Vixens, Vamps & Vipers: Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics

By Mike Madrid

"Mike Madrid is doing God's work. . . . mak ing] accessible a lost, heady land of female adventure." --ComicsAlliance

Between the covers of Vixens, Vamps & Vipers, fans will rediscover the original bad girls of comics--as fierce and full of surprises as they were when the comic book industry was born. From murderous Madame Doom to He-She, dubbed by io9 as "the most unsung comic book villain ever," Mike Madrid resurrects twenty-two glorious evildoers in fully reproduced comics and explores the ways they both transcend and become ensnared in a web of cultural stereotypes.

Among the deadly femme fatales, ruthless jungle queens, devious secret agents, double-dealing criminal masterminds, and gender-bending con artists are some of the very first women of color in comics. These women may have been overlooked in the annals of history, but--like their superheroine counterparts in Divas, Dames & Daredevils--their influence, on popular culture and the archenemies that thrill us today, is unmistakable.

Mike Madrid is the author of Divas, Dames & Daredevils, a ComicsAlliance and ComicsBlend Best Book of the Year, and The Supergirls, an NPR "Best Book To Share With Your Friends" and American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project Notable Book. A San Francisco native and lifelong fan of comic books and popular culture, Madrid also appears in the documentary Wonder Women The Untold Story of American Superheroines.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193525927X
• ISBN13: 9781935259275
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Exterminating Angel Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher