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Pep Comics 70

Pep Comics 70

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Role-reversal in advertising: in this 1949 confectionery advertisement, it's the young heroine who saves the infant (and the puppy) from the onrushing fire-engine. While postwar comic books usually upheld traditional gender stereotypes, there were frequent exceptions depicting girls as brave, courageous and resourceful - possibly a nod to the vital role women played in the war effort just a few years previously.
From Pep Comics number 70, page 19.

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1949
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1949 advertisements in the united states
1949 advertisements in the united states