Golden Age Black Widow (Claire Voyant)

[MajorHoy]

First Golden Age appearance:
Mystic Comics #4 (July or August 1940):

While the outside cover has the "August" date printed on it, the inside front cover lists this as "July 1940".


As for the Black Widow herself, . . .

to be continued . . .

She would go on to have appearances in Mystic Comics #5 and #7, as well as in USA Comics #5 and All Select Comics #1. Eventually, she'd be included in the series The Twelve.

[MajorHoy]

Golden Age Black Widow was also included on a two-page spread at the end of 1994's Marvels #1.

[ARkadelphia]

I suppose if your last name was Voyant you’d kind of have to name your daughter Claire

[Digifiend]

Only five golden age appearances? Definitely not as successful as the silver age Black Widow then. I wonder if Claire has ever met Natasha?

[MajorHoy]

Only five golden age appearances? Definitely not as successful as the silver age Black Widow then.

Aside from Miss America, I don't know if any of the war-time female characters from Timely were all that "successful". Some of the post-war Golden Age female characters had more appearances, though.

[Dermie]

After the end of THE TWELVE I had hoped to see Roger Aubrey or someone recruit Claire Voyant, Phantom Reporter and Mastermind Excello into the V-Battalion's Penance Council to shore up their depleted ranks. I think they would have made great additions to that organization, and I think it would have fit rather well with the direction the three of them were sent on at the end of THE TWELVE.

[Gaastra]

Aside from Miss America, I don't know if any of the war-time female characters from Timely were all that "successful". Some of the post-war Golden Age female characters had more appearances, though.

Patsy walker before she became hellcat. 124 issues first series plus many spin-offs and other comics with her in it.

[MajorHoy]

Patsy walker before she became hellcat. 124 issues first series plus many spin-offs and other comics with her in it.

Yeah, I guess premiering in 1944 does qualify her as earlier than "post-war", though I figured she would have first shown up in late 1945 or 1946 at earliest.

[Digifiend]

She got her own book in 1945... it's just not where she debuted. As Gaastra said, it ran for 124 issues - 20 years, because it was only six issues a year.
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Patsy_Walker_Vol_1

She had a second book that ran for 110 issues over 15 years.
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Patsy_and_Hedy_Vol_1