Calling All Girls #3
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Calling All Girls" #3 is an anthology publication featuring multiple story types. The visible comics include "The Girl Who Raced with Death," depicting a young woman journalist who writes articles about wartime subjects and becomes caught up in a dangerous encounter with Japanese planes while visiting wounded soldiers, leading to a car crash and her rescue. Another story shown involves "Yorktown Younger Set," a sports narrative centered on a competitive basketball game between Yorktown and Gayville teams. The issue also contains articles, stories, and features on topics ranging from etiquette and fashion to midwinter movies and candy recipes, all aimed at a young female audience.
Helen Hayes, a young girl with a natural flair for performance, begins her journey in the spotlight after her mother’s stage dreams inspire her early talent. As she grows, her passion for acting leads her from childhood recitals to Broadway triumphs, earning acclaim in roles from *Twelfth Night* to *Victoria Regina*, all while balancing her life as a wife and mother.
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, one of China’s famed Soong sisters, recounts her journey from a young girl in Georgia to a pivotal figure in her nation’s fight for unity and independence during the Japanese invasion. Through her education in America, her marriage to General Chiang Kai-Shek, and her tireless efforts to uplift China through the New Life Movement and wartime mobilization, she emerges as a determined force for change.
Judy Wing, newly certified as Air Hostess No. 1, embarks on her first flight with a mysterious passenger who claims to be an FBI agent and demands access to the mail compartment. When she later learns the man was a spy and the defense papers were stolen, she must use her wits and flying knowledge to track him down and prove her innocence.
In a desperate stand against a besieging force of Indians, Betty Zane volunteers to race across open ground to retrieve vital gunpowder from her family’s cabin, knowing the journey is deadly. With the fort’s defenders providing covering fire, she dashes through enemy lines, using quick thinking and courage to carry the powder back to safety.
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