom was asked to let Madeline come in. As Madeline made out the deposit, a man with a chalk-white face and fish-like eyes lumbered past her, causing Madeline to absent-mindedly drop her paperwork. The man helped her gather the papers before lumbering towards the counter, drawing suspicions not only from Madeline but also from the security guards. The man then robbed the bank and Madeline watched as the man electrocuted Tom and the other security guard before lumbering his way outside, bidding everyone an "au revoir" as he introduced himself as the Shocker. Knowing that she had to somehow stop the Shocker, Madeline got into her car and pursued the Shocker, who caused a traffic pile up to prevent himself being followed. Madeline then changed into her Miss America costume and flew after the Shocker, now fleeing on foot. Trailing the Shocker to the river, Miss America witnessed him jump into the river and waited ten minutes for the Shocker to surface, only to become even more puzzled when he didn't. She then visited the police, who insisted the Shocker must have drowned since no body was found after searching the waterfront. Miss America argued against the idea and the discussion was interrupted by a radio report that the Shocker was robbing a jewelry store. She flew over to the waterfront and witnessed the Shocker diving into the water at nearly the same place he had before but when she dove in after him, she narrowly avoided electrocution upon realizing that water was no place to battle an electrical villain.

    Changing back to her civilian clothing, Madeline, sure that the Shocker was human, decided to visit the Department of Docks and Harbors to investigate the possible locations of an underwater hideout. Mr. Swim aided in her research and he was about to inform Madeline that they had searched the plans of the entire dock area when he noticed plans for an unfinished, abandoned tunnel. Deducing that the tunnel was likely the Shocker's hideout, Madeline then visited the abandoned entrance to the tunnel at the waterfront and found it under guard. Pretending to be a reporter for The Chronicle, Madeline walked up to the guard and asked to enter so she could write a story but the guard refused, claiming they didn't want reporters around. Suspecting that the guard's reference to "they" meant that the Shocker was also inside, Madeline noticed the guard reaching for a button so she kicked the man's chair out from under him, causing him to fall back and get knocked out. She then changed back into her Miss America costume and entered the tunnel, following the light inside to a large laboratory manned by the Shocker. At first thinking the Shocker didn't notice her, Miss America was surprised when he calmly greeted her then changed out of his lab coat into a lounge jacket. After explaining his origins living alongside giant electric eels that he had bred, the Shocker announced Miss America's impending death and attacked her, intending to stun her and drop her in the tank with his eels. The airborne Miss America avoided the Shocker's forked lightning powers until she hit her head on the ceiling, inspiring her to feign being stunned. Ceasing his electrical attack, the Shocker picked up the seemingly stunned Miss America and prepared to deposit her into his eel tank but Miss America revealed her feint by kneeing the Shocker in the chin. As Miss America continued hitting the Shocker, he attempted to use his powers but she ultimately uppercutted him right into his own eel tank. Miss America then turned away as the eels tore the Shocker apart.

    Days later, Madeline's Uncle Jim read in the newspaper that gas in the abandoned tunnel had killed a pair of giant eels that would now be displayed in the local museum. When he asked Madeline if she would like to go see the eels, Madeline declined, stating that she could never stand to look at them.

(Miss America Magazine I#3 / 11) - Madeline was present when John Harvey phoned her Uncle Jim to inform him that a criminal called King Cobra was after bomber plans in his possession. When Jim heard a shot fired over the phone, Jim left to check on Harvey while Madeline assured Jim that she would call the police. As soon as Jim departed, however, Madeline changed into her Miss America costume and flew straight to John Harvey's home, smashing through a window to confront King Cobra. The two exchanged hurled furniture until King Cobra's goon stunned Miss America with a blow to the head from the butt of his gun. Regaining her senses minutes later, Miss America found Harvey's home empty, aside from John Harvey's corpse, and when Uncle Jim and the police arrived on the scene, Miss America fled rather than be caught at the scene of a crime. The next night, Uncle Jim was discussing John Harvey's peculiarly-written will to Madeline when the power went out. Jim was clubbed in the dark and Harvey's will was stolen, and when the power returned, Madeline suggested Jim rest and recover while she exited to investigate as Miss America. Following tire treads from the Bennett home to a railroad shanty, Miss America arrived as King Cobra was reading Harvey's will that left everything to his goldfish. King Cobra quickly cornered Miss America at gunpoint, tied her up and left her in the shanty, gloating that the shanty was rigged to explode when the next train passed.

    After King Cobra departed, Miss America rolled her way out of the shanty mere moments before it exploded and used a piece of sharp wood to cut the ropes binding her. Returning to the Bennett home to find King Cobra demanding John Harvey's goldfish from Uncle Jim, Miss America hurled the goldfish bowl into King Cobra's face and King Cobra and his men were quickly arrested by the arriving police. When Uncle Jim asked why King Cobra would want goldfish, Miss America revealed that John Harvey had sewn the bomber plans into one of the goldfish's pouches. She then explained how John Harvey must have known Uncle Jim would inherit the goldfish and, by mentioning the goldfish in his will, figured that Jim would eventually uncover the secret plans. The next day, Madeline Joyce shared a dinner with Uncle Jim and when she barely ate a thing, Jim questioned her lack of appetite, prompting Madeline to remark that she never wanted to see fish again.

(Miss America Magazine I#3 / 15) - While driving home one night, Madeline and Uncle Jim stopped at red light and a woman ran past the car, chased by a man. Madeline convinced Jim to help and Jim attempted to pursue the man until Madeline beckoned him back to help with the woman. The woman managed to say the word "poison" before collapsing, dead, and the two next brought the corpse to the morgue, where Uncle Jim was attacked and the corpse stolen while Madeline was inside summoning the attendant. Madeline and the attendant soon returned to find the corpse gone. When Madeline deduced what had happened, Jim suggested she feel the mark on his jaw and as she inspected the mark, Madeline noticed the shape of a coiled snake imprinted by a ring. Madeline suggested Jim have his injury treated at the morgue's hospital annex and when Jim and the morgue attendant left, Madeline noticed the dropped handbag belonging to the corpse. Finding a card identifying the woman as socialite Dwana Lukas and an address to her apartment, Madeline changed into her Miss America costume and left to investigate the apartment. Flying to the apartment, Miss America noticed someone inside and when she entered, she was attacked by a man who managed to knock the heroine out. Awaking to find the apartment empty, Miss America continued her investigation, soon finding a dusting cloth used to remove fingerprints and discovered a cup and saucer that had been wiped clean, suggesting that the man was familiar enough with Dwana to share a drink with her. Miss America then found a note written in man's handwriting and phoned the number on the note, learning that the attacker had called for a cab less than an hour ago.

    Deciding to look more into Dwana Lukas' background, Miss America visited The Chronicle newspaper offices and borrowed files on the 1942 deaths of Lukas' socialite parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lukas. Learning that Dwana had been set to inherit her family fortune that very week, Miss America deduced the reasoning behind her murder but was still puzzled as to why Dwana's corpse was stolen. When she read that the only person who stood to benefit from Dwana's death was her uncle John Lukas, Miss America decided to pay John a visit and she soon practically forced her way into John Lukas' estate. Her interrogation of John Lukas revealed that, upon Dwana's death, the family fortune would go to the Bringham Foundation for Paralytics rather than John himself. At first convinced that John was innocent, Miss America noticed his coiled snake ring and realized he was the killer that had attacked her Uncle Jim. Announcing that John's ring would send him to the gallows, Miss America accused John Lukas of embezzling money from the Lukas family fortune and killing Dwana to prevent the disgrace that would come when Dwana inherited the fortune. Punching John to prevent him from drawing a gun, Miss America followed with another punch when John admitted to the murder and grabbed a sculpture to use as a club. She then suggested John had stolen Dwana's corpse to keep from being found and the murder tied back to him. When John Lukas asked what he would have to gain from hiding the body, Miss America replied that John would gain time to return the stolen money back to the family fortune while police searched for Dwana's missing body, as the fortune could not be paid out to anyone else until Dwana's death was confirmed. When Miss America suggested Dwana's corpse was hidden in John Lukas' cellar as they spoke, John admitted that he had needed the money and killing Dwana was the only way out of the situation he had put himself into. Miss America then knocked John out and took him to jail before changing back into her civilian clothes to visit Uncle Jim in the hospital. When Jim sarcastically remarked that Madeline finally had time to visit her sick, old uncle and asked where she had been, Madeline replied that she had been out gallivanting around to see a man about a ring.

(Miss America Magazine I#4 / 12) - On the way home from a shopping trip, Madeline Joyce spotted a commotion around a shop on Main Avenue. Pulling over, Madeline pushed and shoved her way to the front of the crowd to see a man sculpting glass at Maison de Cristal. Opting to get a present for her Uncle Jim's den, Madeline ventured inside and while waiting her turn to be served, she overheard the wealthy Mrs. Van Emery Lucre arguing with a shop employee about a display piece that wasn't for sale. Noticing a crystal peacock in the shop's glass case, Madeline wondered if it was expensive and took it out of the case to examine, drawing the ire of one of the shop employees, John, who angrily announced that Madeline had snatched the peacock belonging to Mrs. Ritzbilt. Annoyed at the fuss being made about her simply looking at a crystal piece, Madeline asked the employee helping Mrs. Lucre if they had anything for a gentleman's den. The employee recommended an ornamental stag piece and before Madeline could fully decide, Mrs. Ritzbilt entered the building, drawing the employee away as he asked John to pack up the stag for Madeline at $25. Finding it strange that the store would tell Mrs. Lucre that the items were display only and not for sale yet sell the stag to her, Madeline watched as the employee told Mrs. Ritzbilt her peacock would not be ready until the next day. Returning home with the glass stag, Madeline examined it and when Uncle Jim asked if she was still playing with it, Madeline feigned a headache and went for a walk.

    Making her way towards the glass shop, Madeline continued wondering why the store sold her the stag but then told both Mrs. Lucre and Mrs. Ritzbilt that their items were not ready despite Madeline handling the finished peacock herself. She soon realized she'd walked all the way back to the Maison de Cristal and she was surprised when an underground elevator opened beneath her. Rushing to the side of the building, Madeline witnessed a group of men loading a case from the shop onto a truck. The suspicious Madeline then changed into her Miss America costume and followed the departing truck by air to the waterfront, where the men planned to dump the case into the river. Attacking the men, revealed as the glass shop's porter and bookkeeper, Miss America demanded answers from the men but one of them got to the car and drove off, causing the case to fall towards the river. Rushing to stop the case from falling, Miss America pulled it back onto the dock as the other man fled. A police officer soon approached and at first pointed a gun at Miss America before realizing who she was. The two then opened the case to reveal a dead body and as the officer inspected the corpse, Miss America quietly snatched up a notebook dropped by the corpse. When she joined the officer in inspecting the corpse, Miss America recognized the man as Det. Timmons and flew back to Maison de Cristal before her hunch came to fruition. Spying inside via a slit in the door shade, Miss America witnessed John and the three other Maison de Cristal employees discussed the murder of Det. Timmons and Miss America's recent involvement in their crimes.

    While still outside Maison de Cristal, Miss America looked over Det. Timmons' notebook and learned of his investigation into the glass shop and its possible connection to a string of society robberies. The notebook noted that parole lamister "Crawler" Turner, "Big" Ike Mower and "Silk" Stevens were all working in the glass shop and that one needed to find the two-horned unicorn, intriguing Miss America, who recalled unicorns having only one horn. Waiting outside until morning, Miss America gave up when the criminals never left the glass shop and instead flew over to police headquarters to see if Inspector Tate could help decipher Det. Timmons' notes. After two hours of research, Inspector Tate gave Miss America information identifying "Crawler" Turner as a burglar also known as the Human Fly, "Big" Ike as a notorious safecracker and "Silk" Stevens as a confidence man. When Miss America asked about the two-horned unicorn, Tate admitted he could find no information on anyone using such an alias. Miss America eventually got Tate to admit Timmons had been on an unofficial case involving the high society robberies and Tate reluctantly gave Miss America a list of names and addresses of the robbery victims. Miss America then flew off, leaving Inspector Tate to claim Miss America had hypnotized him like a siren into giving her evidence. Returning home to rest, Madeline ventured out the next night to the homes of the robbery victims and had no luck regarding a two-horned unicorn until she came to the sixth house. The butler recalled the unicorn having two horns but the wealthy woman angrily insisted the unicorn only ever had one horn and berated the butler for contradicting her. When the clock struck 11:30pm, Madeline left and changed into her Miss America costume to fly over to Mrs. Ritzbilt's house. Quietly sneaking into the sleeping household, Miss America spied the crystal peacock and waited, suspecting someone would happen at midnight. Soon finding herself getting drowsy, Miss America noticed that the crystal peacock's crest had dissolved, unleashing a swath of gas throughout the home. As she succumbed to the gas, Miss America noticed "Crawler" Turner entering the room in a gas mask.

    Hours later, Miss America regained consciousness to find herself a prisoner of the gang's boss, the Glass Blower, in the cellar of Maison de Cristal. The Blower gloated that Miss America was bound in a spun glass rope of his own creation that would constrict and crush the heroine at room temperature. Realizing that the society robberies had occurred because the Glass Blower had constructed various crystal sculptures with a section that would dissolve in room temperature, unleashing gas to keep the socialites asleep during the robberies, Miss America got the Glass Blower to admit as much before he departed. Once the criminals had left, the struggling Miss America knocked over a vial of gasoline and noticed the nearby boss' blowtorch. Managing to light the torch with a match between her teeth, Miss America used the torch to dissolve the glass ropes and she flew up the elevator shaft to ground level just as the criminals were getting in their car. Flying around the car, Miss America caused the criminals to crash into a pole. The car quickly caught on fire and the criminals begged for Miss America to save them. She agreed to do so, only to send them to another hot seat in jail.

(Captain America IX#25 (fb)) - World War II resistance fighter Peggy Carter and Alexa Volkoff met with Miss America and Spitfire to coordinate a mission.

(Miss America Magazine I#5 / 11) - Having heard of recent murders in the area by the youthful Cherub and wishing to stop them, Madeline Joyce listened to police band radio for hours hoping to hear a call about another murder. When a call came in regarding the Cherub, Madeline pulled her car into a nearby side street then took to the skies as Miss America. Arriving at the scene before the police, Miss America waited for the Cherub to flee the scene but she became puzzled when the Cherub was nowhere to be found. She was soon attacked by the thuggish Rudy and defeated him as the police arrived on the scene. She accompanied the police inside but they only found the elderly Dr. Franz Neumensch inside, who claimed he'd seen a youthful figure scurry away when he entered the room. Miss America questioned why Dr. Neumensch was there but he claimed he was summoned there professionally and while the police captain checked Dr. Neumensch's story, he insisted to the suspicious Miss America that he truly was an old man and not the disguised Cherub. Convinced that Dr. Neumensch was not wearing a disguise and his story soon confirmed by the still-suspicious police captain, Miss America convinced the captain to let Dr. Neumensch go free despite the captain suspecting Dr. Neumensch to be in cahoots with the Cherub. Miss America then asked the captain to give her a few hours to bring in the Cherub and the captain agreed. Flying off to get information from the phone company to support a hunch she had, Miss America next visited the library as Madeline Joyce to research the Viennese Medical Directory. After making a startling discovery in the Directory, Miss America flew over to Dr. Neumensch's home, where the police were gathered following a phone call from the Cherub claiming he had killed Dr. Neumensch for arousing suspicions. Insisting to the police captain that it wasn't logical for the Cherub to kill Dr. Neumensch, Miss America soon spotted Rudy fleeing the scene and trailed him to an old house on the outskirts of town. Deciding to visit the house as the unassuming Madeline Joyce, the heroine was confronted by Rudy and feigned fainting so Rudy would carry her inside. Once inside, Madeline kicked Rudy then knocked him out with a piece of fence before changing into her Miss America costume and investigating further.

    Miss America soon stumbled upon the Cherub's laboratory and accused him of being Dr. Neumensch. The charismatic Cherub denied the accusation but freely admitted to being the murderous Cherub, surrendering himself to a "most charming captor." When Miss America called his bluff, the Cherub sighed and asked how Miss America had discovered that he truly was Dr. Neumensch. Explaining how Dr. Neumensch's claims that he'd be summoned to the earlier murder victim's home didn't add up since the victim was already dead and could not have summoned the doctor, Miss America then revealed that she'd learned of Dr. Neumensch's research into human youth rejuvenation from the Viennese Medical Directory. Admitting that Miss America's deductions were true, the Cherub further revealed that he had discovered a serum to reverse aging but, because it wore off in the span of a few hours, he became a criminal to fund further research and experimentation, timing his murders so his serum would wear minutes after the murder, leaving him an unassuming old man. Changing back into his old man form before Miss America's eyes, the Cherub gloated that he had been distracting the heroine until Rudy could attack her. Before Rudy was able to grab her, however, Miss America grabbed the vial of the Cherub's serum and smashed it onto the ground. She then flew circles around Rudy but as she went in for the final strike, the aged Cherub knocked her from the air. Feigning being stunned, Miss America snatched up a piece of broken glass before Rudy tied her to a chair. The Cherub then created more serum, one to renew his youthful vigor and a second to age Miss America four score years into an old woman. As the Cherub went to inject Miss America with his aging serum, the heroine managed to snap the ropes binding her wrists and she knocked the Cherub and Rudy back as she used the glass shard to cut the ropes around her ankles. Rudy then wrestled with Miss America until the Cherub fired a gun at the heroine, who used Rudy as a human shield. She then cornered the Cherub, who smashed his laboratory, starting a chemical fire. Miss America quickly flew up through the skylight, refusing to save the begging Cherub as the laboratory exploded. Later that night, Madeline Joyce looked in the mirror and expressed hope that she didn't have a nightmare about becoming an old hag.

(Captain America: Patriot#1) - After quelling an invasion of the subterranean Lava Men in early April 1945, Miss America and the Liberty Legion watched as the Lava Men went back underground. When the Blue Diamond about Jack Frost returning to spend time with the Lava Men's Princess Volcana after the war, Miss America suggested that post-war plans were something they should all be thinking about, noting that attacks had been slowing down stateside with the Axis in retreat. As the group discussed their plans, Miss America mentioned that there had been talk of folding the Liberty Legion into the Invaders group to end the war in the Pacific quicker and when the Patriot expressed joy in potentially working with Captain America again, Miss America explained that the goal would be to assign each of the Liberty Legion to solo operations in a specific area of the country, only teaming up as a group for major engagements. She then explained that the rumors placed the Patriot in the northeastern US, focusing on New York, Philadelphia and Boston, and she suggested Patriot could work with Miss Patriot, to which the Patriot disappointedly replied that it made sense before asking Miss America where she would be stationed. The Whizzer soon returned to the group following a superfast trip to a nearby Chinese restaurant for the group and he revealed that the President had summoned Miss America and himself to join the Invaders.

(The Twelve: Spearhead#1 (fb) - BTS) - Miss America accompanied numerous other superheroes to Germany in preparation for an attack on Berlin.

(The Twelve: Spearhead#1) - While in Germany on April 11, 1945, Miss America and several other heroes were given a mission briefing by Captain America, who informed them of insights provided by Master Mind Excello that involved a potential storage facility for occult weapons. Cap noted that the main objective would be the destruction of Germany's missile production line but a secondary objective would be to bring any occult weapons back intact. The briefing was soon interrupted by the Phantom Reporter, who sought to join in the mission, and following a brief scuffle with Captain America, the Phantom Reporter was allowed to join in, sitting next to the Human Torch and Miss America. Once the briefing was over, Miss America and the others were led outside, where they were shown Rockman's giant digger car capable of drilling through the hardest rock. Not long after, Captain America led the heroes on their mission, opening the attack with a smokescreen from the enigmatic Vision while Miss America and the Dynamic Man took out the German sentries from the air. Once inside, the heroes found several imprisoned laborers and Miss America and the Whizzer helped free them before Captain America and the other heroes regrouped with them. Captain America ordered the Whizzer to get the prisoners to safety through the tunnel Rockman's digger car had created then meet at their rendezvous point before Cap and the other heroes ventured further into the base. Subsequently following the successful destruction of the missile production line despite the Red Skull escaping, Miss America and the Whizzer spent a night together.

(What If? I#4) - Following the seeming deaths of Captain America and Bucky days later and the disbandment of the Liberty Legion as the war in Europe drew to a close, Miss America and the Whizzer were briefly summoned back to Washington at the behest of Pres. Harry S. Truman. After Pres. Truman arranged for William Nasland and Fred Davis to join the Invaders as the replacement Captain America and Bucky, he had Miss America and the Whizzer reveal their presence to the other Invaders and requested that Miss America and the Whizzer rejoin the Invaders to help continue fighting the war in the Pacific. The other Invaders agreed to reinstate Miss America and the Whizzer, as well as add Nasland and Davis to their ranks.

(The Twelve I#1) - Returning to Germany, Miss America joined numerous other superheroes in storming Berlin on April 25, 1945.

(Sub-Mariner: Marvels Snapshots#1 (fb) - BTS) - A photo was taken of Miss America and the other heroes storming Berlin and it was used as the front page photo for the April 25, 1945 edition of The Daily Globe newspaper. The issue was framed and hung on the wall of Betty Dean, who wrote the article.

(Captain America I Annual#6) - In June 1945, Miss America accompanied the Invaders on a mission in the Pacific, where she helped battle the Axis forces there as they unleashed a solar-powered tank prototype against the heroes. Miss America managed to dodge the tank's fire but Captain America was hit by rocky debris blown up by the tank.

(What If? I#4) - Over the course of the next couple of months, Miss America joined the Invaders on several missions while continuing her solo crimefighting efforts and occasionally battling alongside the Whizzer. Shortly after Japan's surrender in September 1945, the Invaders were sent a telegram from Pres. Truman and Miss America read it aloud, thanking the Invaders for their wartime service and suggesting they remain together to continue fight crime and the black market. The Invaders all agreed to remain together but when Namor questioned the continued use of the name Invaders, Miss America revealed that Pres. Truman had suggested a new name: the All Winners Squad.

(History of the Marvel Universe II#2) - The All Winners Squad battled Warrior Woman, who lifted Miss America into the air while keeping the rest of the Squad at bay.

(All-Winners Comics I#19 (fb) - BTS) - Miss America remained with the heroic All Winners Squad group, dedicated to fighting crime that its assembled heroes could not handle alone.

(Saga of the Sub-Mariner I#5 (fb)) - Namor the Sub-Mariner also agreed to stay on with the newly-dubbed All Winners Squad but revealed that he first need to return home and Miss America and the other All Winners wished him well as Namor dove into the ocean.

(Sub-Mariner: Marvels Snapshots#1) - In Spring 1946, when Namor got into a battle with the Shark at Palisades Park in New Jersey, his friend Betty Dean phoned for backup, summoning Miss America and the All Winners Squad to the scene. As the group arrived, Miss America touched down carrying Captain America and Bucky and when Bucky joked that they were like a hero sandwich, Miss America warned him against pressing his luck and greeted Betty. Betty quickly filled Miss America and the others in on the situation and suggested the group help move the fight out of the Park before someone got hurt. Captain America suggested splitting the two combatants up and ordered Miss America, who was the next strongest member of the team after Namor himself, to take down the Shark while the Human Torch and himself handled Namor and Bucky and Toro helped the Whizzer rescue civilians. Miss America soon managed to tackle the Shark and slowly fly him away, where she dumped him into the river, unaware of his swimming skills. Following the Shark's defeat, after which an emotional Namor flew away, Miss America noticed how emotional Betty Dean had become and suggested the two of them talk girl-to-girl. Visiting the nearby Everett's Tavern, Madeline Joyce and Betty Dean shared a few drinks and discussed Betty's impact on Namor's life. Before leaving, Madeline gave Betty her number and suggested she call sometime.

(All-Winners Comics I#19 / Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb)) - Following a break-in at the city museum by the criminal scientist Isbisa in Fall 1946, the Human Torch and Toro summoned Miss America and the rest of the All Winners Squad to the museum via fiery sky-writing. Miss America quickly flew her way to the museum, passing Captain America and Bucky along the way, and once there, the Torch introduced Professor Saba of the museum, who revealed that each of his Ages of Mankind exhibitions had been smashed and a note of challenge left behind by Isbisa. As Saba's assistant Simon Meke transcribed Saba's explanation, the All Winners Squad discussed what to do about Isbisa's challenge, with Miss America suggested they accept the challenge. She then opened the clue Isbisa had left for her and a note reminding Namor the Sub-Mariner to do his part well fell out, leading to the rest of the All Winners questioning whether Namor was working with Isbisa. Insisting that he was not, Namor became angry, grabbing his clue and storming out of the museum, followed closely by Toro, who felt the other All Winners should trust their teammate. Miss America joked that things had become quite the stew, with Namor steaming and Toro simmering, but the Torch quickly reminded Miss America that the situation was no laughing matter. Despite suspicions that the entire situation could be a prank created by their teammate Namor, the All-Winners Squad agreed to investigate Isbisa's challenge.

(All-Winners Comics I#19 / 6) - Upon reviewing the clue Isbisa left her that suggested she visit the police chief in the town of Millstone for a surprise and by-product of the Stone Age, Miss America traveled to the Millstone police chief's home but when the chief's wife led Miss America into her husband's room, they found that the police chief had seemingly been turned to stone. Uncovering a ransom note from a villain calling himself the Calcium Master promising to restore the police chief for $10,000, Miss America admitted to having heard of people with a high calcium content becoming petrified and wondered if the Calcium Master had somehow found a way to speed up such a process. Unsure of how to pay the Calcium Master, Miss America and the chief's wife quickly noticed a box containing a messenger pigeon for the chief's wife to utilize for the delivery of the Calcium Master's ransom payment. The wife agreed to attach the payment to the pigeon's leg and Miss America flew after the pigeon in an effort to follow it to the Calcium Master. Along the way, the Calcium Master stationed armed goons to fire at Miss America and she stopped to fight them, only to hit in the head from behind with a thrown rock. The Calcium Master then captured Miss America and replaced her with a hastily-carved stone statue to make the police think she had been turned to stone. When the police search party arrived on the scene hours later, they indeed thought Miss America had been turned to stone while the real Miss America remained a tied-up captive of the Calcium Master. Realizing the Calcium Master's methods and that he had simply replaced the police chief with a statue as he had done with her, Miss America waited until the Calcium Master left to check on the police chief then used his sculptor's grindstone to tear away the ropes binding her. Quickly escaping, Miss America fought her way to the Calcium Master, who attempted to shoot Miss America from a rocky ledge, only to fall to his death. As Miss America grimly noted that a stone would now forever be over the Calcium Master as his tombstone, Isbisa secretly wondered how the Calcium Master was faring against the heroine.

(All-Winners Comics I#19 / 8) - Miss America convened with the rest of the All Winners Squad to report on their individual, clue-based missions and the group soon realized that each of the historic Ages that each of their theme-based missions involved spelled out "ISBIS" and Namor deduced that the final missing letter, "A," represented the Atomic Age.

(All-Winners Comics I#19 / 8 / Vision & the Scarlet Witch I#2 (fb)) - Quickly realizing that Isbisa would next be going after an atomic bomb, the All Winners Squad went into action to stop him.

(All-Winners Comics I#19 / 8 / Saga of the Sub-Mariner I#6 (fb)) - The group soon located Isbisa and his atomic bomb, confronting the villain and forcing him to flee.

(All-Winners Comics I#19 / 8 / What If? I#4 / Saga of the Original Human Torch I#3 (fb)) - When Isbisa emerged from a door on the bomb's tube shell, the flying Miss America spotted and punched him, knocking Isbisa into the river below.

(All-Winners Comics I#19 / 8) - Namor apprehended Isbisa in the water and the assembled All Winners Squad then unmasked Isbisa as Simon Meke, Professor Saba's assistant.

(Sensational She-Hulk I#22) - The Blonde Phantom, Miss America and the All Winners Squad were summoned to FBI headquarters in Washington, DC, where J. Edgar Hoover informed them that a plot was underway to steal an atomic bomb. Hoover admitted they weren't sure who was the head of the operation but the All Winners Squad nonetheless rushed to the Las Vegas desert to foil the plot. The All Winners soon discovered that mobster Dutch Rosenblatt was the culprit behind the plot to steal the atomic bomb and they confronted the criminal, unaware that the time-traveling future heroines She-Hulk and Phantom Blonde were posing as Dutch's gun molls in an effort to uncover where the future Rosenblatt had hidden the stolen bomb. Hoping to stall the All Winners until she could learn the information she needed, She-Hulk tripped the Whizzer, earning the enmity of Miss America, who flew down to kick She-Hulk, only to painfully collide with the super-strong heroine, spraining both of her ankles. While Miss America recovered, She-Hulk acquired the bomb and defeated Dutch Rosenblatt, soon returning to her proper time period.

(What If? I#4) - When Namor opted to take some time away from the All Winners Squad to again return home to aid his Atlantean people, Miss America agreed that a vacation from the team would be nice. Captain America (Nasland) settled the discussion and the All Winners Squad went their separate ways, Miss America flying away as the Human Torch was telling Namor of his plans to visit his creator in Boston. During the break, Madeline Joyce was given new prescription glasses to wear to improve her eyesight. Not long after, however, Miss America returned to the All Winners Squad after the Human Torch and Toro were led into a trap by the android Adam-II, who sought to replace a local politician with an android double.

(What If? I#4 / Captain America: Patriot#1) - When they arrived in Boston to meet with the Torch and Toro, Miss America spotted no welcoming committee but found her former Liberty Legion teammate, the Patriot, was with the Torch. Upon hearing from the Torch and the Patriot that Adam-II intended to replace one of ten Democratic political candidates, the All Winners Squad split up to search for the potential targets.

(What If? I#4) - Miss America and the rest of the All Winners Squad soon saw a flare sent up by Captain America, unaware that he had been crushed by one of Adam-II's androids, and they rushed to the scene to battle Adam-II, who was attempting to replace John F. Kennedy. Captain America (secretly the Patriot, who had donned the uniform after discovering Nasland's death) soon entered the fray and terrified Adam-II into stealing a car in an attempt to escape, only to crash it. With Adam-II's defeat, Miss America and the rest of the All Winners Squad were thanked by the grateful Kennedy. When Bucky expressed gratitude that Captain America had survived, he quickly realized that the Captain America in the Squad was not William Nasland, at which point Jeff Mace, the former Patriot, revealed to a saddened Miss America and the others that Nasland had died earlier at the Old North Church. After coming to terms with the loss of their teammate, Miss America and the All Winners Squad rushed to the scene of William Nasland's death to retrieve Nasland's corpse.

(Captain America I Annual#6 (fb) / Captain America I#285 (fb) / Saga of the Sub-Mariner I#6 (fb) / Saga of the Original Human Torch I#3 (fb) / Marvel Comics I#1000 / 8) - Miss America accompanied the All Winners Squad as Jeff Mace carried William Nasland's body through the streets of Boston back to Namor's flagship.

(Captain America: Patriot#2) - Miss America accompanied the All Winners Squad to Oxfordshire, England to rescue secret spy Dr. Klaus Fuchs from a group of Soviet super agents. During the fight, Miss America battled Night Witch in the air while the Whizzer rescued Dr. Fuchs. With Fuchs out of their reach, the Soviets retreated and the Whizzer confirmed that he had taken Fuchs to a safe house. When the Whizzer asked if he missed much of the battle while getting Fuchs to safety, Miss America replied that he didn't miss anything more than she had missed him. After the Whizzer and Miss America made a crack about Fuchs passing along Communist secrets, Captain America (Mace) grew annoyed that he had not been given all of the information before the mission and when Namor began complaining at Mace's lack of familiarity with using a shield, Miss America reminded Namor that they needed to keep the ruse that Mace was the original Captain America to reassure the nation. Also reminding Namor of the symbol Captain America was, Miss America noted that they had just fought agents of a theoretically friendly country and that the world was too unsettled to reveal the truth that the original Captain America was dead. Captain America then angrily proclaimed, pointing a finger at Miss America, that he could likely do his job much better if he knew everything they did before missions. The All Winners Squad soon returned to Manhattan, where the radio reported live on their arrival and rumors of a romance between Captain America and Miss America. Later that evening, Miss Patriot stopped by to inform Captain America that his old friend Jack Casey had died but she stormed out before doing so and Miss America and the rest of All Winners Squad entered the room to comfort Jeff Mace, informing him of Casey's death in Miss Patriot's stead. She remained present as FBI agent Betsy Ross and the All Winners Squad warned Jeff against attending Jack Casey's funeral as Captain America due to the Casey's blue-ticketed status. Following the funeral, which Jeff Mace attended in his old Patriot costume, Mace returned to the All Winners Squad, where Miss America read aloud the newspaper articles denouncing the Patriot's support of Casey. When Namor grumbled that Mace had killed his Patriot identity with nothing gained in return, Mace punched Namor, surprising Miss America and the others present.

(All-Winners Comics I#21) - In December 1946, Captain America summoned Miss America and the rest of the All Winners Squad to warn them about the dangers of Earth-46141's Future Man and Earth-616's Madame Death, who had teamed up to destroy the planet.

(All-Winners Comics I#21 / Saga of the Original Human Torch I#3 (fb)) - Explaining that the Future Man intended to target five major continents of Earth, Captain America tasked each of the All Winners Squad with guarding a continent, assigning Africa to Miss America.

(All-Winners Comics I#21) - Later, having learned that the Future Man had already struck at Europe, South America and Asia, Miss America patrolled Africa, awaiting the inevitable attack there.

(All-Winners Comics I#21 / Saga of the Original Human Torch I#3 (fb)) - When living mummies attacked a nearby caravan, Miss America noticed a black cloud over the sky in that area and dove in to assist against the undead creatures, soon forcing them to flee into a pyramid. Pursuing them into the pyramid, Miss America discovered Future Man and Madame Death using a Life Battery device to bring mummies to life.

(All-Winners Comics I#21 / Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb)) - Future Man unleashed more mummies against the flying heroine but Madame Death preferred to take care of Miss America herself.

(All-Winners Comics I#21) - Miss America easily punched Madame Death aside then began destroying Future Man's Life Battery as Future Man and Madame Death fled. Upon fully destroying the Life Battery, Miss America pursued the two criminals, only to be led into trap in the form of an airtight room. The Future Man projected his astral form into the room to gloat and watch Miss America die but when he amused by translating some of the ancient hieroglyphics as "Turn me and I will give you freedom!," the weakened Miss America turned a statue, opening a hidden door. Ignoring the Future Man's astral image, Miss America flew through the door to confront Madame Death, only to find that she too was now present only in astral form. The gloating Future Man and Madame Death then disappeared, leaving Miss America to wonder where they were truly located. Taking solace in that she had at least saved Africa, Miss America flew off to send a warning to her teammate, the Human Torch, that North America was the only continent left for the Future Man to attack.

    Upon defeating the Future Man in America, the Human Torch and Toro realized they could not truly stop the Future Man until they discovered where his base was. Summoning the rest of the All Winners Squad back to their headquarters, the Torch revealed the Future Man's plans to bring an army and weapons from his native timeline to destroy the planet. As the team discussed where the Future Man could be hiding, Miss America admitted she was still puzzled over the black cloud she had seen in the sky before Future Man's mummies attacked in Africa. When her teammates also mentioned seeing black clouds in the sky during their missions, Captain America deduced that the black clouds must have been hiding the Future Man's ship. He then ordered Human Torch, Toro and Miss America to rush to the American desert to check if the Future Man's black cloud was still there while the rest of the Squad followed behind. Spotting the cloud in the desert, Miss America, the Torch and Toro entered the cloud and located the Future Man's ship inside. After Torch and Toro downed the Future Man's ship, Miss America regrouped with the rest of her arriving teammates and the assembled All Winners Squad confronted Future Man and Madame Death.

(All-Winners Comics I#21 / Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb) / Saga of the Original Human Torch I#3 (fb) / All-Winners Comics 70th Anniversary Special#1) - Madame Death held the heroes at bay, claiming they would not dare harm a lady, but Miss America had no qualms about hitting a woman and she punched Madame Death, remarking that Madame Death was no lady. When the Future Man announced plans to travel back to his own time and return with reinforcements, Captain America destroyed the wires that would allow the Future Man to go into the future then ordered the All Winners out of the ship as the Future Man activated his Time-Engine. Revealing his actions to the rest of the Squad after the Future Man disappeared into the past, Captain America suspected that the Future Man's Earth-46141 allies would not return to the 20th century after one of their greatest scientists failed.

(All-Winners Comics 70th Anniversary Special#1) - Captain America admitted that he hadn't intended to trap the Future Man into a constant spiral into the past and Namor angrily berated Captain America, claiming that he never intended to cause the issues he did, prompting Miss America to suggest they argue later. The Whizzer then exclaimed that they needed to get out of there and Miss America accompanied the All Winners Squad as the flew away, leaving a large implosion of temporal energy in the wake of the Future Man's disappearance behind them. Once at a safe distance, the Whizzer joked that Miss America could've taken on the Future Man by herself, what with her "strength of a thousand men and wisdom of the ages," prompting Miss America to reply that the Whizzer shouldn't believe everything he read, especially in comic books. Captain America then apologized, admitting that he didn't think destroying the Future Man's wiring would have done so much damage, and Miss America suggested he not let the arriving reporters hear him say that.

(Marvels I#2 (fb)  - BTS / All-Winners Comics 70th Anniversary Special#1) - Following the All Winners Squad's victory, a photo was taken of Miss America and the rest of the All Winners Squad for the Daily Bugle newspaper and an article was written about their triumph that made the front page.

(All-Winners Comics 70th Anniversary Special#1) - The reporters rushed Captain America and bombarded him with questions regarding the battle against Future Man and Madame Death, and Miss America soon stepped in to dramatize the battle for the reporters. Playing up the battle for the cameras, Miss America praised Captain America's role in the fight and kissed him on the cheek, claiming that she wouldn't be able to thank him enough. When the reporter Smitty asked if the rumors of Captain and Miss America dating were true, Miss America slyly remarked that a girl doesn't kiss and tell before flying off with Captain America in tow.

    One week later, the All Winners Squad were looking over the latest script for their comic book by Otto Binder and when Bucky remarked that he didn't realize Future Man had used a "Life Battery" in Egypt to resurrect mummies, the Human Torch revealed that Miss America tended to give Binder leeway in his adaptations of the All Winners Squad's missions. Madeline Joyce then entered the room and reminded them all that it was just a comic book before the Human Torch commended Madeline on her knowledge of public perceptions and her help adjusting Jeff Mace to his role of Captain America. They then watched as Captain America tirelessly trained in the use of his shield and Madeline commented on how hard it must be, not only to have to fill the role of Captain America, but to know one wasn't the first choice. The Torch replied that Mace was a great patriot and Madeline remarked that the trick was getting people to believe he was Captain America, including himself. When Toro essentially ended the conversation by suggesting the Blonde Phantom or Golden Girl join the team, Madeline prepared to excuse herself for a date night with the Whizzer, who arrived seconds later, ready for a night on the town. A short time later during their date, the two discussed what they should do but when the somewhat insecure Bob Frank asked if he was perhaps being traded for someone in red, white and blue, Madeline assured Bob that her flirting with Captain America was simply part of the public show but Bob admitted being somewhat jealous. A marine soon interrupted their discussion to passionately kiss Madeline, angering Bob, who announced that Madeline was not government issue. The marine apologized, claiming he was just happy to be back in the USA but the marine soon transformed into a zombie-look form and when other zombies appeared, Madeline had Bob pull extra costumes for her purse and the Whizzer changed their outfits at superhuman speed so they could investigate. Miss America then ordered the Whizzer to evacuate civilians while she distracted the military zombies into following her. As the rest of the All Winners Squad arrived on the scene, Miss America suggested they retreat to the roof of their headquarters where it was safe, only to be knocked from the headquarters by an explosion moments later. Banged up but otherwise fine, Miss America looked up with the Squad to see zombified forms of Captain America and Bucky. When the zombie Cap and Bucky remarked that if Mace and the Fred Davis Bucky died, they would live, Mace attempted to sacrifice himself to protect Fred Davis and Miss America warned against his sacrifice. The Human Torch soon noticed the hidden Madame Death, who revealed that the Future Man had repaired his Chronol-Capacitor before dying of an ancient disease in her arms. The Human Torch and Toro soon destroyed Madame Death's temporal platform, inadvertently causing a large explosion that Miss America was protected from by the Whizzer. The explosion cost the life of Madame Death, however, and she died remarking that it was her plan the entire time to join the Future Man in death as the concerned All Winners Squad watched.

    The next day, Miss America and the rest of the All Winners Squad helped rebuild from the explosion and discussed moving their headquarters out of Times Square. Miss America soon invited some reporters in an effort to give them something new to write about and when they began questioning Captain America about the rumors of his relationship with Miss America, Cap tried to divert the questions. Miss America instead suggested that she was tired of keeping her true feelings a secret before turning over and planting a passionate kiss on the Whizzer, publicly revealing her relationship with him. The reporters then swarmed Miss America and the Whizzer as Namor admitted his newfound respect for Jeff Mace following his willingness to sacrifice himself for the greater good.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#60 / 3) - While trying to find an antique shop her Uncle Jim had spoke about, Madeline Joyce witnessed a man shove the old Daffy Smith into the path of a speeding car. When Smith was killed by the car, Madeline ducked into a deserted alley to change into her Miss America costume. Rushing over to Snake, the man that had pushed Daffy Smith, Miss America scooped him up and flew over to the car that had ran down Daffy. Miss America's presence caused the driver to wreck, forcing the heroine to set down Snake to rescue the driver, Jake. Snake quickly escaped but Miss America forced Jake to give up information by dropping him from the air. Jake told Miss America to visit the Community Mission homeless haven for the answers she sought. The heroine dropped Jake off with the police before flying over to the Community Mission, where she overheard philanthropist Brant Lee discussed with his Murder Inc. accomplice Louie about the insurance racket they were running in which the homeless at the Mission were forced to take out insurance policies that the Mission then collected on after arranging the subsequent deaths. Angered at the wholesale slaughter Brant Lee was profiting from, Miss America smashed through the window and attacked the two Murder Inc. members. While Miss America was freeing Murder Inc.'s latest intended victim, Louie clubbed the heroine in the head with the butt of his gun and Brant Lee had Miss America wrapped in chains and thrown into the river. The cold water revived Miss America and she rallied her strength to break the chains binding her. Snake soon returned to the Mission to report that Miss America had apprehended Jake but Brant Lee and Louie assured Snake that Miss America had just been drowned in the East River. As if on cue, Miss America then smashed her way through another window to make quick work of defeating Murder Inc. After depositing the three men with the police, Miss America began to fly off and when the police remarked that they hadn't had a chance to thank her, Miss America apologized, noting that she still had to run an errand for her uncle.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#61 / 3) - Madeline visited the Washington, DC Navy Department, where she was to meet her Uncle Jim. Unsure of which office Jim was in, Madeline opened the door to an office and found a woman slumped over the desk, seemingly in some sort of comatose trance. Changing into her Miss America costume, the suspicious Madeline soon overheard a man ordering another man to write what he ordered, sign, then forget all that transpired. Quickly shutting the door, Madeline found herself face-to-face with the hypnotic man from the other room, the Nazi Dr. von Helstog. Dr. von Helstog's thug tried to hold off Miss America long enough for von Helstog to escape but Navy security arrived moments later and Miss America began interrogating the defeating Nazi thug as to where von Helstog had fled and what his scheme was. As soon as the thug gave up Dr. von Helstog, another Nazi agent hurled a knife and killed the talking thug. Miss America defeated the other two Nazis and questioned how these Nazis had gotten past Navy security. One of the Naval men claimed that Dr. von Helstog had convinced their commander to give him an interview regarding a new invention that the secret Nazi agents had been carrying. When the "invention" turned out to completely empty and devoid of anything technological, the Nazi agents laughed and Miss America flew the murderous one outside, threatening to drop him if he didn't give up where Dr. von Helstog's headquarters. The Nazi reluctantly led Miss America to a run-down home and she knocked out the Nazi before venturing inside. Avoiding an ambush, Miss America dispatched another Nazi inside before Dr. von Helstog himself appeared and attempted to hypnotize Miss America into a sleep. The two then had a battle of wills and while Miss America did not succumb to sleep, she was left dazed as Dr. von Helstog gloated about his plan to bomb a ceremony honoring a battlecraft and departed. Miss America soon fully overcame Dr. von Helstog's influence and recalled von Helstog's plot. Rushing to the ceremony, Miss America arrived just as von Helstog's stolen bomber plane was about to drop the bomb. Hitting the bomber and jamming the bomber bay doors, Miss America smashed her way through a back windshield to defeat Dr. von Helstog. The bomber then took a nosedive and Miss America managed to right it at the last minute, escaping and sending the bomber crashing into the sea, killing von Helstog and his agents.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#62 / 3) - Reading an issue of The Daily Blah newspaper, Madeline Joyce learned of three separate mysteries: Nick Bruto escaping a police dragnet, a scientist that was missing and an enemy bomber being reported flying over the city. A woman soon drove up and offered Madeline and she accepted, complimenting the woman's necklace and asking if the woman worried about thieves. As if on cue, Nick Bruto ran up to the car at the next red light and swiped the woman's necklace. In the commotion of the woman screaming for help and a pursuing police officer running up to identify Bruto, Madeline changed into her Miss America costume and flew off to apprehend Bruto. When Miss America gained the upper hand, Bruto flung dust in Miss America's eyes, blinding the heroine just long enough for him to escape towards a nearby house. She quickly flew to the house, only to be surprised to see the house gone. Feeling like a sap, Miss America questioned how the Earth could just seemingly swallow up a person before returning home. Later that night, Madeline read the newspaper articles about her failure to catch Nick Bruto and thought about how the escape of Bruto and people disappearing were true, wondering how the third mystery of a wingless bomber could be true.

    The next night, Miss America heard over the radio that Nick Bruto had robbed the Tiffan Jewel Store and she flew over to where police had closed in on Bruto. When Bruto murdered a police officer, Miss America swooped in to punch the criminal but Bruto dumped his stolen goods bag onto Miss America's head. She quickly removed the bag and went to pursue Bruto, only to find he had disappeared again. Later reading a newspaper article about Bruto still being at large, Miss America noticed that an article also mentioned that the home of missing scientist Dr. Paine had disappeared. Suspecting a connection between all three mysteries, Miss America traveled to where Bruto was last seen and questioned the neighborhood residents as to how many houses were in the area. When all said eleven and Miss America counted twelve, she ventured into the twelfth house and was attacked by Nick Bruto. Awaking to find herself in a flying house, Miss America tumbled out of the door. No longer needing Dr. Paine, Bruto next hurled Dr. Paine out of the window and the flying Miss America caught the missing scientist and returned to the flying house. Miss America knocked out Bruto and Dr. Paine revealed how the escaped Bruto had ran into Paine's newly-completed flying house three days ago and forced Paine to fly him to commit crimes. Now realizing that Bruto had been "disappearing" by utilizing Paine's flying house, Miss America later read in the newspaper how she had wrapped up three mysteries at once.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#63 / 3) - While visiting a famous air field, Madeline Joyce was surprised when the tower received a distress call. With the air traffic controllers busy dealing with the call, Madeline left the room and went into action as Miss America. Confirming the distress call of pirates attacking the plane, Miss America leaped into battle against the pirates until one of them stunned Miss America with a thrown gun. Regaining her composure seconds later, Miss America discovered that the pirates had murdered the American pilots and left the plane in a fiery tailspin. Making her way to the pilot's cabin, Miss America narrowly escaped the burning plane moments before it went down. Thinking how the pirates had no parachutes and could not have simply disappeared, the flying Miss America soon hit something invisible in the air. Feeling around the area of the invisible object, the heroine heard muffled speech and motors and seconds later, an invisible door opened and the pirates brought her aboard their invisible aircraft. Brought before the pirate leader, Blackbeard, Miss America expressed doubt of Blackbeard's legitimacy as a pirate and he had her shoved out of the plane with weights attached to her ankles. She managed to break the weights moments before hitting the ground but resigned that she would not be able to find Blackbeard's invisible plane again.

    Days later, Madeline had dinner with an Army officer and learned that Blackbeard appeared to be going after bigger game in the form of a war plant. Knowing the old pirate Blackbeard made his base in the bayous, Miss America searched the bayou area for signs of a headquarters for the modern Blackbeard. Soon finding an island in the swamp, Miss America touched down on it and Blackbeard's pirates emerged from a trap door to seize her. Miss America fought back, eventually unmasking Blackbeard as a Japanese spy wearing a bulletproof mask and vest. When the invisible pirate bomber took off, Miss America pursued and knocked its ailerons, causing it to spin out and crash land onto Blackbeard's island base, destroying it and seemingly killing Blackbeard and his men. The next day, as Madeline and her Uncle Jim were taking a northbound train, Jim noticed Madeline was reading about pirates and Madeline remarked that she might as well keep up with pirate methods since they seemed to be fighting all the world's pirates these days.

(Inhuman Special#1 (fb)) - Miss America accompanied the Liberty Legion on a mission against the Master Man, during which Red Raven viciously punched the Nazi in the face.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#64 / 3) - Madeline was returning to her Long Island home from a shopping trip when she spotted a man's corpse in the road and what appeared to be a car accident. When Madeline approached, the driver sped off. Quickly noticing that the man's identification had all been removed, Madeline changed into her Miss America costume and flew into the air to pursue the man's supposed killers. Tracking the speeding car, Miss America flew close enough to hear the driver brag about no one would know the corpse was an insurance agent and she knocked the man and woman out, stealing the identification papers they had taken from the corpse and leaving their unconscious bodies next to their wrecked car to trick them into thinking they'd been knocked out by a crash. Visiting the corpse's insurance company, Miss America learned that the company had been investigating the woman in the car, known to them as Lorelei Ricciardi, or Madame Bluebeard due to her involvement with a string of deceased husbands. Upon hearing that Lorelei had married the wealthy Giltedge that morning, Miss America flew over to confront Madame Bluebeard and her ally Guy Rogers, arriving as the two were discussed their plot to murder Giltedge. Miss America punched Rogers but was hit from behind by Lorelei's footman, Griggs. Madame Bluebeard then had the unconscious Miss America taken into the bedroom, where Lorelei donned Miss America's costume and adjusted her plot to have "Miss America" murder Giltedge, thereby killing Giltedge and discrediting the real Miss America. As soon as Madame Bluebeard and Guy Rogers left for a masquerade party, Madeline Joyce punched the guarding Griggs and swiped some of Madame Bluebeard's clothing to create a masquerade costume. She then infiltrated the masquerade party and exposed Madame Bluebeard in a Miss America costume. The frantic Madame Bluebeard ordered Guy Rogers to give Giltedge a drugged drink but Miss America stopped Rogers and the party-attending police chief took Madame Bluebeard and Guy Rogers into custody.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#65 / 3) - Running late to a weekend with friends in the Berkshire Mountains, Madeline Joyce heard a scream near the road and spotted a woman, Julie, being attacked by what appeared to be a witch. Madeline's arrival prompted the witch to run off and, after checking on the fainted Julie, Madeline chased after the witch, only for it to seemingly leap over the mountain precipice. When Julie also appeared to be gone, Madeline donned her Miss America costume to investigate. Tracking Julie to a nearby inn, Miss America watched from outside a window and read the lips of those inside, seeing the inn's owner accuse Julie of being delirious in claiming to see witches despite another guest saying that she also saw witches. Miss America then discovered that the inn owner's nephew appeared to be nervous that someone had witnessed the witch and that the witness might return with police. When the inn owner agreed that they couldn't take chances and suggested they get rid of both Julie and the witch costume, Miss America flew into Julie's room just as the nephew and his wife were confronting Julie. Swiftly defeating the nephew and his wife, Miss America forced them to take her to where the witch costumes were kept. The two led the heroine into the basement, where the inn owner was about to put a witch costume into the furnace. Miss America confronted the inn owner about killing Julie and disposing of the witch costume but the inn owner claimed she was never intending to kill Julie and explained that, while she often dressed as a witch to drum up business at her inn on Witch's Rock and give her patrons a thrill, she had opted to get rid of the costume after someone had died on the gorge. She also explained that she could not have been the witch that attacked Julie, as she was at the inn at the time. Not being able to argue with the inn owner's logic, the still-suspicious Miss America decided to leave and return to her car.

    She subsequently returned to the inn as Madeline Joyce and announced herself as the witness who had saved Julie from the witch. Madeline then summoned the police before getting atop Witch's Rock to lure out the witch. Before Madeline could remove her cloak to reveal herself as Miss America, a witch appeared and moved her into position atop the rock while a second witch knocked her over the gorge. As she fell, Madeline removed her civilian disguise and noticed that the second witch leaped forward from Witch's Rock to seemingly vanish rather than backwards as before. Flying back to Witch's Rock, Miss America investigated the rock and found an opening in the cliffside leading to a net. She also noticed a ladder leading to the top of Witch's Rock and a tunnel that led straight to the inn. Following the tunnel to the inn's furnace room, Miss America found the inn owner's nephew and his wife gloating about how his aunt would be framed for the seeming murder of Madeline and how they would inherit the aunt's money and inn. Confronting the two, Miss America assured them they would be put in jail and their aunt could live a peaceful life free of any witches haunting Witch's Rock.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#66 / 3) - On her way to her Uncle Jim's hunting lodge in Maine, Madeline Joyce overheard a cry for help that was cutoff by the sound of a gunshot. The investigating Madeline soon arrived on the scene to see a dead man, Summers, and two hunters, Page and Morrow, fleeing into the woods. Donning her Miss America costume, Madeline apprehended Page and Morrow and summoned the sheriff to the scene, to whom Page and Morrow claimed their business partner had accidentally shot himself. Unsure of how to disprove the hunters' story, Madeline continued on to a hotel and while checking in, she overheard Page getting a room. Watching from her makeup compact, Madeline witnessed Morrow enter shortly after and she followed them, hiding in an adjoining booth of the hotel's restaurant as the two hunters discussed one cutting out on the other. She then waited as Page convinced Morrow to return to their hunting lodge and Page returned to his room at the hotel before calling the police in New York to gather information on the three hunters. Hours later, Madeline received a phone call from the police in New York from which she learned the three hunters had taken out an insurance policy so that the partners get the money if the other died. Again changing into her Miss America, Madeline flew over to the hunting lodge, only to find Morrow dead by hanging. Coming up with a plan, Miss America spoke with the officer who had investigated Summers' death and had him lead Page to her. When the officer questioned Page about Morrow's death, Page claimed Morrow had murdered Summers and threatened to do the same to Page if he told the truth to the police but Miss America arrived to discredit Page's claims. Revealing how Page had set up Morrow's death to look like a suicide and then returned to the hotel in Morrow's boots to leave only Morrow's footprints in the snow, Miss America tossed Morrow's boots at Page as evidence. When the sheriff attempted to arrest Page, however, he downed both the sheriff and Miss America, and tried to steal the sheriff's gun, only for Miss America to kick Page when he tried to shoot her. She followed up with a knockout uppercut, leaving Page in the sheriff's custody.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#67 / 3) - Madeline visited the local Long Island post office and noticed the armed guards presents, who employee Mr. Blivens explained as being there since the post office cashed government checks for soldiers. The post office was soon attacked by criminal couple the Fox and the Vixen, and when they killed the guards, Madeline fought back by knocking a table into the Fox and tackling the Vixen. The Fox managed to knock Madeline out with the butt of his gun, leaving Madeline and the unconscious Vixen behind for the police when the alarm sounded. Madeline regained consciousness the next day at home with Uncle Jim at her bedside and later that day, Madeline read a Star newspaper article reporting on the manhunt for the Fox. Phoning the police and expressing an interest in helping catch the Fox, Miss America attended a conference with the police, FBI and the post office workers, where she learned that the Vixen refused to give any information on the Fox, possibly out of love or loyalty. Suspecting the Vixen's loyalty might lead them to the Fox, Miss America had the police arrange for the Vixen to be taken to court to be arraigned and, as Miss America had predicted, the Vixen fought off her two police guards and escaped, stealing car after car until she made her way to drug store to phone the Fox. When the Vixen next got a room at a rundown boarding home, Miss America confronted the crook, who realized her whole escape had been a trap to get to the Fox. The angry Vixen attacked Miss America with a knife but Miss America easily disarmed her foe and tied her up. A knock soon came to the door and Miss America, ready for battle, opened the door to find one of the Fox's goons. Under threat from Miss America, the thug revealed that the Fox was actually across the street and had sent his thug there in case the summons was a trap. During the fight with the Fox's goon, the Vixen smashed a window and revealed to the Fox across the street that she was being held captive. The Fox quickly drove off and Miss America snatched up the Vixen before pursuing the Fox and landing right in front of his car, causing the Fox to crash into a lamppost. The terrified Fox then got out of his car and starting shooting at Miss America, accidentally hitting the Vixen instead. Miss America then knocked out the Fox and rushed to check on the Vixen, confirming her death at the hands of the "dirty, undeserving swine she tried to save."

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#68 / 3) - Madeline was working with the poor when a fight erupted at Sam Lee's laundromat. Madeline rushed to help Sam and the local townspeople followed suit, only to back off when the attackers brandished guns. The attackers soon escaped and Madeline returned to the laundromat to find Sam explaining to the police that the attackers were attempting to take a load of laundry belonging to a man named Jimmy from Miss Simpson's boarding house without brandishing the proper ticket. As the police continued investigating the laundry bundle, Madeline ducked out to investigate Miss Simpson's boarding house as Miss America. Upon checking on Jimmy, Miss America found him tied up in his room and learned from Jimmy that he'd been attacked by the same men that had attacked Sam Lee's laundromat. Jimmy revealed that one of the attackers had recently been staying in the boarding home and how the attackers had departed as soon as they acquired Jimmy's ticket for laundry at Sam Lee's laundromat. Flying back towards Sam Lee's for more answers, Miss America spotted the attackers' car trying to run a laundry truck off the road. Allowing the truck to be hijacked by the men while still protecting the driver, Miss America quietly followed the attackers until they stopped to raid the laundry in the truck for a ticket matching the one they'd stolen from Jimmy. When the crooks came up empty, they assumed Sam Lee had taken what they were looking for and sped off to return to Sam Lee's laundromat, only this time, they spotted Miss America following them and shot at her. Miss America flew down and scooped the crooks' leader from the car, causing it to crash. Terrified of being dropped, the criminal leader confessed that they had robbed a Wall Street bond messenger and hid the bonds in Jimmy's laundry after hiding out in the boarding home. Upon learning from the leader that the bonds had somehow disappeared after being taken to the laundromat, Miss America flew the leader back to Sam Lee's laundromat, where they witnessed Sam and Jimmy happily enjoying a dinner together. Thinking that Sam and Jimmy were in on the bond theft together, Miss America smashed through the window to confront them, only to be surprised when Jimmy thanked her for saving their lives. Jimmy then explained that they had called the police when they found the stolen bonds and that the police should be there any minute. After Jimmy explained how Sam Lee had switched tickets on the laundry bundles to keep criminals from getting the bonds, Miss America asked why Sam didn't turn the bonds over to the police himself and Sam replied that his business practices state that only the person who dropped off the bundle could be given the cleaned bundle back.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#69 / 3) - During a shopping trip, Madeline Joyce's wristband snapped and she sought the nearby Gorham's jewelry store to fix it. Not noticing a chauffeur, Thomas, tapping his foot outside, Madeline entered a jewelry store, stumbling into two heavily veiled women on the way in. Somewhat affronted by the women not saying anything back to her, Madeline tapped an employee on the shoulder to get assistance, only to be shocked when the man slumped to the ground dead. Quickly realizing everyone in the store appeared to be dead, a horrified Madeline also noticed the store had been robbed clean before she was hit in the back of the head and knocked out. Recovering later in front of the police, Madeline explained how she had seen two veiled women exit the store minutes before she was knocked and the police officer, having heard a similar story from other recent robberies, explained to Madeline that the old women were the spinster Varden sisters, who enjoyed rummaging through jewelry stores as a hobby. Suspecting the Varden sisters of murdering people at the stores they ransacked, the officer admitted they hadn't been able to catch the sisters in the act yet witnesses placed them present at the scene before each robbery. As the police sent out an APB to the Westchester precinct to apprehend the Varden sisters, Madeline made her way to the roof, where she changed into her Miss America costume and flew to the Westchester estate of the Vardens. Recognizing their car as the one matching the police description, Miss America flew in to confront the Vardens, who claimed they had visited Gorham's that morning. Knowing that she had been bumped into on the way into Gorham's that afternoon, Miss America interrogated the old spinsters about visiting Gorham's in the afternoon but the Vardens insisted it was morning not afternoon. The Vardens then summoned their chauffeur Thomas, who also confirmed they had visited Gorham's that morning, and when one of the sisters pulled out her handbag to check for a silver fork she had purchased at Gorham's, Miss America did not recognize the handbag as the one she'd seen that afternoon. Flying off to check the Vardens' car, Miss America confirmed it had been recently driven and she flew back inside to find Thomas and the maid Agnes trying to cover up evidence and a chemical lab. Miss America attacked Agnes and the butler and when Thomas tried to spray Miss America with a chemical that would freeze her in place like their victims at Gorham's, Miss America knocked him aside and knocked out Agnes. She then snatched up Thomas and flew him to the police, where Thomas confessed to serving the Vardens drugged tea and having Agnes and the butler pose as the sisters to rob jewelry stores.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#70 / 3) - As Madeline Joyce and her Uncle Jim were leaving a broadway show, Madeline spotted a pair of blind musicians and wished to give them some money. A cry soon rang out from behind Madeline and she turned to see a woman named Martha with a knife sticking out of her back. Martha's husband confirmed that Martha's diamond necklace had also been stolen and Madeline quickly noticed a couple hurriedly shoving their way through the crowd. Unable to catch up to them due to the crowd of exiting theater patrons, Madeline slipped into an exit and changed into her Miss America costume to pursue the fleeing couple. Upon seeing Miss America, the couple attempted to jump in a cab but Miss America yanked the driver out of the car and confronted the couple, who claimed they were innocent. Miss America noted that she had not yet accused the couple of any crimes and when she mentioned them fleeing the scene of a murder, the couple claimed they were simply in a hurry to catch a train, as their train tickets would confirm. Miss America then mentioned the stolen diamond necklace but proved unable to find it on the pair. The police ultimately allowed the couple to go free and Madeline Joyce returned to her worried Uncle Jim. 

    The next afternoon, Madeline visited the scene of Martha's murder and retraced the steps of the suspicious couple. The blind musicians soon walked up and Madeline recognized their clothes but not their faces. Questioning them, Madeline learned that they had been paid to stay home while a couple took their places, all as part of a seeming joke on friends. Realizing the blind musicians had been duped and the thieving couple had passed Martha's diamond necklace to the fake musicians posing as the blind musicians, Madeline enlisted the true musicians' help in apprehending the murderous couple. Ten days later, the fake musicians met with the couple and announced their plans to stop posing as the blind musicians, as they were being tailed. One of the fake musicians assured the other that neither Miss America nor the police went after the real musicians and the next night, Madeline Joyce received a coded phone call from the real blind musicians explaining that they had been paid once more to stay home. Flying out minutes later as Miss America, Madeline tracked the fake musicians to the theater district again, this time swooping down to stop the thieving couple from murdering a new victim. Knocking the knife from the man's hand, Miss America also apprehended the woman and deposited them both with the police, who thanked her.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#71 / 3) - While driving outside Washington, Madeline witnessed a house exploding into flames. Donning her Miss America costume, Madeline rushed to the scene to save anyone she could but before she could enter the house, she was attacked by two thugs. The heroine punched one and kicked another with her "Ballet Special." When the one she kicked brandished a cane and wielded it with sword-like accuracy, Miss America ducked for cover, at which point the man fled. Miss America allowed the thugs to escape so she could focus on saving people in the burning house. Spotting a corpse and smoke-covering FBI agent Perkins, Miss America rescued Perkins but was told to go back for the corpse, as the body would prove a crime of murder. Agreeing to risk her life to save the corpse, Miss America flew back into the burning house to retrieve the corpse, only the FBI agent dead when she returned, a knife in his torso. Angry that the thugs had murdered Perkins while she was retrieving the corpse, Miss America flew to the FBI headquarters and learned that the corpse was General Watkins and Perkins had been the FBI agent investigating the murder. Learning that Perkins had tied General Watkins' murder to three others in which the victims went mad and died after being injected by their family doctor, Miss America noticed in Perkins' notebook that General Watkins had went to the gym before returning home on the day he died.

    Upon confirming that fencing was done at the gym, Miss America decided to visit the gym, expecting to find the cane-wielding thug there. Smashing through a gym window to see the gym's fencing master dipping his fencing foil in liquid, Miss America knocked aside the master's goon but another thug hit her from behind with his gun. The heroine awakened to find herself facing pistols and the fencing master gloating that the pistols had silencers so as to not arouse the suspicions of his next client, General Summers. When the master bragged about the poisonous button at the end of his foil, the back-and-forth with Miss America was interrupted when General Summers arrived for his fencing lesson. Miss America warned the general of the attack and the fencing master's goons quickly swarmed the hero as the fencing master himself went in to kill Summers, who barely managed to parry in time. When the fencing master got the upper hand on General Summers, Miss America dove into the fencing master, knocking him over. The fencing master then attempted to flee but Miss America hit him from behind with his own fencing foil, defeating him. Later returning to FBI headquarters, Miss America turned over the fencing foil as evidence and learned that the fencing master had not doused the foil in straight poison but rather, a chemical that reacted with a morphine sedative administered to each of his victims by their own family doctor. Upon hearing this, Miss America deduced that the fencing master had burned down General Watkins' home to prevent a second autopsy from being performed that might show the sword wound and initiate an investigation into the murder.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#72 / 3) - Arriving early at the Washington Hotel, Madeline Joyce sought to park in the back and wait in the roof until her Uncle Jim arrived but she was nearly hit by a speeding hearse. An investigating soon spotted the Nazi Cyclops delivering drugged wreaths to the visiting WAAF members and when the WAAF members were knocked out by the drug, Madeline went into action as Miss America to stop the Nazis from kidnapping the WAAF members. Exiting the room to see Miss America making quick work of his men, the Cyclops hit Miss America from behind, knocking her out and leaving her behind as they escaped with the WAAF members. Awakening to see that the FBI had taken over the investigation, Miss America realized she needed to search for the Cyclops' hearse when the FBI agent mentioned the funeral wreaths and she flew out to a nearby cemetery, where she spotted the hearse outside the cemetery's crematory. Worried that she might have arrived too late to save the WAAF members, Miss America rushed inside to find the Cyclops preparing to send the WAAF members into the fiery crematory inside coffins. Plowing her way through a hail of gunfire, Miss America punched out one of the Nazis and knocked over the coffins housing the WAAF members before they could be burned. The Cyclops attempted to stab the heroine from behind but she kicked him away, ordering one of the freed WAAF members to free the others while she focused on the Cyclops. The newly-freed WAAF members then took the fight to the Cyclops' men while Miss America dealt with the Cyclops herself, uppercutting him so hard that he felt backwards into the fire. Miss America then flew off, insisting that the WAAF members needn't thank her and reminding them that they could still make their White House reception.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#73 / 3) - Upon arrival in the city, Madeline sought out a hotel to stay for the night. Finding the Plaza Hotel next to a somewhat rundown hotel, Madeline entered the Plaza and spoke to Mr. Nicholson about a room. Learning that they were full except for the 13th floor, Madeline accepted a room on the 13th floor despite Mr. Nicholson ominously asking first if she was superstitious. As she boarded the elevator with two other guests on the 13th floor, she learned from the bagboy that someone was once murdered on the 13th floor and that some thought the floor was haunted. The two other guests laughed off the superstitions as "old wives' tales" and Madeline soon departed the elevator alongside the couple. Later that night, Madeline was awakened in the middle of the night by a ghastly scream in the room next to hers and she rushed outside as Miss America to find the Ghoul strangling a man to death. Uppercutting the Ghoul, Miss America then flew out of his reach before dive bombing into another punch, forcing the Ghoul to flee. Initially giving chase, Miss America lost the villain and returned to the scene of the crime, where she noticed an imprint on the victim's ring and suggested the Ghoul was after the man's ring. Mr. Nicholson begged Miss America to stand guard overnight, worried that he would lose business if another attack occurred, and Miss America agreed to help.

    Later that night, while thinking of who the Ghoul could be and whether he was simply after jewelry, Miss America overheard a scream from the room on the opposite side of hers and decided to use the window to get the room faster. Flying outside, she witnessed the Ghoul hurling a woman out of the window. Miss America rescued the woman, who revealed that her diamond ring had been stolen, confirming Miss America's thoughts that the villain was after jewelry. Returning the woman to the ground floor, Miss America learned that half of the Plaza Hotel's guests had already left and she announced her plans to return to the 13th floor to confront the Ghoul. Realizing she was the only guest still present on the 13th floor, Miss America changed into her civilian clothes and donned a large ruby ring to lure the Ghoul out. As expected, the Ghoul noticed one more guest was present and when he barged into Madeline's room, he spotted her large ring and attacked. Madeline quickly turned off the lights and changed into her Miss America costume, confronting the Ghoul one-on-one. After receiving a devastating uppercut from Miss America, the Ghoul leaped from the 13th floor window into an open window in the Crown Hotel next door. Miss America rushed next door and spoke with the Crown Hotel's owner, Joshua Crown, informing him that a guest in his hotel was a murderer. Claiming the man in room 25 looked like a gangster to him, Mr. Crown led Miss America to room 25, where the guest was packing his belongings. Mr. Crown accused the man of trying to flee the scene but the man insisted he was no killer. Crown then pulled back a curtain, revealing the Ghoul costume and the stolen rings, but the man exclaimed that he was being framed. When Crown threatened the man and accused him of trying to give the Crown Hotel a bad name, Miss America calmed Mr. Crown and commented that she now had the killer before knocking out Mr. Crown himself. When the police subsequently arrived on the scene, Miss America presented them with the unconscious Joshua Crown and explained how Crown had murdered Plaza Hotel guests in an effort to discredit the Plaza and improve the business of his own failing hotel. She then revealed that she had identified Crown as the Ghoul due to a mark left of his face by her ring when she had earlier uppercutted him in her Plaza hotel room.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#74 / 3) - While out driving from her Long Island home, Madeline Joyce decided to visit the Madison Street Mission and found the Mission crowded with people. Watching as a group with a bird named Polly were giving out fortunes to paying customers, Madeline witnessed the downtrodden "Red" Norton walk away looking at his fortune and secretly expressed hope that Norton had received some encouragement from his fortune, as he seemed to need it. Continuing on her way, Madeline passed by a gas station that appeared to have just been robbed so she donned her Miss America costume to assist. Upon hearing that the holdup men all wore red flowers, Miss America suspected the work of "Carnation" Joe and his gang. Noticing a man lurking behind the building, Miss America deduced "Carnation" Joe had left behind one of their own and when she approached him, he fled into the crowd of exiting subway passengers, tossing a red carnation into the garbage before Miss America lost him in the crowd.

    Madeline was later continuing on her way when she again spotted Norton, this time looking through garbage cans, from where he picked up the carnation tossed out by "Carnation" Joe's thug. As Norton wore the carnation, hoping that its red color would change his luck per the fortune card he was given, Madeline walked up to Norton and suggested he could get a good meal and possibly a job from the nearby mission. Norton thanked Madeline but was soon unknowingly recruited by "Carnation" Joe's mob, who assumed he was one of their own due to Norton's carnation. At 9pm that night, Madeline passed by another gas station that had just been robbed by "Carnation" Joe's men. When one of the attendants described Norton, Miss America departed to track "Carnation" Joe's car, suspecting that Norton couldn't have truly joined the mob. Noticing a carnation being tossed out of a car, Miss America followed the car back to "Carnation" Joe's hideout, where she attacked the mob, only to be hit from behind, tied up and locked in Joe's broom closet while he planned his mob's next target. When the mob later left to rob the Elm Street gas station, they set their hideout on fire with Miss America still inside but Norton, still being forced to aid the mob, claimed he had forgotten his carnation and briefly went back inside the burning building, where he unlocked the broom closet and informed Miss America that the mob would be hitting the Elm Street station.

    The recovering Miss America soon managed to break her bounds and she flew off towards the Elm Street station. Arriving to punch out "Carnation" Joe, Miss America was assisted in battling Joe's mobsters by Norton, who admitted he should've turned on Joe long ago. When the police arrived to take "Carnation" Joe and his men into custody, Miss America credited "Red" Norton for helping take down Joe's mob as their unwilling accomplice. Norton admitted that he had been drawn into Joe's orbit by the fortune he had a received and Miss America assured Norton that she knew he was a victim of circumstance. Weeks later, after Miss America helped get Norton off on probation, the heroine ran into Norton on the street and he thanked her for helping him avoid jail. When he revealed that he had gotten a job through the mission, a happy Miss America commented that if he stuck with it, he would make good.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#75 / 3) - Madeline was sitting at the dining room table with her Uncle Jim reading the newspaper when she remarked on an article about Pat Borden, a young girl who was fired to make way for men returning from service, only to seemingly inherit one million dollars from her deceased Uncle Bill. A short time later, Madeline was shopping in a dress shop when she passed by Pat, who seemed to be faint. Sitting with Pat, Madeline assured Pat she would be okay and afterwards drove Pat home. Along the way, Pat alluded to something bad happening that she couldn't talk about and Madeline offered her phone number if Pat felt like talking about it later. Pat later phoned Madeline to say goodbye, as she felt she couldn't go on living. Immediately donning her Miss America costume, Madeline flew over to Pat's duplex apartment but was told Pat had been driven to the Newport Bridge. Zooming over to the Bridge, Miss America rescued Pat just as Pat jumped from the Bridge. Once safely on the ground, Pat revealed to Miss America how the telegram from her uncle's attorneys had been misread and how she had not truly inherited a million dollars but the reporter Casey had pressured her to continue spending money she didn't have on luxuries under threat of turning Pat in to the police. Miss America agreed to help Pat out of her situation and they soon staged a trap for Casey, with Pat agreeing to go along with Casey's plan and Miss America hiding out in Pat's apartment to overhear Casey's confession. When Casey, happy that Pat was going along with his plans, suggested they go to the jewelry store to get more jewels, Miss America sneezed, revealing her presence in the room. She easily dispatched Casey's thug and knocked Casey aside, only to be hit from behind by Pat's maid, Marie. Casey commended Marie and ordered her to guard Miss America as they went to get jewelry but as soon as Casey and Pat left, Miss America leaned over, hitting Marie with the chair she had been tied to. Breaking free, Miss America promised to return for Marie as she flew out of the window towards Jewelers, Inc.

    Arriving seconds after Casey and Pat had left, Miss America questioned Jones, the jewelry store clerk, learning that Casey and Pat had just left with the store's credit manager. Upon hearing that the store's safe had also been robbed, Miss America tracked down Pat's car and flew down to it, ordering Pat to take the wheel as she snatched Casey and the chauffeur from the vehicle. Miss America later testified in court that she could not have rounded up Casey and his cronies without Pat's help and the judge suspended Pat's sentence as he sentenced Casey and the others to ten years of hard labor. Miss America then secretly changed into her civilian clothes and reentered the court as Madeline Joyce to express happiness that everything worked out well for Pat. Pat thanked Madeline and admitted that she didn't know what she would've done without Miss America's assistance.

(Blonde Phantom Comics I#12 / 4) - Working with the police on a series of murders as 1946 turned into 1947, Miss America was on her way home during the evening when she was stopped by a police officer, who warned her to turn back until he saw her costume. The two soon heard a cry for help and Miss America rushed to the scene to find a killer in the act of murder. Shoulder charging the killer, Miss America was kicked aside as the killer made an escape. The officer arrived shortly after to assist, firing a few shots into the woods but the killer was gone, leaving only his victim covered in a strange net. She then accompanied the officer back to police headquarters, where the net was examined. When one of the forensic scientists suggested entomologist Professor Morte might be able to tell them more about the net, Miss America was surprised when Professor Morte and the killer she had encountered appeared to be one and the same. Professor Morte deduced that the net was the web of some sort of monstrous spider-creature and the disbelieving Miss America decided to lead Professor Morte into a trap to expose him as the killer. Claiming she needed the web to trap the spider-creature, Miss America flew off with the web and Professor Morte hurriedly followed behind. Thinking her trap was successful, Miss America was surprised when another net was tossed over her. The killer she had encountered earlier, still resembling Professor Morte, then attempted to kill the heroine but she kicked the knife from his hand, prompting him to flee into the woods once more. Flying into the sky, Miss America located the killer's car and trailed it to the home of Professor Morte, finding it odd that the killer would lead her to his own supposed home. Busting through Professor Morte's wooden door, Miss America confronted the confused entomologist and exclaimed that he couldn't fool her with his act. Not knowing what Miss America was talking about, Professor Morte warned her of the killer behind her with a net. The killer, dubbed the Spiderman, managed to fully entrap Miss America in a net and Professor Morte was shocked to see that the Spiderman appeared to be his exact double. Removing a fake beard, the Spiderman revealed himself as Professor Morte's assistant, who had created three large spider-creatures. Surprised that the real Professor Morte was correct about the spider-creatures, Miss America managed to wiggle a leg free of the net and when the Spiderman approached her with a knife, she kicked him backwards into the glass domes housing the creatures. With the spider-creatures free, they devoured the bleeding Spiderman before turning towards Miss America and Professor Morte. Flying the entomologist out of the window, Miss America had the police raid the laboratory and they killed the spider-creatures with poisonous gas. Later, Miss America returned to police headquarters to hear about the police's successful destruction of the creatures and she asked Professor Morte if he could forgive her for suspecting him of murder, to which the Professor replied that there was nothing to forgive.

(Blonde Phantom Comics I#13 / 4) - In Spring 1947, Miss America was visiting her police sergeant friend when a call came in from Constance Lane confessing a murder. Noticing something was wrong, Miss America questioned the sergeant and he explained the situation, inviting Miss America to tag along to the investigation. Miss America then accompanied the sergeant to the home of the late Elise Duboise and, noticing that Constance seemed anxious and possibly shielding something, Miss America waited until she was alone before investigating the home. Finding three cigarettes, one without lipstick on it, Miss America also noticed the foreign cigarette without lipstick seemed to have the initials A.L. imprinted on it. Deciding to visit the local cigarette importer, Miss America was provided a list of clients that import Pyramid brand cigarettes and only one person had the last initial of L: Count Armand Laxto. Immediately flying over to Count Laxto's apartment, Miss America demanded to know about the murder of Elise Duboise but Count Laxto claimed he had no idea who that was. Knowing Laxto was lying, Miss America revealed that she had found his cigarette in Elise's home thirty minutes earlier but before Miss America could continue, Count Laxto's butler Eric clubbed her over the head. Laxto and Eric then departed the scene, leaving Miss America tied up with gas emanating from his artificial fireplace. A recovering Miss America soon used a small statue to break a glass window, using a glass shard to cut her ropes and escape. Flying directly to Count Laxto's car, Miss America knocked Laxto and Eric together and threatened Laxto into confessing that he'd killed Elise Duboise after Elise threatened to tell his lover Constance Lane about his past arrest for forgery. Laxto also explained that Constance, being truly in love with Laxto, tried to cover for Laxto by confessing to a murder she had not committed. As the police arrived to take Count Laxto and Eric into custody, Miss America consoled Constance Lane, commenting that she couldn't let Constance be charged with murder to protect a rogue like Laxto.

(Blonde Phantom Comics I#14 / 2) - Miss America visited her police sergeant friend and asked if anything exciting was going on. The sergeant replied in the negative except for a murder happening that night at the theater and a surprised Miss America asked if the sergeant was going to do anything to prevent the murder, at which point the sergeant joked that the murder was happening in the stage play The Missing Corpse. Laughing at the sergeant's joke, Miss America then flew off, the joke inspiring her to go see the show that night at the Booth Theatre as Madeline Joyce. When actress Vera Campbell shot at fellow actor Van Rogers as part of the show, real gunfire erupted and Vera shrieked that she had killed Van Rogers, prompting Madeline to change into her Miss America costume. Flying down to the stage, Miss America declared that no one should leave until the police arrived and she quickly phoned the police sergeant to inform him of a real murder. Five minutes later, the sergeant arrived and despite Vera Campbell's insistence that she loved Van and did not intend to kill him, the sergeant charged Vera with manslaughter. Miss America decided to investigate further by checking out Van Rogers' apartment. Finding a letter that revealed who the true killer was, Miss America was hit over the head by the real killer and tied up to asphyxiate from the gas of the nearby artificial fireplace. Kicking a bust through the window and using the glass to cut her ropes, Miss America flew outside and defeated the killer, The Missing Corpse writer Paul Connors. As Miss America flew the unconscious Connors to police headquarters, the police sergeant discovered that the bullets in Vera Campbell's gun were blanks. When a confused Vera asked who killed Van Rogers if she hadn't, Miss America appeared with Paul and revealed Paul Connors to be the true killer. Explaining that Connors had fired a real gun from his private box at the exact same time Vera fired her blanks, Miss America informed the sergeant of the letter she'd found in Van Rogers' apartment revealing Paul Connors' jealousy of Vera Campbell's love for Van Rogers. Vera Campbell expressed her heartfelt thanks to Miss America, who suggested Vera get out of town until people forget about Van's murder. She then wished Vera the best.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#76 / 3 (fb) - BTS) - Madeline Joyce took a government job as an operative with counter-spy intelligence, her identity as Miss America becoming known to her superiors. When counter-spy operative Ted Banning turned up missing in Buenos Aires, Madeline was summoned to the Washington headquarters of counter-spy intelligence.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#76 / 3) - Upon arriving in Washington, Madeline met with her superior, who informed her about the missing Ted Banning, who had obtained a vital list of escaped Nazis living in Buenos Aires. Tasked with going to Buenos Aires to retrieve Banning's list, Madeline was told she would be posing as a wealthy tourist on her mission. In order to keep up that appearance, Madeline left to purchase several elegant dresses from Lamode Dress Shop and not long after, she was visited by Mrs. Wyatt Varnham, who had seen her in the dress shop and claimed she had a sister, Elise Winters, in Buenos Aires. Mrs. Varnham asked Madeline to deliver a jeweled bracelet to Elise and Madeline agreed to do so, admitting to herself that the request was hard to refuse when Mrs. Varnham seemed so grateful. Not long after, Madeline made her way to LaGuardia Airport, where she felt as if she was being watched. Keeping an eye on Peter Carr, the man who boarded the plane after her, Madeline noticed in her makeup mirror that Carr greeted James and Mrs. Iles, suspiciously exchanging a piece of paper with James Iles while offering him a smoke. In an effort to learn more about the Ileses and Carr, Madeline pretended to drop her lipstick and Carr happily picked it up, charming Madeline with compliments and claiming he was a writer traveling to Buenos Aires to research for his next book. As Madeline claimed she was visiting the area purely for pleasure, James Iles quietly informed his wife that he had passed Carr a note telling Carr that Madeline was the person he needed to know.

    When their plane touched down in Buenos Aires, Madeline checked into the Grande Palazzia Hotel, followed shortly after by Peter Carr. Happy to see they were staying at the same place, Carr reminded Madeline of the dinner/dancing date they had set up during their plane trip and placed his gloves on the counter to check in. Noticing that Peter Carr's gloves bore a stamp from Brussels and had the initials L.R. on them, the suspicious Madeline went on with her mission, later donning one of the elegant dresses she had purchased and secretly hoping her suspicions about Carr were unfounded due to their growing mutual attraction. At the same time, a man named Manuel touched down in Buenos Aires and was informed that Madeline Joyce was there.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#77 / 3) - Arriving to meet Peter Carr for their dinner/dancing date, Madeline was greeted by Carr but shortly after their meeting, two men began fighting at the bar and one of them bumped into Madeline. Carr made the men apologize and they departed but Madeline soon noticed a man in the bar window that resembled the one she thought was watching her at LaGuardia. Claiming that she needed to retrieve the bracelet to give to Elise, Madeline excused herself but Carr followed. Madeline promised she would return shortly then followed the man, unaware he was Manuel, the man who had been informed she was in Buenos Aires. Manuel quickly arrived for a thug to guard against Madeline following him and when Madeline entered the room, Manuel's guard held her at gunpoint. Madeline kicked the guard, who swung a blackjack towards her head. Secretly sidestepping to avoid taking the brunt of the hit, Madeline feigned being knocked out until the guard left to report to Manuel. Madeline then donned her Miss America costume and glasses, hidden inside her fur coat, and went into action. Tracking Manuel to her own hotel suite, Miss America roughed Manuel and the guard up, demanding to know who had sent Manuel there and what they were after. Manuel agreed to talk but another man, Brunwald, arrived and tried to knock Miss America out but she dodged, having seen Manuel's surprised expression when Brunwald entered the room. Manuel and the guard quickly exited the room and Brunwald managed to down Miss America with a lamp. Regaining her bearings, Miss America searched her hotel room to see if anything was missing, hoping to find a clue as to what Manuel wanted. Peter Carr soon arrived to check on her and Madeline quickly covered her costume with a robe and explained away the messy hotel by claiming she had been attacked and made her way back to the room to find it in shambles. Carr offered to help the injured Madeline but she claimed she would be fine and just needed rest. Carr reluctantly left and Madeline disrobed into her costume, intent on inspecting Carr's apartment to determine if he was friend or foe. Wondering if perhaps Carr had deliberately asked for the date to lure her away from her room so Manuel could search it, Miss America also recalled the different initials on Carr's luggage and admitted that she had felt a revolver in his pocket when they had jostled into one another at the bar. As she rushed over to Peter Carr's room, Miss America was unaware that Carr was meeting with the Ileses, who were berating Manuel for failing to acquire the bracelet in Madeline Joyce's possession.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#78 / 3) - With Carr out of the hotel, Miss America used a master key to enter his room but found no typewriter or manuscript to support his story of being a writer. She soon found an envelope containing a crest emblazoned with the initials L.R. and a piece of paper with the address of the Cafe Luxuria. Suspecting it to be a contact address, Madeline changed her clothes and caught a taxi to the Cafe Luxuria, bringing along Elise's bracelet in case she ran into Peter Carr. Along the way, Madeline attempted to come up with an alibi for being at the Cafe but was determined not to overlook any possibility that might lead her to Ted Banning, unaware that Brunwald was reporting back to his superior, Herr Rex, captor of Ted Banning. The guard Cairo soon reported back to Herr Rex that Madeline was heading to the Cafe Luxuria and Madeline soon arrived at the cafe, where a surprised Peter Carr greeted her, noting that he thought Madeline had been feeling ill. Claiming that she felt better and sought to get out to see singer Elise Winters, to whom she had a bracelet to give, Madeline questioned why Carr was there and Carr claimed he was there for the inspirational atmosphere for his book. Knowing Carr's story of being a writer was phony, Madeline soon excused herself to meet Elise Winters backstage. Upon making her way to Elise's dressing room door, Madeline overheard a scuffle and witnessed through the keyhole Herr Rex threatening Elise for the bracelet, which secretly contained a sensitive microfilm formula for a Sun-Ray Condenser device. Donning her Miss America costume, Madeline smashed through a glass door to punch out Herr Rex but Elise pulled a gun on Miss America, demanding the bracelet that she assumed Madeline had given to the heroine. Miss America tossed powder makeup into Elise's face but Brunwald hit Miss America from behind with an iron rack. A recovering Herr Rex then ordered Miss America tied up so Elise could search her for the bracelet. Elise quickly located the bracelet in a secret pocket within Miss America's cape lining.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#79 / 3) - While Miss America lay unconscious, Elise Winters double-crossed Herr Rex, pulling a gun on him and Brunwald and demanding the bracelet, admitting that she had been offered a fortune for it. Herr Rex instead shot Elise and departed the scene, with Miss America regained consciousness seconds later to find Elise seemingly dead. Wriggling free of her ropes, Miss America rushed outside the room, reporting Elise's death to a man backstage before flying off to follow Herr Rex. Noticing another car trailing Rex's, Miss America watched from the air as the driver of the second car shot out the tires of Rex's car, causing it to tumble over a cliff. Landing nearby, Miss America watched as a man got out of the second car to check on Rex's car and Miss America was surprised to see it was Peter Carr. Both were stunned to find Rex's car empty and Miss America deduced that Rex and his allies must've jumped out of the car onto an embankment when they realized Carr was following them. She then suggested Peter Carr explain his business there and knocked the gun from his hand. Carr claimed he'd been there with Madeline and when she disappeared for several minutes after going backstage to see Elise Winters, he checked on and noticed Herr Rex and his men leaving, one of which he recognized as a man Madeline had mentioned attacked her. Knowing that she had not described any of her attackers to Carr as Madeline, Miss America questioned whether Carr was truly after the bracelet himself before ordering him to drive her at gunpoint. After having Carr drive her five miles away, Miss America had him stop the car and get out before taking the car herself. When Carr exclaimed that he had rented that car, Miss America promised to return it to the rental agency before tossing Carr his gun back and telling him to enjoy the walk back to Buenos Aires.

    Miss America then renewed her search for the stolen bracelet, admitting that she didn't trust Carr but couldn't apprehend him without evidence. She then returned to the Cafe Luxuria, only to be informed that Elise Winters was gone. Suspecting the surviving Elise must have fled through the open window, Miss America decided to visit Elise's home in hopes of getting information on Rex's whereabouts and reach out to her counterspy headquarters about Mary Varnham, who had given her the bracelet to begin with. A short time later, while Miss America was searching Elise's abandoned apartment to no avail, the heroine was surprised by the doorbell.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#80 / 3) - At first quietly in case the two men at the door left, Miss America ultimately opted to use Elise's makeup to disguise herself as Elise Winters. When the men entered, Miss America (as Elise Winters) asked what they wanted and they claimed that she knew why they were there and asked if she had "it." Assuming they meant the bracelet, Miss America replied with "of course!" and the two men took her to meet with their boss, Velasquesa, the man Elise Winters was set to sell the bracelet to. Velasquesa offered Miss America some Aqua Mara wine, prepared to pay $100,000 for the microfilm concealed in the bracelet, and Miss America claimed the film was hidden on her person and that she needed to step behind a screen to retrieve it. As Velasquesa calmly waited, unaware that Miss America was changing into her costume, he remarked on how he worried Elise would double-cross him to Herr Rex. Miss America shortly after erupted from behind the screen, attacking Velasquesa's two thugs and Velasquesa ordered them to kill the heroine. Miss America soon had Velasquesa at her mercy and demanded he show her where to find Herr Rex. Before Velasquesa could answer, however, a woman mistakenly wandered into the room and one of Velasquesa's thugs took her hostage, ordering the heroine to stop in her tracks or risk the woman's life. Miss America paused to consider her options but was hit over the head with an andiron, followed by the hostage as well. Regaining consciousness minutes later, Miss America found the room on fire and Velasquesa and his men gone. Quickly picking up the still-unconscious hostage, Miss America ran through the flames but found her exit barred by fire as the hostage reawakened. The fire was soon doused and Miss America ran outside with the hostage to safety, only to find Peter Carr waiting on her. Carr admitted to dousing the flames for them to escape and Miss America explained Velasquesa's men had come there with a disguised Miss America instead of the real Elise Winters. Claiming that he had hitchhiked with a truck back into town and found Elise's address in the directory, only to witness "Elise" leaving with two men that he followed via taxi to the burning building, Peter Carr asked Miss America to trust him and offered to help her find Herr Rex but Miss America refused, still not trusting Carr and unsure of his stakes in the entire situation. Miss America then flew off, determined to find Velasquesa and, through him, Herr Rex.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#81 / 3) - Deciding to search the local wine shops for information on Velasquesa, who frequently bought large amounts of his favorite wine, Aqua Mara. After several futile searches at local wine shops, Miss America found one who claimed two men always bought cases of the wine and, knowing the two men were the same two Velasquesa thugs that she had fought, Miss America thanked the shop owner and acquired the address to Velasquesa's villa. Flying over to it, Miss America entered through a window and swiftly captured Velasquesa and his two thugs. Threatening them into talking, Miss America learned that Velasquesa had tried to track down Herr Rex to no avail. When she mentioned arrested the three regardless, she was stopped by the arrival of Herr Rex himself, who had determined the microfilm he had acquired from Elise was fake and sought the real microfilm from Velasquesa. Neither Velasquesa nor Rex knew where the real microfilm was and Miss America took advantage of the confusion to battle Rex and his men Brunwald and Cairo. During the scuffle, the still-tied-up Velasquesa hit a hidden button that downed a stone statue atop Miss America, knocking her out. Rex then prepared to kill Velasquesa but Velasquesa proposed working together to find the microfilm and Rex reluctantly agreed, warning Velasquesa against a double-cross and ordering Cairo to bring the unconscious Miss America along to their headquarters.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#82 / 3) - Herr Rex and his men returned to their headquarters and placed the unconscious Miss America in the same room as the captive Ted Banning. After chaining Miss America to the wall, Rex used an Oxydo-Hydro treatment to revive the heroine and she awoke surprised to see Ted Banning next to her. Rex explained how they had apprehended Banning at the airport and confiscated his list of escaped Nazis before turning the questions more towards the whereabouts of the real microfilm. Rex promised to free the two once the microfilm had been acquired and confirmed real but Banning exclaimed that he would rather die than help Rex, to which Miss America refused to allow Banning to die. Despite never having the real microfilm, only the fake, Miss America claimed that she had given the real film to Madeline Joyce at the Grand Palazzio Hotel and Rex and his men departed to confront Madeline, completely unaware that Madeline was Miss America. A smiling Banning commended Miss America on her subterfuge and Miss America laughed that, while she had no idea where the real microfilm was, sending Rex and his men on a wild goose chase would buy her and Banning time to escape. An hour later, Rex and his men returned and neither Banning nor Miss America had been able to free themselves. Tired of Miss America's games, Rex ordered his men to take Banning and Miss America to his mine track and he had them tied to the back of a mine cart on a track that would run straight down for a quarter of a mile to the heroes' deaths.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#83 / 3) - Rex started the mine cart and both Miss America and Ted Banning towards their own doom. As the cart flew down the track, Miss America a piece of sharp metal on the floor of the cart. Kicking upwards, she was able to grasp the metal in her hands then her teeth, which she used to cut the ropes binding her wrists. Managing to mostly free herself as the mine cart approached the dead end, Miss America snapped free and flew off with the still-bound Ted Banning before the cart crashed into the wall. The crash caused a cave-in, trapping Miss America and Banning in the mine and they both began work clearing a path back to the surface. The duo eventually freed themselves but Banning became woozy, having been starved ever since his capture by Rex. Miss America flew Banning to get medical attention then decided to check in on Velasquesa in hopes of finding Herr Rex and Banning's list of escaped Nazis.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#84 / 6) - Arriving at Velasquesa's villa to find him freshly dead, Miss America noticed a phone on the floor and deduced that a phone call must have initiated the events that led to Velasquesa's death. Calling the operator, Miss America traced a call from the Casa de Lutrio hotel thirty minutes earlier and she thanked the operator moments before Velasquesa's men arrived on the scene. Easily defeating them, the heroine interrogated the goons and learned that Elise Winters was entering the villa when they left. Miss America quickly called the police to apprehend Velasquesa's goons then flew to the Casa de Lutrio, all the while curious how Elise Winters fit into the situation and what Herr Rex was up to. Arriving outside room 405 at the Casa de Lutrio, Miss America heard gunshots and entered the room to find Elise Winters fighting with her sister, Mary Varnham, who had the real microfilm the entire team, having sent the fake microfilm with Madeline Joyce in the bracelet to give to Elise. Capturing both sisters, Miss America was knocked out from behind by Herr Rex, who had followed Miss America into the room after scouting hotels in search of Elise Winters. Rex's thug Brunwald entered the room next, shooting Elise from behind, and as Rex interrogated Mary Varnham on the whereabouts of the microfilm, Miss America regained consciousness and punched out both Rex and Brunwald. Mary then made a run for it and Miss America pursued down a flight of stairs, unaware that Mary had ducked into an adjacent room to quietly escape out the window and down the fire escape. Frustrated that she had lost both Rex and Mrs. Varnham, Miss America soon heard a crash and checked the room where the sound had emanated, finding a bound and gagged Peter Carr. Untying Carr, Miss America learned that the pair of adventurers from the plane trip to Buenos Aires, the Ileses, were also seeking the microfilm.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#85 / 3 (fb) - BTS) - Peter Carr also revealed his true identity as Belgian freedom fighter Louis Remiens to Miss America.

(Marvel Mystery Comics I#85 / 3) - Peter thanked Miss America for his freedom but she replied that he deserved it as Louis Remiens before insisting that she had to find the real microfilm and asking if Peter had any leads. Peter revealed how the Ileses had been watching room 405 after learning that Mary Varnham was there and that she had hid the microfilm. Miss America confirmed that Varnham had mentioned the film being in a "safe place" and she realized that Varnham could've meant a bank. When Miss America regretted that all banks were closed for the day, Peter reminded her of the Nacionalio that had day and night services. Immediately flying off and leaving Peter behind, Miss America rushed over to the Nacionalio bank shortly after Mary Varnham had arrived to find her safe deposit box robbed. Varnham tried to overturn a metal cabinet onto Miss America but the heroine hurled a wastepaper can onto Varnham's head. When police arrived due to the scuffle, Miss America had them take Mary Varnham into custody under the charge of espionage. She then questioned the bank guards on who had emptied the safe deposit box and after receiving a description that matched Mrs. Iles, Miss America searched several taxi companies before finding a cab that had driven Mrs. Iles out to Bernadino Road. Flying out to an old house on Bernadino Road, Miss America recognized Manuel and the Iles' other thug and busted inside the house, interrupting the sale of the microfilm from Mrs. Iles to the enigmatic Mr. M. Miss America took down Mr. M and the Ileses' goons but was soon hit from behind by Herr Rex, who had been tracking Miss America ever since she left the Casa de Lutrio. Rex then ordered his men to shoot everyone downed but before they could fire, they were all gunned down themselves by the arriving and recovered Ted Banning and his counterspy agents. As Banning rounded up the criminals, Miss America searched for the now-missing Mr. M and soon found him attempting to escape to his monoplane. Hurling an oil drum towards Mr. M, Miss America was pleased to see Peter Carr hurling a second oil drum from the opposite side. Peter revealed that Mr. M was actually Gen. Eric Kesselwolfe, the man that had murdered Peter's parents, and Miss America interrogated Mr. M and the other criminals, demanding to know why Rex and Mr. M had opposed each other over the microfilm. Mr. M exclaimed that he was no Nazi despite having worked alongside them during the war but Miss America shrugged off his words, stating that any would-be world dominators were rotten.

    Returning to her counterspy headquarters in America, Madeline Joyce was commended by her superior for rescuing Ted Banning and retrieving both the microfilm and Banning's list of escaped Nazis. He also revealed that one of the Nazis she had rounded up was Hans Ludwig, a Nazi that been hiding out in New York that had passed the microfilm over to Mary Varnham in the first place. Madeline accused them all of being cutthroats then asked how her counterspy agents knew where to find her in order to apprehend Mr. M and the other criminals. Her superior replied that they'd receive the telegram Madeline had sent to pick up Mary Varnham and when they arrived, they ran into Peter Carr, who tipped them off to Miss America's location at the Nacionalio bank. Madeline then asked about the microfilm and her superior office assured her that the film was locked for keeps.

(Captain America: Patriot#2) - In August 1947, Miss America participated in an All Winners Squad mission involving so-called extraterrestrials being forced to work for the Communists.

(The Marvels II#1 (fb) / The Marvels II#6 (fb)) - Miss America accompanied the All Winners Squad on a mission to the Sin-Cong province in French Indochina, where they searched for the criminal Lady Lotus. As the group flew overhead, a terrified Lady Lotus fled through the jungles and appeared in a small city, where the unscrupulous Jacques Duquesne, Monsieur Khruul and Wong Daochu were meeting.

(Citizen V & the V-Battalion I#1 (fb)) - Miss America and the All Winners Squad met postwar Nazi hunters Union Jack, the Destroyer and Spitfire in the late 1940s, the meeting inspiring the Destroyer to create an international superhuman fighting force of his own.

(Captain America: Patriot#2) - Miss America met with the rest of the All Winners Squad and Betsy Ross at the Baxter Building in April 1948, the Squad's new headquarters under construction. When Namor admitted that the new headquarters wasn't Captain America's worst idea, Miss America commented that Namor really seemed to be tolerating Jeff Mace now, to which Mace joked that Namor tolerated the All Winners Squad while disdaining Mace himself. As Betsy Ross commended Mace for having grown more comfortable in the role of Captain America, Miss America quietly walked away. Betsy then questioned Mace about his life, distracting him long enough for Miss America and the rest of the All Winners to return with a cake to celebrate Jeff Mace's birthday.

(Captain America: Patriot#3) - After Bucky (Fred Davis) was shot by the criminal Lavender, Miss America and the rest of the All Winners Squad visited the hospital where Bucky was taken for surgery. Each of them assured Captain America that they wouldn't rest until Lavender was brought to justice and when Miss America suggested bringing in some of their old Liberty Legion teammates, Captain America insisted on going after Lavender himself. Miss America argued that Jeff Mace hadn't been a solo crimefighter in quite some time and tried to suggest he at least bring a teammate with him but Captain America angrily gave a final notice that he was going alone. Miss America and the All Winners Squad then stood aside and watched in shock as Captain America stormed out of the hospital. Later, after Captain America apprehended Lavender with the help of Betsy Ross in her new heroic guise of Golden Girl, Miss America and the rest of the All Winners Squad regrouped with Cap to commend him on the successful capture of Lavender. Miss America joked that Captain America would now likely want to add Golden Girl to the All Winners Squad now and when Golden Girl admitted she wasn't quite ready for the big leagues, Captain America announced his plans to train Golden Girl and resign from the All Winners Squad, surprising Miss America and the others. Miss America questioned if it was the best use of Captain America to remain a street level hero battling local thugs and the like, and Captain America argued that he didn't see how making the streets safe was any less patriotic than making the shores safe. Golden Girl assured Miss America that the FBI had no problems with Captain America fighting local crime.

(Sun Girl I#1 / 4) - In August 1948, Miss America visited police homicide headquarters one morning with a lead on the Rockville Bandit but the discussion was interrupted when a woman named Lois Anders came running into the precinct claiming someone was trying to kill her. Upon questioning Lois, Miss America learned that several accidents had already nearly taken Lois' life and when Miss America questioned who might want to kill Lois, the police chief pulled Miss America into another room and explained how Lois was always dreaming up events in an effort to get attention and publicity. The two returned outside to find Lois gone. Assuming Lois had indeed made up her story, Miss America left to continue her search for the Rockville Bandit. That night, after successfully apprehending the Rockville Bandit, Madeline Joyce heard over the radio that Lois Anders had seemingly committed suicide. Knowing that Lois thought someone was trying to kill her, Madeline changed back into her Miss America costume to investigate. Flying down to the scene, Miss America met with Chief Brady, who had found a suicide note that matched Lois Anders' handwriting. When Miss America expressed suspicions that it was still not suicide, Lois' cousin Mary Collins appeared on the scene and agreed with Miss America. Miss America assured Mary that she would continue the investigation despite Chief Brady considering an open-and-shut case and Mary agreed to help in any way she could. Miss America and Mary then entered Lois' penthouse and were immediately shot at. The two avoided the gunfire and Miss America soon noticed a voice recorder that had recently been used, suggesting that it could've recorded the last moments of Lois' life and that the person who fired on them could've taken the record. Questioning the names of the most important men in Lois' life, Miss America was informed by Mary that Lois was close to song publisher Hal Latham and her fiancee, Jim Clark.

    Paying a visit to Hal Latham first, Miss America found him burning a letter. Assuming it was evidence, Miss America flew inside and when Hal reached for an andiron, Miss America punched him, dazing the man. She then pulled the letter out of the fire and learned that it was a letter from Hal to Lois professing his love for her and jealousy of Jim Clark. Admitting that he'd always loved Lois and had written the letter, only to never send it, Hal insisted he did not kill Lois and was only burning the letter out of fear that it might mistakenly incriminate him. Miss America admitted she had another to visit but warned Hal that he'd better be there when she returned. She then traveled to Jim Clark's flat and questioned him about when he had last saw Lois. When Jim claimed Lois didn't want to see him that night in favor of singing, he quickly shut a drawer with papers in it and Miss America soon questioned him about the papers he was in such a hurry to hide. Asking about the Premium Mining Co. seen on a matchbook in the drawer with the papers, Miss America noticed Jim reaching for a gun and she hit him with a lamp, snatching the gun from his hand and forcing him to admit he'd sold Lois $25,000 in fake premium stock. He also revealed that he'd had the matchbook made up in an effort to fool Lois but when she started asking more questions, he resigned that he would have had to kill her. He then admitted to Miss America that he'd been the one that had attempted to kill her but insisted he was not the one who pushed her to her death. Before Jim could continue, he was shot from the window and Miss America rushed to the window to see the killer escaping down the fire escape. Rushing outside, Miss America encountered Mary Collins, who had stolen the record of Lois' death from Jim, who had earlier stolen it from Lois' home and fired blanks at Miss America and Mary. Realizing Mary had time to get to Jim's, Miss America tied up Mary with a curtain cord and after Mary was taken into police custody, Lois' record was played revealing that Mary had been having an affair with Jim Clark and Lois had discovered the affair and that Jim did not truly love her. Chief Brady arrived moments after the record was played and Miss America presented him with Mary Collins, Lois' murderer. After Miss America revealed that Mary had killed both Lois and Jim, Chief Brady asked about the suicide note, which Mary admitted to forging.

(Vision & the Scarlet Witch I#2 (fb) - BTS) - Miss America and the Whizzer quit the All Winners Squad in 1949.

(Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb) / Vision & the Scarlet Witch I#2 (fb) / Saga of the Original Human Torch I#3 (fb) - BTS) - Miss America soon after married the Whizzer.

(Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb)) - During the wedding, the Whizzer joked that he was glad Madeline didn't mind marrying a man with mongoose blood in his veins. Smiling, Miss America expressed wishes that the Whizzer would stop telling that story, as she was never going to believe it.

(Vision & the Scarlet Witch I#2 (fb) - BTS) - Following the wedding, Bob Frank wanted Madeline to settle down and start a family.

(Gamer's Handbook of the Marvel Universe MU6 - Miss America entry - BTS) - Madeline remained in good standing with the teammates in her former group affiliations.

(Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb) - BTS / Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#14 - Miss America entry - BTS) - Later that year, Miss America and the Whizzer officially revealed their secret identities to the US government and accepted jobs as non-costumed superhuman guards at a certain nuclear project in Manhattan.

(Vision & the Scarlet Witch I#2 (fb) - BTS) - A short time later, old All Winners Squad foe Isbisa plotted revenge against Miss America and the Whizzer, arranging an explosion at the nuclear facility where Madeline and Bob worked.

(Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb) / Vision & the Scarlet Witch I#2 (fb)) - Explosions soon rocked the entire nuclear facility and both Bob and the pregnant Madeline rushed to assist, soon leaping into the atomic inferno itself to shut off the reactors.

(Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb) - BTS / Captain America: America's Avenger#1 - Nuklo entry - BTS) - Both Bob and Madeline emerged from the atomic reactors alive but the radiation unknowingly affected Madeline's unborn baby and when it was born in Mt. Athena, New York, it was mutated and misshapen. The couple were told their son their son would soon begin to emit devastating radiation.

(Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb) - BTS / Vision & the Scarlet Witch I#2 (fb) - BTS) - Bob and the doctor told the weakened and drowsy Madeline that their son had died while Bob secretly agreed to have his son sealed in a Time Capsule.

(Citizen V & the V-Battalion I#1 (fb)) - When the heroic Destroyer later reactivated the peacekeeping V-Battalion organization in 1951, Miss America was one of several superheroes who joined.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z HC Vol. 7 - Miss America entry - BTS) - Both Miss America and the Whizzer served on the V-Battalion's ruling Penance Council but exact details of their work with the V-Battalion were sparse.

(Citizen V & the V-Battalion: The Everlasting#1 (fb)) - In 1953, Miss America attended the funeral of Union Jack (Brian Falsworth) alongside her former Liberty Legion teammates and members of the V-Battalion.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#14 - Miss America entry - BTS) - Having been granted a generous government pension due to the radioactive accident during their time working at the nuclear facility, Bob and Madeline Frank decided to tour the world together.

(Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb)) - With their son still in suspended animation, Bob and Madeline Frank decided to begin their world travel in Europe.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition I#18 - Miss America entry - BTS) - Madeline continued to engage in moderate regular exercise.

(Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb) - BTS / Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#14 - Miss America entry - BTS) - In 1958, during their time in Europe, Madeline accidentally became pregnant again and the Franks were in the Balkan country of Transia when the pregnancy came to term months later.

(Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb)) - Hearing of the Wundagore area from a European village, the Franks thought it sounded peaceful.

(Uncanny Origins I#2 (fb) - BTS) - Bob and Madeline decided to continue their vacation into the mountains neighboring Wundagore.

(Avengers I#186 (fb) - BTS) - After being presented with the abandoned twin children of Magda by his servant Bova, the High Evolutionary agreed to help with the children and secretly had Bob and Madeline Frank summoned from the village near Wundagore Mountain.

(Uncanny Origins I#2 (fb) - BTS) - Madeline began experiencing pains related to her pregnancy.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#14 - Miss America entry - BTS) - Upon the recommendation of the villagers who believed a scientific facility atop Wundagore Mountain possessed the most modern medical facilities in the area, Madeline and Bob agreed to seek out the facility.

(Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb) - BTS) - Madeline and Bob ascended Wundagore Mountain.

(Uncanny Origins I#2 (fb)) - Once the couple had located the scientific facility atop Wundagore Mountain, they were greeted by Bova and Bob requested help for the pained Madeline.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#14 - Miss America entry - BTS / Uncanny Origins I#2 (fb)) - Bob and Madeline were taken in by Bova.

(Uncanny Origins I#2 (fb)) - Bob explained how both he and Madeline were not normal and had already lost one child earlier. Bova asked that the couple wait there while she looked to see what she could do for  Madeline and her unborn child.

(Web of Spider-Man I Annual#4 / 4) - Her pain somewhat subsiding, Madeline and Bob were soon led further inside the scientific facility by the New Man Sir Porga and when Bob marveled at the phenomenal architecture, Madeline asked Porga who built the facility. Porga explained that the facility was built by his Lord High Evolutionary, prompting Madeline to wonder what they had gotten themselves into and thinking how, in her day, a secluded mountaintop fortress would be the home of a would-be world conqueror.

(Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb) / Avengers I#185 (fb) / Vision & the Scarlet Witch II#2 (fb) / Web of Spider-Man I Annual #4 / 4) - The Franks were then brought in to meet the High Evolutionary.

(Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb) / Web of Spider-Man I Annual #4 / 4) - Recognizing that Miss America was pregnant, the High Evolutionary offered the Franks a place to stay as his guests and, weary from their travels, Bob and Madeline accepted the High Evolutionary's offer.

(Web of Spider-Man I Annual #4 / 4) - As Sir Porga led Madeline and Bob to their quarters, the High Evolutionary, thinking of what to do with the twins earlier abandoned by Magda, plotted to himself how Bova could use anesthesia on Madeline when she gave birth to her child so that Madeline would not be aware of how many children she bore. He then thought perhaps Magda's twins could be given to the unaware Franks to raise as their own alongside their true child.

(Avengers I#186 (fb) - BTS) - While the Franks were staying on Wundagore, Bova secretly planned to give Magda's twins to the Franks when she delivered Madeline's unborn child.

(Avengers I#186 (fb)) - Days later, Bova acted as midwife for the birth of Bob and Madeline Frank's second child.

(Uncanny Origins I#2 (fb)) - During labor, Madeline experienced excruciating pain that was much worse than the pain she had felt upon first arriving at Wundagore.

(Web of Spider-Man I Annual #4 / 4) - Bova gave Madeline anesthesia as the High Evolutionary had planned but after Madeline labored for sixteen hours, Bova dared not give Madeline any more lest she lose consciousness. After six more hours and emergency surgery, Madeline finally gave birth to her child.

(Avengers I#186 (fb) / Web of Spider-Man I Annual #4 / 4) - Bob and Madeline's second child was horribly deformed and stillborn.

(Uncanny Origins I#2 (fb)) - When the baby did not cry, the extremely weakened Madeline asked Bova about the baby and why it was not crying.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#14 - Miss America entry - BTS) - Madeline's second child was more radioactive and mutated than her first and the radiation emitted by the stillborn child had severely weakened Madeline.

(Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb) / Vision & the Scarlet Witch I#2 (fb)) - When Bova presented the weak Madeline with the twins, Madeline, unaware they were not hers, suggested the names Pietro and Wanda for them.

(Uncanny Origins I#2 (fb)) - While holding the infant Pietro, Madeline, still unaware he was not her son, remarked that Pietro was beautiful and had something of Bob Frank in him before losing consciousness.

(Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb) / Vision & the Scarlet Witch I#2 (fb)) - Madeline died shortly after.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#14 - Miss America entry - BTS) - Madeline had no criminal record at the time of her death.

(Web of Spider-Man I Annual #4 / 4) - Bova closed the eyes of the now-deceased Madeline, noting that while she could do nothing more for Madeline or her child, perhaps Magda's twins might provide some solace to Bob.

(Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (fb) - BTS / Avengers I#186 (fb) - BTS / Vision & the Scarlet Witch II#2 (fb) - BTS / Web of Spider-Man I Annual #4 / 4 - BTS / Uncanny Origins I#2 (fb) - BTS) - Bova then presented the twins to Bob Frank, who was surprised to see twins. When he asked if the twins were normal, Bova mentioned that Madeline seemed pleased and that she had suggested the names Pietro and Wanda for them. Bob then asked how Madeline was doing and Bova solemnly informed Bob that Madeline had died due to severe hemorrhaging. Grief-stricken and blaming himself for Madeline's death, Bob fled Wundagore Mountain at superhuman speed, leaving the twins behind with the High Evolutionary.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#14 - Miss America entry - BTS) - With Bob gone, Bova buried Madeline's body in an unmarked grave at the foot of Wundagore Mountain.

(Web of Spider-Man I Annual #4 / 4 - BTS) - Bova then returned to the High Evolutionary to inform him that Madeline had died during childbirth and how the grieving Bob Frank had fled.

(Marvel Premiere I#36 - BTS) - Later that same year, the heroic 3-D Man was introduced to police officer Mulvaney and his partner and when 3-D Man admitted superheroes weren't all that fashionable in the 1950s, Officer Mulvaney remarked on how his father used to be with the NYPD and often told stories of World War II's Liberty Legion and Invaders and the post-V-E Day All Winners Squad (all of which included Miss America as a member).

(Agents of Atlas I#3 (fb) - BTS) - When the President was kidnapped in 1959, FBI agent Jimmy Woo went through all of the FBI files on superhumans who might be available to assist in rescuing the President, including the file on Miss America and several others.

(X-Men: Marvels Snapshots#1 - BTS) - Decades later in the modern era, young superhero fan Scott Summers became fixated on superheroes and reviewed every piece of superhero lore he could find, including an old Liberty magazine with Miss America on the cover.

(Marvels I#2 - BTS) - Months later, after former reporter Iggy opened a deli in the Baxter Building, he hung on the wall a copy of the Daily Bugle with a front page showing one of Miss America and the All Winners Squad's victories. The issue was still hanging on the wall during an afterparty held at the deli following the wedding of the heroic Fantastic Four's Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman.

(Avengers I Giant-Size#1 - BTS) - Years later, the aged Whizzer sought to reacquire the suspended animation capsule housing his and Madeline's son from the custody of the heroic Avengers. Following a brief battle, the Whizzer revealed to the Avengers the story of his marriage to Madeline, their son being placed in suspended animation and Madeline's subsequent death, eventually coming to believe that the Avengers Scarlet Witch and her twin brother Quicksilver were the twins that Madeline had later died shortly after giving birth to.

(Avengers I Annual#6 (fb) - BTS) - Following a heart attack, the former Whizzer Bob Frank began to feel useless and fell into a months-long depression during which he roamed New York's Bowery drinking and when he woke one day in a charity hospital, he hallucinated that his nurse was Miss America. Recalling the heroic man he once was and the man Madeline Joyce had married, Bob determined to end his depressive binge.

(Avengers I Annual#6 - BTS) - After the Whizzer had again encountered the Avengers, he remarked on how Madeline was dead and related to the Avengers Wasp and Yellowjacket how he had fallen into a deep depression, feeling old and useless following a heart attack. He also explained how a hallucination involving Miss America had pulled him from his binge and prompted him to check on his son, whom he learned had been taken to California as a prisoner of the US Army.

(Avengers I#182 - BTS) - After the aged Django Maximoff captured the souls of the Avengers Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver within dolls he had carved from mystical Wundagore Mountain wood, Django began to think of the twin siblings as he lost children despite the Scarlet Witch's claims that they were the children of the Whizzer and Miss America.

(Avengers I#185 (fb) - BTS) - Scarlet Witch informed her brother Quicksilver about Bob and Madeline Frank's past visit to Wundagore Mountain and encounter with the High Evolutionary.

(Avengers I#185 - BTS) - While visiting Wundagore, Quicksilver recalled the story told to him of the Franks in Wundagore.

(Avengers I#186 - BTS) - When the Scarlet Witch went missing, Quicksilver encountered Bova, who told Quicksilver the story of Madeline Frank, the delivery of her stillborn child and Bova's attempts to give Magda's twins to the Franks.

(Vision & the Scarlet Witch I#2 (fb)  - BTS) - Unaware that Dr. I.S. Bischoff, a doctor caring for his son Nuklo, was actually his old foe Isbisa, Bob Frank, Sr. recounted the story of his marriage to Madeline, their time as guards at a nuclear facility, Nuklo's birth and Madeline's death to the villain.

(Captain America I#285 - BTS) - As Jeff Mace lay dying in a hospital bed with the original Captain America, Steve Rogers, at his side, thought back on his life and the dear friends that were waiting for him on the other side, including Miss America and the Whizzer among others.

(Vision & the Scarlet Witch II#1 - BTS) - Recalling past events experienced by the original android Human Torch, the synthezoid Vision began speaking as if he and the Human Torch were one and the same, noting the Torch's time during World War II fighting alongside other heroes such as Captain America, Namor, the Whizzer, Miss America and others. Not long after, the Vision's wife Scarlet Witch was captured by the voodoo-utilizing Black Talon and when she was sprayed by Black Talon's sleep-inducing Devil's Dreamweed, the Scarlet Witch thought back on her past in an effort to stay conscious, recalling stories of Bob and Madeline meeting the High Evolutionary and how she once thought she was the daughter of the Whizzer and Miss America.

(Vision & the Scarlet Witch II#5) - When the Scarlet Witch was pulled into the Land of the Dead by the deceased, revenge-seeking Salem's Seven, who had been reanimated by the demon Samhain, the Scarlet Witch sought help from the deceased Magda, the equally-deceased Whizzer and Miss America appeared and Miss America warned the Scarlet Witch that not even two heroes like themselves could go against the hordes of Samhain on Halloween night.

(Dark Angel I#6) - While trying to prevent the Mys-Tech organization from finding her father, UK heroine Dark Angel had her ally the Guide venture into Innerspace and summon up the soul fragments of deceased superheroes to delay Mys-Tech, one of which was the soul of Miss America. When Dark Angel later entered Innerspace herself, she witnessed Miss America and other soul fragments battling Mys-Tech and admitted a desire to help the soul fragments but stopped herself, as she was looking for a very specific fragment.

(USAgent I#3 - BTS) - As the criminal Domino attempted to learn the secret identity of the heroic USAgent, he searched his computer database for heroes with a patriotic motif, pulling up Miss America's name among many others.

(Hellcat I#3 (fb) - BTS) - Somehow deposited in the demon Mephisto's Arena of Tainted Souls, a portion of his Hell realm for morally compromised warriors, Miss America's spirit was forced to fight in perpetual battle.

(Hellcat I#3) - As the recently resurrected Hellcat traveled into Mephisto's Arena of Tainted Souls to rescue the soul of Mockingbird (secretly Skrull impostor H'rpra), Miss America's spirit was seen fighting in the Arena behind them.

(New Invaders I#2 - BTS) - Having kept tabs on his World War II allies, the still-living Thin Man had statues of the Whizzer and Miss America erected behind a glass case within his Infiltrator battleship. When a new Invaders squad banded together and began using the Infiltrator as their headquarters, the Thin Man informed them of the Infiltrator's equipment and showed them around the ship, passing by the statues of the Whizzer and Miss America as the Thin Man discussed the connections he still kept with his former war allies.

(X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl#1 (fb) - BTS) - The deceased supervillain Pitiful One recruited Miss America, her mind somewhat addled due to her decades in the afterlife, and brought her to Hell alongside a small group of equally deceased superhumans including Mysterio, Kraven the Hunter and the Anarchist.

(X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl#1) - Once the Pitiful One's squad was assembled, the Pitiful One smeared the mystic Creme de Profundis on their foreheads to temporarily resurrect them on Earth for twenty-four hours. As the Pitiful One smeared the Creme, Miss America asked for him not to get the clay in her hair and when the others began disappearing from Hell to appear on Earth, Miss America remarked on how scary being resurrected was and the Pitiful One agreed that it was scary but not for them. Soon reappearing on Earth in front of New York's United Nations Building, Miss America commented on the noxious car exhaust fumes before the Pitiful One led them to attack the United Nations Building. When a guard attempted to stop them, the Pitiful One easily swatted him aside and the group continued inside, shrugging off and instantly regenerating from all attempts by the guards and police to kill them. The Pitiful One and his squad then issued their threat to kill all United Nations delegates unless sorcerer supreme Doctor Strange was brought to them. Strange appeared as summoned and he began speaking with the Pitiful One, who demanded to be permanently resurrected, but their negotiations were interrupted by the US Army, who refused to negotiate with terrorists. Strange then departed the scene and the US Army stormed the UN Building, only to be slaughtered by the Pitiful One and his squad before Miss America and the rest of the Pitiful One's squad returned to the underworld as the Creme de Profundis wore off. Deducing that the Pitiful One and his squad of deceased superhumans would return, Doctor Strange decided to seek help from someone familiar with the Land of the Dead.

(X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl#2) - As Doctor Strange worked with the mutant Dead Girl to assemble his own squad of dead heroes, Miss America accompanied the Pitiful One and the rest of his group to an unidentified mall, where they slaughtered everyone in sight. When the Pitiful One began to recount his miserable life, Miss America suggested he changed his repetitive story and admitted her interest in checking out the mall's clothing stores, marveling at the fashions the living were wearing in the modern era. The Pitiful One quickly reminded Miss America that looting designer clothing and accessories were not going to gain Doctor Strange's attention to bargain for permanent resurrection and the Anarchist then flirted with Miss America, suggesting they could make the most of being temporarily alive together. Miss America demanded the Anarchist get his hands off her and called him a name that was considered a racial slur in the modern era, surprising the Anarchist. The squad then ventured outside, where a slew of reporters were waiting to talk to them, and the Anarchist angrily asked the Pitiful One wanted to hear what Miss America had called him. An embarrassed Miss America tried to explain that the Anarchist had touched her butt but the Pitiful One reminded Miss America that times had changed and that she could no longer say such words to people of color. The entire squad then returned to Hell, their Creme de Profundis having once again worn off.

    Once back in Hell, the deceased sorcerer Ancient One joined up with the Pitiful One and shortly after, Miss America witnessed the Anarchist having a Hellish hallucination caused by his attempts to break the rules of life and death. Grumbling at the Ancient One, the Anarchist then turned towards Miss America, angrily reminding her that he didn't want to see her "racist face" anymore. Miss America then apologized for her earlier slur, claiming that the words had just slipped out and that it had since been explained to her how times had changed for the better. She then assured the Anarchist that the next time he touched her butt, she would simply punch him in the face rather than say a racial slur. Admitting that Miss America had seemed to make progress, the Anarchist was then informed of the Ancient One's knowledge that Doctor Strange was assembling his own squad of deceased heroes to counter the Pitiful One's squad. In retaliation, the Pitiful One and his squad next used the Creme de Profundis to return to Earth, where they kidnapped Doctor Strange's ally, Wong. A cheerful Miss America immediately asked if she could hurt him and the Pitiful One assured her that she could hurt Wong all she wanted as long as she didn't call him any names.

(X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl#3) - Miss America and the Anarchist used the Creme de Profundis to reappear on Earth during a major league baseball game, where they sowed chaos and panic and destroyed portions of Yankee Stadium, leading to several deaths. When they later returned to Hell, Miss America and the Anarchist watched as the Ancient One and Mysterio dragged the tortured Wong into Hell. The Ancient One became determined to stop Doctor Strange from assembling his squad of dead heroes and most of the Pitiful One's squad soon left to guard entrances into Hell from Strange and find his physical body on Earth, leaving Miss America behind to guard the Creme de Profundis. When Miss America argued that leaving a woman behind to guard the "makeup" was a bit sexist, the Anarchist promised to stay behind to keep her company. Once the rest of the squad departed, the Anarchist remarked on how torturous Hell was and Miss America replied that she shouldn't even be in Hell, as she was once America's sweetheart. The Anarchist commented back that he himself was once his nation's sweetheart as well and the two soon got closer, eventually kissing. However, due to the fact that they were in Hell, their shared kiss caused them feelings of intense pain and revulsion. The Anarchist then suggested they steal the Creme de Profundis and return to Earth, where they wouldn't experience such torture, but Miss America argued against the idea, as they were supposed to be guarding the Creme not stealing it. Figuring they couldn't do anything worse to them in Hell, the Anarchist nonetheless went to steal the Creme anyway and Miss America punched him, leading to a brief but fierce fight between the two. Enjoying the fight, both former superheroes soon laid in each other's arms and remarked that fighting was almost as fun as kissing.

(X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl#4 (fb) - BTS) - Kraven soon returned to find Miss America and the Anarchist cavorting with one another rather than guarding the Creme de Profundis.

(X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl#4) - When the Pitiful One returned to Hell, Kraven immediately informed the Pitiful One of how he had found Miss America and the Anarchist together and the Pitiful One slapped the Anarchist. The Anarchist started to fight back but Miss America tried to calm the Anarchist, suggesting he instead bottle up his feelings for the time being, but bottling up his evil thoughts sent the Anarchist into a private hallucinatory Hell. The Pitiful One then grumbled about the Anarchist choosing to go into a private Hell as Doctor Strange and his squad of heroes were looming closer but Miss America argued that the Anarchist had not chosen his torture, pointing out how much the Anarchist was suffering. The annoyed Pitiful One then tried to shake the Anarchist out of his Hell and Miss America warned that waking the Anarchist too soon might traumatize the former hero, only to be reminded by the Pitiful One of the time Daredevil had given him a triple hernia.

(X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl#5) - Miss America continued to tend to the Anarchist as the former hero experienced his own private Hell, expressing concern that the Anarchist might need medical treatment. When the Pitiful One reminded Miss America that they were in Hell and that her "boyfriend" would be fine, Miss America claimed that the Anarchist was not her boyfriend. The Anarchist eventually came out of his Hell just as Dead Girl and the rest of Doctor Strange's squad of dead heroes arrived to confront the Pitiful One. The Anarchist and Miss America immediately ran into battle against Mister Sensitive and Dead Girl, only for the Anarchist to be kicked into Miss America's arms by Mister Sensitive. Miss America was horrified moments later when Dead Girl punched through the Pitiful One's midsection, literally punching out his rotting organs and causing him to fade away into a lower level of Hell. With the Pitiful One defeated, Dead Girl suggested they all use the Creme de Profundis to return to Earth and watch some television, inviting the Anarchist and Miss America to join them. The Anarchist then asked Dead Girl what would happen if he and Miss America instead started walking upwards towards Heaven and Dead Girl admitted that it might be frowned upon that the two assisted the Pitiful One. Miss America then reminded Dead Girl that they had seen the error of their ways and had ultimately stopped fighting Dead Girl and the other heroes in the end, suggesting that should count for something. The Anarchist commented that he hoped it would and Miss America agreed, noting that she wasn't even particular bad to begin with, aside from her one naughty secret. Dead Girl then directed the two to keep walking uphill and, with luck, they would soon reach the Stairway to Heaven.

(Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America - Iron Man - BTS) - As he spoke at the funeral for the then-thought-deceased Captain America (Steve Rogers), Sam Wilson noted some of the heroes closest to Captain America that were no longer living including the original Human Torch, Toro, the Whizzer, Miss America and Bucky Barnes.

(Fantastic Four III#554 (fb) - BTS) - The Fantastic Four's Invisible Woman organized a charity for the victims of superhuman incidents and she opted to name it after Madeline Joyce. She-Hulk and the Wasp soon joined the charity organization and She-Hulk soon reached out to Miss America's estate to get permission to use the Miss America name on the charity's logo. Miss America's uncle was delighted to see Miss America honored in such a way.

(Fantastic Four III#554 - BTS) - Invisible Woman got ready for the first meeting of the Miss America charity, assuring Mister Fantastic that she was not leaving the Fantastic Four for a new organization. She then reminded Mister Fantastic that it was a charity for superhuman incident victims named in honor of Madeline Joyce. A short time later at the charity meeting, She-Hulk revealed to Invisible Woman and the Wasp that Miss America's estate was happy to allow to use of Miss America's name for the charity's logo and how Miss America's nephew was elated to see Miss America honored in a charity, as most people did not realize that Miss America was the first superheroine.

(Fantastic Four II#558 (fb) - BTS) - The charity received the official name of Friends of Miss America.

(Scarlet Witch II#9 - BTS) - When Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver argued over the recent revelations that their real mother was Natalya Maximoff, Quicksilver reminded Scarlet Witch of the times their parents were thought to be Magneto and Magda, Django and Marya Maximoff, and the Whizzer and Miss America then asked Scarlet Witch why it mattered who their parents truly were, as they were who they made themselves to be regardless of who their parentage was.

(Fearless I#4 - BTS) - During a comic book panel discussion entitled Golden Age Women Cartoonists at Marvel, comic book artists Fran Hopper, Ruth Atkinson and Pauline Loth, possibly time-displaced or people posing as them (see comments), discussed their work with fans and Pauline Loth, who was cosplaying as Miss America, reminded the attendees that, as the artist on Patsy Walker and Miss America Magazine in 1944, she drew the adventures of teenage superheroine Miss America.

(Marvel I#6 - BTS) - While trapped in the Dream Dimension by the demon Nightmare, Doctor Strange harnessed a small portion of dream energy to create mystic dream versions of numerous superheroes including Miss America to battle Nightmare.

(The Marvels II#6 - BTS) - As Lady Lotus thought back on her life, she recalled the times she fought the Invaders, the All Winners Squad and the Kid Commandos and the various heroes in those teams including Miss America.

(X-Force VII#3 - BTS) - When Nuklo rampaged across Cambodia, X-Force's Sage informed her teammates of Nuklo's history as the son of World War II heroes the Whizzer and Miss America. X-Force soon engaged Nuklo and Earth-811's Rachel Summers telepathically entered Nuklo's mind, only to assaulted by mental images of Miss America and other heroes of the past conjured up by Nuklo's psyche to act as psionic antibodies against any mental intrusion.

Comments: Created by Otto Binder and Al Gabriele (though Pauline O'Sullivan had a hand in the creation as well - see comments below).

    Pauline (Loth) O'Sullivan was the artist on Miss America Comics I#1 and subsequent Miss America stories in Miss America Magazine. While Miss America's first appearance story in Marvel Mystery Comics I#49 has been credited to artist Al Gabriele and the other early Miss America stories in Marvel Mystery Comics are credited to artist Charles Nicholas, Timely editor Vince Fago, when speaking about Pauline, stated "She did Miss America for us and created her costume." This quote from Fago confirms that Pauline O'Sullivan had an artistic hand in creating Miss America as well, at least to the point of designing her costume.

    In Miss America's early appearances, her uncle James Bennett's last name is occasionally (and erroneously) misspelled "Bennet." Additionally, in Marvel Mystery Comics I#57, James Bennett is called "Mr. Benson" by O'Reilly, a police officer he knew. O'Reilly was pretty frantic at the time so maybe O'Reilly simply got the name wrong in his panic...? Miss America Magazine I#2-3 then refer to Bennett as "James Benton" and the 2000s era OHotMU entry on Miss America officially confirms Bennett's full name as "James Benton Bennett."

    Due to the retcons that place Miss America active with the Liberty Legion in 1942 despite her first appearance being published in November 1943, it was later established that Miss America's origin story occurred in late 1941 instead of late 1943, which would make her time with the Liberty Legion be earlier in her superheroic career than most of her Golden Age appearances, some of which also get shuffled around, continuity-wise, causing some minor inconsistencies. These inconsistencies aren't TOO big of a deal, as most of her Golden Age appearances don't give a specific date as to when they are occurring even if they were all published between November 1943-August 1948. Some of those stories do take place in the time period of when they were published (especially the later 1940s stories) but again, some do take place earlier to fit in with later retcons showing her active before the publication date of her first appearance.

    Speaking of retcons, Miss America Magazine I#2 (November, 1944) specifically mentions Madeline Joyce as being sixteen years old, which would make her around fifteen when she received her superhuman powers. The age actually made sense at the time, given that her Uncle Jim was also mentioned in some of her early Golden Age stories as being her legal guardian. She would have no need of a legal guardian if she were over eighteen (i.e. considered an adult by US laws) and, in fact, her later Golden Age appearances have her living in her own penthouse in the city. This seems to work with the continuity of her Golden Age appearances as published at the time, as she might've moved out of Uncle Jim's mansion when she turned eighteen and gotten a penthouse in the city, but later retcons have stated that she joined the Liberty Legion not long after her first mission and over the course of 1942, began a romance with the Whizzer. This also pushes the Miss America Magazine stories to a little later in her career since she was active a couple of years earlier than originally written. Additionally, Invaders II#2 has a throwaway line where Miss America mentions to Captain America that she briefly attended UCLA. suggesting that she was college age prior to that. That would make more sense given the earlier retcon of her being active as a superheroine in late 1941 and make her in her early twenties when she and the Whizzer began their relationship. However, Fearless I#4 features in which Timely artist Pauline Loth states that she drew the adventures of the "teenage superheroine" Miss America. I think that statement gives credence to occasionally used story point that some of the Golden Age stories as they read are actually the fictionalized versions of actual events that were adapted by the Earth-616 Timely/Marvel Comics. Therefore, while the real Earth-616 Miss America was in her twenties during the 1940s, the fictionalized comic book accounts of her adventures had her as a teenager.

    On the topic of Miss America's UCLA attendance, Miss America's OHotMU: Golden Age 2004 entry states her Education as unrevealed (and her OHotMU A to Z HC Vol. 7 entry states her Education as "High school graduate") but, as mentioned above, Miss America tells Captain America that she once very briefly attended UCLA in 1993's Invaders II#2 before telling Cap to "don't ask" more about it. So she at least has some college courses but it sounds like things didn't end well with it. Maybe she dropped out under bad circumstances or possibly flunked out? Another strange note from her Golden Age 2004 profile is that it stated that the Whizzer and Miss America got married when the All Winners Squad disbanded in 1949 but Vision & the Scarlet Witch I#2 specifically states that the Whizzer & Miss America quit the All Winners Squad, meaning that the group was still active when Whizzer & Miss America quit. The group could've still disbanded in 1949, of course, but the group's disbandment is not what prompted the Whizzer & Miss America to get married, as they already left the group before it disbanded, likely just before since we do have confirmation that Isbisa's attack at the nuclear facility where Madeline worked and the subsequent birth of Nuklo also occurred in 1949.

    In Marvel Mystery Comics I#55, Miss America mentions that she realized Mathers was behind the chain murders because he mentioned that Perkins "never had a wife and daughter," claiming that she had not given Mathers information regarding Perkins' family. However, on the page prior to that, Mathers specifically mentions that he would be providing a police guard for Perkins' house to protect his family, clearly knowing that Perkins had a family. I think Miss America's line about Perkins "never" having a wife and daughter is a writing or lettering mistake and that she actually was intended to say that Mathers mentioned Perkins' family despite no one telling him that Perkins had a wife and daughter, thereby revealing himself as the one behind the chain murders due to his knowledge of Perkins' wife and daughter. That would make the most sense, as Miss America also questioned Perkins as to whether he knew Mathers personally when they left Mathers' office. She was questioning whether Perkins knew Mathers on a personal level to determine whether or not Mathers knew of Perkins' family due to being a personal acquaintance of Perkins and since he wasn't, that was what tipped Miss America off to Mathers being behind the murders...Another bit of confusion in this story is the ending. Miss America corners Mathers next to what is referred to as a "high-tension wire" fence and Mathers leaps at the fence in an attempt to get away from Miss America. When Mathers grabs the fence, we see what appears to be a large electrical blast around Mathers (though there was no sound effect), suggesting that the wire fence was "high voltage" rather than "high tension," but then the last panel of the story mentions that Miss America caught the Chain Murderer (Mathers). So a few things could've happened here: 1) Mathers was electrocuted by "high voltage" wires and possibly died, 2) Mathers was merely shocked by the "high voltage" wires and knocked unconscious, at which point Miss America apprehended him or 3) Mathers severely injured his hands on the "high tension" barbed wires and Miss America apprehended him, with the shock blast simply being an artistic expression of Mathers' pain. My vote is for #2 since we do know Miss America captured Mathers and that would explain the artistic electrical burst.

    Miss America Comics I#1 contained splash pages that readers could cut out to make their very own Miss America paper doll. Of course, her superhero costume was not included as an outfit since the paper dolls were themed to "Country Wear" and "Town Wear." Similarly, Miss America Magazine I#2 also contained a cutout paper doll of Miss America and again did not include her costume, instead providing fashions that readers could write to acquire the sewing patterns of.

    Man, Miss America sure destroyed a ton of windows during her solo Golden Age adventures. Most of the time, she smashed through a window to make a grand entrance and would often punch villains through glass windows. It's amazing that the people she rescued had any windows left in their homes!

    It's amazing Miss America didn't later suffer from brain damage, given how many times her stories involved her getting knocked out from behind. Maybe that's why she later began wearing her glasses while in costume...the years of suffering head trauma could've permanently affected her vision or something...

    Miss America mentions dealing with trouble alongside Captain America & the Human Torch in Invaders I#40 but, despite being on the cover of Invaders I#38, she was not present with Cap & the Torch when they teamed up with the Kid Commandos in Invaders I#38-39.

    The Marvel Chronology Project website lists the Liberty Legion's appearance in Marvel Comics Presents I#160 as occurring during the events of Invaders I#38 but the Liberty Legion are barely in that issue except for a brief flashback to the Whizzer and Miss America taking a leave of absence from the team to temporarily join the Invaders. The flashback was actually confirmed by the Marvel Appendix's own Jeff Christiansen, who in 1994 won the contest identifying where and when each of Dr. Yesterday's time portals had opened up in Marvel history, identifying the events as occurring during Marvel Two-in-One I Annual#1 rather than Invaders I#38. As such, I've placed the Marvel Comics Presents I#160 appearance of Miss America as occurring during the events of Marvel Two-in-One I Annual#1 in her History section.

    Miss America was acting very out of character in the X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl mini-series but, as Dead Girl noted to Dr. Strange during the mini-series: "Some of these guys' brains turn to peanut butter after a while." It stands to reason that Miss America's erratic behavior and willingness to work with the Pitiful One was a result of decades of being in the afterlife.

    There were several others points of potential confusion with the modern Golden Age 2004 and OHotMU HC7 entries on Miss America. Here's a list of a few not already mentioned in the comments above:

• Killer Pedro's real name is listed as Toby "Killer" Pedro despite Marvel Mystery Comics I#57 specifically revealing Killer Pedro's real name as Pedro Alvarez. Perhaps the criminal's real name was Pedro Alvarez but he used the full alias of Toby "Killer" Pedro in his crimes?
• The Nazi Miss America battles in Marvel Mystery Comics I#76-85 is named Rex Herr. While no last name is given in MMC I#76-85, he is called "Herr Rex" at one point but "Herr" is just a formal title for German, not unlike "Mister" in English. Not too much of an issue but it's an odd decision to make his last name Herr. So I guess his name was Herr Rex Herr, with Herr also being his last name?
• Several of the dates in which some of the events in Miss America's History don't seem to match up. Some of that can be excused by the 1970s retcons that push Miss America's origin story and time with the Liberty Legion & Invaders back into late 1941-1942 despite her original first appearance not being published until 1943. Many of her other stories may have occurred close to their original publication dates though some of those retcons override what we see in the actual issues (such as the aforementioned issue with her age). However, the modern OHotMU HC7 profile also states that both the All Winners Squad's battle with Adam-II (in which William Nasland was killed) and their battle with the Future Man occurred in 1947 despite What If? I#4 placing the Adam-II battle in 1946 and while no date was given in the Future Man story prior to the OHotMU HC7 entry, All Winners Comics I#21 has a cover date of December 1946 (and the All-Winners Comics 70th Anniversary Special#1, which came out shortly after the OHotMU HC7 entry, confirms the Future Man story occurred in late 1946 not 1947). Additionally, the Marvel Chronology Project website also seems to place both of those stories around the time of other stories set in 1946 rather than 1947.

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Miss America should be distinguished from:

• MS. AMERICA - member of the Liberteens--Avengers: The Initiative I Annual#1
• MS. AMERICA - alias occasionally used by America Chavez--Vengeance I#1
• other "Miss" or "America" characters, groups, items, races or events
  

Appearances:
Marvel Mystery Comics I#49 (November, 1943) - "Scourge of the Nazis" story - Otto Binder (writer), Al Gabriele (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#50 (December, 1943) - untitled 5th story - uncredited writer, Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#51 (January, 1944) - "Adventure of the Bridge of Death!" story - uncredited writer, Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#52 (February, 1944) - "Pinheaded Killer!" story - uncredited writer, Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#53 (March, 1944) - "Flaming Hate!" story - uncredited writer, Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#54 (April, 1944) - "Masked Murder!" story - Otto Binder (writer), Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#55 (May, 1944) - "Chain Murders!" story - Otto Binder (writer), Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#56 (June, 1944) - "Peddler of Doom" story - Otto Binder (writer), Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Miss America Comics I#1 (June, 1944) - "Baron Shinto the Gouger!" story - Bill Finger (writer), Pauline O'Sullivan (art), uncredited editor; "The Mystery of the Monster Men!" story - Otto Binder (writer), Pauline O'Sullivan (art), uncredited editor; "Murders by Yogi" story - Bill Finger (writer), Pauline O'Sullivan (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#57 (July, 1944) - "Corpse That Walks!" story - Otto Binder (writer), Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#58 (September, 1944) - "Black Widow" story - Otto Binder (writer), Charles Nicholas (art), Vince Fago (editor)
Marvel Mystery Comics I#59 (October, 1944) - "The Horror of the Secret Weapon!" story - Otto Binder (writer), Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Miss America Magazine I#2 (November, 1944) - "The Mystery of the Shocker!" story - Bill Finger (writer), Pauline O'Sullivan (art), Bessie H. Little (editor)
Marvel Mystery Comics I#60 (December, 1944) - "Miss America vs. Murder Inc." story - Otto Binder (writer), Charles Nicholas (pencils), Al Avison (inks), uncredited editor
Miss America Magazine I#3 (December, 1944) - "Clue of the Goldfish" story - Bill Finger (writer), Pauline O'Sullivan (pencils), Christopher Rule (inks), Bessie H. Little (editor); "Adventures of the Ring" story - uncredited writer, Pauline O'Sullivan (pencils), Christopher Rule (inks), Bessie H. Little (editor)
Marvel Mystery Comics I#61 (January, 1945) - "Eyes of Doom" story - Otto Binder (writer), Charles Nicholas (art), Vince Fago (editor)
Miss America Magazine I#4 (January, 1945) - "The Case of the Crystal Unicorn" story - Bill Finger (writer), Pauline O'Sullivan (pencils), Christopher Rule (inks), Bessie H. Little (editor)
Miss America Magazine I#5 (February, 1945) - "Mystery of the Cherub" story - Bill Finger (writer), Sid Greene (pencils), Ken Bald, Dan Barry (inks), Bessie H. Little (editor)
Marvel Mystery Comics I#62 (March, 1945) - "Triple Mysteries!" story - Otto Binder (writer), Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#63 (April, 1945) - "The Black Flag of Doom!" story - uncredited writer, Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#64 (June, 1945) - "Miss Bluebeard" story - Otto Binder (writer), Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#65 (July, 1945) - "Clue of Witch's Rock" story - Otto Binder (writer), Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#66 (September, 1945) - untitled third story - Otto Binder (writer), Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#67 (November, 1945) - "The Fox & the Vixen" story - uncredited writer, Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#68 (January, 1946) - "Clue of the Chinese Ticket" story - Bill Finger (writer), Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#69 (February, 1946) - untitled third story - Bill Finger (writer), Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#70 (March, 1946) - "The Sing Song Slayings!" story - Otto Binder (writer), Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#71 (April, 1946) - "Thrust of Death" story - Otto Binder (writer), Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#72 (May, 1946) - "Cyclops" story - Otto Binder (writer), Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#73 (June, 1946) - "The Ghoul of the 13th Floor!" story - Otto Binder (writer), Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#74 (July, 1946) - "Red is for Gore!" story - Bill Finger (writer), Gustav Schrotter (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#75 (August, 1946) - "Message from the Dead!" story - uncredited writer, Charles Nicholas (pencils), Ken Bald (inks), uncredited editor
All Winners Comics I#19 (Fall, 1946) - "The Crime of the Ages!" story - Bill Finger (writer), Syd Shores (pencils), Al Avison (inks), Stan Lee (editor); "The Stone Age" story - Bill Finger (writer), Syd Shores (pencils), Vince Alascia (inks), Stan Lee (editor); "Conclusion!" story - Bill Finger (writer), Al Avison (pencils), Allen Bellman (inks), Stan Lee (editor)
All Select Comics I#11 (Fall, 1946) - "Unlucky Seven!" story - uncredited writer, Ken Bald (pencils), Jack Binder (inks), Syd Shores (art associate), Stan Lee (editor, art director)
Marvel Mystery Comics I#76 (September, 1946) - "Chapter 1" story - uncredited writer, Ken Bald (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#77 (October, 1946) - "Chapter II: An Unwelcome Visitor!" story - uncredited writer, Ken Bald (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#78 (November, 1946) - "Chapter 3: The Light Go Out!" story - uncredited writer, Ken Bald (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#79 (December, 1946) - "Chapter IV: Vanishing Spies" story - uncredited writer, Ken Bald (art), uncredited editor
All Winners Comics I#21 (December, 1946) - Otto Binder (writer), Syd Shores (art), uncredited editor
Blonde Phantom Comics I#12 (Winter, 1946-1947) - "Scourge of the Spiderman!" story - Bill Finger (writer), Charles Nicholas (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#80 (January, 1947) - "Chapter V: Flaming Death!" story - uncredited writer, Ken Bald (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#81 (March, 1947) - "Chapter VI: The Password is Murder!" story - uncredited writer, Ken Bald (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#82 (May, 1947) - "Chapter VII: Ticket to Hades!" story - uncredited writer, Ken Bald (pencils), Christopher Rule (inks), uncredited editor
Blonde Phantom Comics I#13 (Spring, 1947) - "Burning Witness!" story - uncredited writer, Ken Bald (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#83 (July, 1947) - "Chapter VIII: Danger Trail!" story - uncredited writer, Ken Bald (pencils), Christopher Rule (inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Blonde Phantom Comics I#14 (Summer, 1947) - "Death Drops the Curtain!" story - uncredited writer, Christopher Rule (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#84 (October, 1947) - "Chapter IX: Beginning of the End!" story - uncredited writer, Ken Bald (art), uncredited editor
Marvel Mystery Comics I#85 (February, 1948) - "Chapter 10: Final Reckoning!" story - uncredited writer, Ken Bald (pencils), Christopher Rule (inks), uncredited editor
Sun Girl I#1 (August, 1948) - "Murder Makes a Record!" story - Stan Lee (writer, editor), uncredited artist
Avengers I Giant-Size#1 (August, 1974) - Roy Thomas (writer, editor), Rich Buckler (pencils), Dan Adkins (embellishes)
Invaders I#5 (March, 1976) - Roy Thomas (writer, editor), Rich Buckler, Dick Ayers (pencils), Jim Mooney (embellishes)
Marvel Premiere I#29 (April, 1976) - Roy Thomas (writer, editor), Don Heck (pencils), Vince Colletta (inks)
Invaders I#6 (May, 1976) - Roy Thomas (writer, editor), Frank Robbins (pencils), Vince Colletta (inks)
Marvel Premiere I#30 (June, 1976) - Roy Thomas (writer, editor), Don Heck (pencils), Vince Colletta (inks)
Marvel Two-in-One I Annual#1 (1976) - Roy Thomas (writer, editor), Sal Buscema (pencils), Sam Grainger, John Tartaglione, George Roussos (inks)
Marvel Two-in-One I#20 (October, 1976) - Roy Thomas (writer, editor), Sal Buscema (pencils), Sam Grainger (embellishes)
Avengers I Annual#6 (1976) - "No Final Victory!" story - Gerry Conway (writer, editor), George Perez (pencils), Mike Esposito, John Tartaglione, Duffy Vohland (inks)
Marvel Premiere I#36 (June, 1977) - Roy Thomas (writer, editor), Don Glut (plot assist), Jim Craig (pencils), Dave Hunt (inks)
What If? I#4 (August, 1977) - Roy Thomas (writer, editor), Frank Robbins (pencils), Frank Springer (embellishes)
Invaders I#35 (December, 1978) - Roy Thomas (writer, editor), Alan Kupperberg, Don Heck (pencils), Rick Hoberg (embellishes)
Invaders I#36 (January, 1979) - Roy Thomas (writer, editor), Alan Kupperberg, Chic Stone (art)
Invaders I#37 (February, 1979) - Don Glut (writer), Alan Kupperberg, Rick Hoberg (pencils), Chic Stone (inks), Roy Thomas (editor)
Invaders I#38 (March, 1979) - Don Glut (writer), Alan Kupperberg, Don Heck (pencils), Chic Stone (inks), Roy Thomas (editor)
Avengers I#182 (April, 1979) - David Michelinie (writer), John Byrne, Klaus Janson (art), Roger Stern (editor)
Invaders I#40 (May, 1979) - Don Glut (writer), Alan Kupperberg, Chic Stone (art), Roy Thomas (editor)
Avengers I#185 (July, 1979) - Mark Gruenwald, Steven Grant (plot), David Michelinie (writer), John Byrne (pencils), Dan Green (inks), Roger Stern (editor)
Avengers I#186 (August, 1979) - Mark Gruenwald, Steven Grant (plot), David Michelinie (writer), John Byrne (pencils), Dan Green (inks), Roger Stern (editor)
Invaders I#41 (September, 1979) - Don Glut (writer), Alan Kupperberg, Chic Stone (art), Roy Thomas (editor)
Captain America I Annual#6 (1982) - J.M. DeMatteis (writer), Ron Wilson (breakdowns), Vince Colletta (finishes), Mark Gruenwald (editor)
Vision & the Scarlet Witch I#2 (December, 1982) - Bill Mantlo (writer), Rick Leonardi (pencils), Ian Akin, Brian Garvey (inks), Mark Gruenwald (editor)
Captain America I#285 (September, 1983) - J.M. DeMatteis (writer), Sal Buscema (breakdowns), Kim DeMulder (finishes), Mark Gruenwald (editor)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#14 (March, 1984) - Mark Gruenwald (editor, designer, writer, researcher), Peter Sanderson, Robert Harras, Mark Lerer, Steven Grant, David A. Lofvers (writers, researchers), Mary Wilshire (Miss America entry pencils), Josef Rubinstein (inks, embellishes)
Vision & the Scarlet Witch II#1 (October, 1985) - Steve Englehart (writer), Richard Howell (pencils), Andy Mushynsky (inks), Jim Salicrup (editor)
Dragon#104 (December, 1985) - "Sudden Dawn" story - William Tracy (designer), Roger Raupp (art director, contributing art, graphics), Denis Beauvais, Jeff Busch, Bob Walters, Jim Rosloff, Timothy Truman, the Marvel Bullpen, David Trampier, Richard Tomasic, Joseph Pillsbury, Larry Elmore (contributing art), Patrick Lucien Price, Roger Moore (editors)
Vision & the Scarlet Witch II#5 (February, 1986) - Steve Englehart (writer), Richard Howell (pencils), Jack Abel, Mike Esposito (inks), Jim Salicrup (editor)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition I#18 (October, 1987) - Peter Sanderson (writer, researcher), Mary Wilshire (Miss America entry pencils), Josef Rubinstein (inks, embellishes), Phil Lord (art enhancer), Rodney Ramos, Hector Collazo (art contributors), Mark Gruenwald (editor, designer)
Web of Spider-Man I Annual#4 (1988) - "The Saga of the High Evolutionary, Chapter Eight: All My Children" story - Mark Gruenwald (writer), Ron Lim (pencils), Tony DeZuniga (finishes), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Saga of the Sub-Mariner I#5 (March, 1989) - Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas (writers), Rich Buckler (pencils), Roy Richardson & Company (inks), Terry Kavanagh (editor)
Saga of the Sub-Mariner I#6 (April, 1989) - Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas (writers), Rich Buckler (pencils), Bob McLeod (inks), Terry Kavanagh (editor)
Gamer's Handbook of the Marvel Universe MU6 (1990) - David E. Martin, Chris Mortika, Scott Davis, William Tracy, Raymond Maddox (writers), the Marvel Bullpen (interior illustrations), Richard Steinberg, Steven E. Schend (editors)
Saga of the Original Human Torch I#2 (May, 1990) - Roy Thomas (writer), Rich Buckler (pencils), Danny Bulanadi (inks), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Saga of the Original Human Torch I#3 (June, 1990) - Roy Thomas (writer), Rich Buckler (pencils), Alfredo Alcala (inks), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Sensational She-Hulk I#22 (December, 1990) - Steve Gerber, Buzz Dixon (writers), Tom Artis (pencils), Jim Sanders III (inks), Bobbie Chase (editor)
Dark Angel I#6 (December, 1992) - "Bad Blood" story - Simon Furman (writer), Gary Frank (breakdowns), Andy Lanning (finishes), Gary Russell (editor)
Invaders II#1 (May, 1993) - Roy Thomas (writer), Dave Hoover (pencils), Brian Garvey (inks), Mike Rockwitz (editor)
Invaders II#2 (June, 1993) - Roy Thomas (writer), Dave Hoover (pencils), Brian Garvey (inks), Mike Rockwitz (editor)
Invaders II#3 (July, 1993) - Roy Thomas (writer), Dave Hoover (pencils), Brian Garvey, Ian Akin (inks), Mike Rockwitz (editor)
Invaders II#4 (August, 1993) - Roy Thomas (writer), Dave Hoover (pencils), Brian Garvey (inks), Mike Rockwitz (editor)
USAgent I#3 (August, 1993) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), M.C. Wyman (pencils), Keith Williams (inks), Nel Yomtov (editor)
Marvels I#2 (February, 1994) - Kurt Busiek (writer), Alex Ross (art), Marcus McLaurin (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents I#160 (Early August, 1994) - "Smells Like Teen Spirit, Part 2 of 5: Memories Aren't What They Used to Be" story - Fabian Nicieza (writer), Robert Walker (pencils), Scott Koblish (inks), Richard Ashford (editor)
Uncanny Origins I#2 (October, 1996) - Glenn Herdling (writer), Dave Hoover (pencils), Bill Anderson (inks), Mark Gruenwald (editor)
Hellcat I#3 (November, 2000) - Steve Englehart (writer), Norm Breyfogle (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Citizen V & the V-Battalion I#1 (June, 2001) - Fabian Nicieza (writer), Michael Ryan (pencils), Sean Parsons (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Citizen V & the V-Battalion: The Everlasting#1 (March, 2002) - Fabian Nicieza (writer), Lewis LaRosa (pencils), Jim Royal (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
New Invaders I#2 (November, 2004) - Allan Jacobsen (writer), C.P. Smith (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Golden Age 2004 (2004) - Ronald Byrd, Michael Hoskin (writers), Mary Wilshire (Miss America entry art), Pond Scum (art reconstruction), Jeff Youngquist (editor)
Giant-Size Invaders I#2 (2005) - "A Drive in the Country" story - Roy Thomas (writer), Lee Weeks (pencils, finishes), Jesse Delperdang, Mike Perkins (finishes), Tom Brevoort (editor)
X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl#1 (March, 2006) - Peter Milligan (writer), Nick Dragotta, Mike Allred (art), Warren Simons (editor)
X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl#2 (April, 2006) - Peter Milligan (writer), Nick Dragotta, Mike Allred (art), Warren Simons (editor)
X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl#3 (May, 2006) - Peter Milligan (writer), Nick Dragotta, Mike Allred (art), Warren Simons (editor)
X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl#4 (June, 2006) - Peter Milligan (writer), Nick Dragotta, Mike Allred (art), Warren Simons (editor)
X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl#5 (July, 2006) - Peter Milligan (writer), Nick Dragotta, Mike Allred (art), Warren Simons (editor)
Agents of Atlas I#3 (December, 2006) - Jeff Parker (writer), Leonard Kirk (pencils), Kris Justice (inks), Mark Paniccia (editor)
Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America-Iron Man (August, 2007) - Jeph Loeb (writer), John Cassaday (art), Bill Rosemann (editor)
The Twelve I#1 (March, 2008) - J. Michael Straczynski (writer), Chris Weston (pencils), Garry Leach (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Fantastic Four III#554 (April, 2008) - Mark Millar (writer), Bryan Hitch (pencils), Paul Neary (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Fantastic Four III#558 (August, 2008) - Mark Millar (writer), Bryan Hitch (pencils, inks), Andrew Currie (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z HC Vol. 7 (2009) - Jeff Christiansen (head writer, coordinator), Madison Carter, Stuart Vandal (coordination assistants, writers), Mike Fichera (coordination assistant, art refurbishment, writer), David Wiltfong (art refurbishment, writer), Sean McQuaid, Michael Hoskin, Ronald Byrd, Chad Anderson, Chris Biggs, Eric J. Moreels, Mark O'English, Al Sjoerdsma, Jacob Rougemont, Gabriel Shechter, Markus Ettlinger, Jeph York, Rich Green, Andrew Golentz, Anthony Flamini (writers), Jonathan Couper-Smartt, Eric Englehard, Bill Lentz, Barry Reese (past writers), Mary Wilshire (Miss America entry art), J. Christopher Schmidt, Sean Ellery, Jason Lewis, Tony Marcotte, Matthew Frank (art refurbishment), Pond Scum, Nelson Ribeiro (art reconstruction), Jeff Youngquist, Jennifer Grunwald (editors)
Miss America Comics 70th Anniversary Special#1 (August, 2009) - "Shipyard Sabotage!!" story - Jen Van Meter (writer), Andy MacDonald (art), Steve Wacker (editor)
All Winners Comics 70th Anniversary Special#1 (October, 2009) - "Old Soldiers Never Die..." story - Karl Kesel (writer), Steve Uy (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Girl Comics II#1 (May, 2010) - "Introduction" story - Colleen Coover (writer, art), Jeanine Schaefer (editor)
The Twelve: Spearhead#1 (May, 2010) - Chris Weston (writer, pencils, inks), Gary Erskine (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Captain America: Patriot#1 (November, 2010) - Karl Kesel (writer), Mitch Breitweiser (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Captain America: Patriot#2 (November, 2010) - Karl Kesel (writer), Mitch Breitweiser (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Captain America: Patriot#3 (December, 2010)  - Karl Kesel (writer), Mitch Breitweiser (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Captain America: America's Avenger#1 (August, 2011) - Jeff Christiansen, Mike O'Sullivan, Stuart Vandal (head writers, coordinators), Markus Raymond (assistant coordinator, writer), Sean McQuaid, Kevin Garcia, Madison Carter, Patrick Ryall, Ronald Byrd, Patrick Duke, Rob London, Matt Forbeck, Paul Fairchild, Chris Biggs (writers), Gus Vazquez, Tom Chu (select character art), Mike Fichera (assistant coordinator, art refurbishment), Gally Articola (art refurbishment), Jeff Youngquist (editor)
Inhuman Special#1 (June, 2015) - Jeff Loveness (writer), Ryan Lee (art), Nick Lowe (editor)
Scarlet Witch II#9 (October, 2016) - James Robinson (writer), Joelle Jones (art), Emily Shaw (editor)
Invaders III#6 (August, 2019) - Chip Zdarsky (writer), Carlos Magno, Butch Guice (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Marvel Comics I#1000 (October, 2019) - "Calling Frequency X" story - Al Ewing (writer), Ron Garney (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
History of the Marvel Universe II#2 (October, 2019) - Mark Waid (writer), Javier Rodriguez (pencils, colors), Alvaro Lopez (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Fearless I#4 (December, 2019) - "Golden Girls" story - Trina Robbins (writer), Marguerite Sauvage (art), Lauren Amaro, Annalise Bissa, Sarah Brunstad, Alanna Smith, Kathleeen Wisneski (editors)
Sub-Mariner: Marvels Snapshots#1 (May, 2020) - Alan Brennert (writer), Jerry Ordway (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
X-Men: Marvels Snapshots#1 (November, 2020) - Jay Eidin (writer), Tom Reilly (art), Darren Shan (editor)
Captain America IX#25 (January, 2021) - "All Die Young, Part VI" story - Ta-Nehisi Coates (writer), Leonard Kirk (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Marvel I#6 (May, 2021) - "Overture" story - Alex Ross (writer, art), Steve Darnall (writer, script), Kurt Busiek (writer), Mitch O'Connell (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
The Marvels II#1 (June, 2021) - Kurt Busiek (writer), Yildiray Cinar (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
The Marvels II#6 (February, 2022) - Kurt Busiek (writer), Yildiray Cinar (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Women of Marvel V#1 (April, 2024) - "Malice the Mitigator" story - Gail Simone (writer), Lydja Rasero (pencils, inks), Sarah Brunstad (editor)
X-Force VII#3 (November, 2024) - Geoffrey Thorne (writer), Marcus To (art), Mark Basso (editor)

First posted: 09/05/2026
Last updated: 02/24/2026

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