Golden Age Harlequin (Molly Mayne / later Molly Mayne-Scott) Appreciation (2019)

[MajorHoy]

First appearance: All-American Comics #89 (September 1947).


and from Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol. X (December 1985),


And while Molly did eventually marry Alan Scott (Golden Age Green Lantern), she was not the birth-mother to his two children (Jade and Obsidian). That was a different costumed villainess.

[scary harpy]

Alan Scott had many great villains in the golden age. Most were lost when Green Lantern became a Hal the Space Cop.

I'm glad Molly is remembered.

[MajorHoy]

A few pages from that first appearance:



Sort of a typical Golden Age-type of story:

* girl meets boy superhero
* girl falls in love with boy superhero
* boy superhero doesn't have time for girl because of his superhero-responsibilities
* girl becomes bad-girl so boy superhero will have time for her

[MajorHoy]

Harlequin from Infinity Inc. Annual #1 (1985)

explaining how Alan wound up marrying Golden Age Thorn . . .

[MajorHoy]

Harlequin made her second appearance in All-American Comics #91 (November 1947).

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Harlequin with the Injustice Society . . .

from History of the DC Universe Book One (1986)
(NOTE: She had "joined" the 2nd version of the group back in All Star Comics #41, cover-dated June-July 1948.)