Mazie

From 1950 to 1954, Nation-Wide Publishing presented Mazie, a 13-issue comic series that followed the romantic and professional misadventures of its titular young working woman. Most frequently illustrated by David Gantz, the series captured the lighthearted, post-war spirit of the era with a focus on Mazie's workplace and romantic entanglements. As a modest but charming example of the romance and career-girl comics that thrived in the early 1950s, Mazie offers a period snapshot of the hopes and humor surrounding women navigating independence.