“Brenda Starr and the Masked Imposter” was published in 1943 and created by Dale Messick, a rare female cartoonist in an era that didn’t encourage them, The book features a 23-year-old reporter for the Globe. Brenda is tired of writing birth and death notices so demands real stories and embarks on thrilling adventures. In this book she stumbles upon the Masked Imposter and earns her first “scoop!”
