Why did Lady Luck only last five issues? I’d think she would have lasted longer just based on the pin-up aspect alone. Or maybe that was the problem. Around the time the Lady Luck comic book appeared in 1949 the critics of comics were in their battle armor and rattling their sabers. There were many other sexy female characters in comics, ranging from Sheena to Katy Keene, and despite them perhaps Quality lost its nerve about publishing sexy comic books. They also published the queen of comic book pin-ups, Torchy, and toned her down. So Lady Luck was Lady Out-of-Luck. Regardless, Lady Luck was a good character (part of Will Eisner’s Spirit Section in newspapers, published in four-page installments, and reprinted in Smash Comics #’s 42-85).
Klaus Nordling is credited with drawing and writing Lady Luck. He died at age 76 in 1986.
From Lady Luck #86 (1949).*
Another one where the woman are drawn realistically (she had a corset implanted surgically) and the men are draw cartoon-y.
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I'm not sure I get the love story here. Did she like the guy? She seemed to want him to ask Lady Luck to marry him, but refused him when not in disguise? They raise the money angle, but why would that matter if she wants him to marry Lady Luck? It's kind of bizarre, and not developed very well.
Not my favorite pin-up gal....but none to shabby either.
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