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I vaguely remember a DC comic from the 1960s, very
likely it was Supergirl, that featured female astronauts
as characters.
They were called "astronettes".
Does anybody else here remember this?
Even if not, general comments are welcome.
In the 60s this was plausible if speculative terminology. |
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:30 pm |
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| Hexxenhammer |
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| Sounded neat so I googled "Astronettes". Only real hits are for David Bowie's backup singers. Nothing for comic book characters. One hit was for one of the women that was in the space program early on, they never got to go into space of course and almost no one knows about them. I guess they were called Astronettes. |
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 5:27 am |
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| Abdul Alhazred |
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OK. Somewhat different crowd here now.
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| Yeah. I remember Hexxenhammer. I wish he would come back. |
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 1:41 pm |
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| Abdul Alhazred |
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| Mulebear wrote: | | Yeah. I remember Hexxenhammer. I wish he would come back. |
I agree.
Hexxy come back. Please forgive us.   |
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| Abdul Alhazred wrote: | I vaguely remember a DC comic from the 1960s, very
likely it was Supergirl, that featured female astronauts
as characters.
They were called "astronettes".
Does anybody else here remember this?
Even if not, general comments are welcome.
In the 60s this was plausible if speculative terminology. |
Expunged from public memory in the Great Neuralyzation of 1976. |
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| Google is still only hitting an obscure Bowie back up band. Have you tried any comic book forums? |
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This is the only thing I found regarding Astronettes in the DC Universe.
Of course, the only thing mentioned is the word "astronette".
The comic actually linked to is one of Action Comics. #337, published May 1966.
That's all I could find even containing the word. |
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- Philip N. Shockey, "Space Journal", March-May, 1959
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| Abdul Alhazred |
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| Wooldridge wrote: | This is the only thing I found regarding Astronettes in the DC Universe.
Of course, the only thing mentioned is the word "astronette".
The comic actually linked to is one of Action Comics. #337, published May 1966.
That's all I could find even containing the word. |
Thank you. That's the one. I remember it now.
| Quote: | | “Supergirl” in “The Green Sun Supergirl!”, written by Otto Binder and drawn by Jim Mooney. – This 12-page back-up story starts at Stanhope College, where Linda Lee Danvers’ dorm-mates watch a special TV broadcast, announcing NASA’s new “astronette” program. Little do they realize that the first astronette is their classmate’s secret identity – Supergirl! ... |
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| Abdul Alhazred |
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| Pyrrho wrote: | | Expunged from public memory in the Great Neuralyzation of 1976. |
Wow. Wooldridge is pretty slick because ...
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:34 am |
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| Abdul Alhazred wrote: | | Wooldridge wrote: | This is the only thing I found regarding Astronettes in the DC Universe.
Of course, the only thing mentioned is the word "astronette".
The comic actually linked to is one of Action Comics. #337, published May 1966.
That's all I could find even containing the word. |
Thank you. That's the one. I remember it now.
| Quote: | | “Supergirl” in “The Green Sun Supergirl!”, written by Otto Binder and drawn by Jim Mooney. – This 12-page back-up story starts at Stanhope College, where Linda Lee Danvers’ dorm-mates watch a special TV broadcast, announcing NASA’s new “astronette” program. Little do they realize that the first astronette is their classmate’s secret identity – Supergirl! ... |
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Haha.
Well, that's pretty far back. That's 20 years before Infinite Earths. If you had CDisplay or something I might be able to track down that comic for you. As downloading comics in my free time is a hobby, almost.
Pre-Crisis stuff is nigh impossible to find. |
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When one considers that our planet is doomed, at least as far as life is concerned, it is impossible to put meaningful value on the titanic forward struggle of life on Earth through billions of years. This struggle, whether conscious or not, appears agonizingly futile if the gigantic mass contribution can not be perpetuated.
- Philip N. Shockey, "Space Journal", March-May, 1959
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