Invisible Scarlet O'Neil (1940 - 1956) was a comic strip whose lead character, as the title suggests, could will herself
into invisibility. Scarlet O'Neil was thus the descendent of H. G. Wells' The Invisible Man and the progenitor of
Sue Storm (The Invisible Girl). We knew of the strip through its reprints in Famous Funnies and dutifully
documented three spankings, unfortunately all of them F/M and given by Scarlet. While we would much rather that Scarlet
live up to her name by being on the receiving end for once
, we do have the next best
thing thanks to the efforts of CSR Chief Strip Researcher
Sweetspot
who previously posted this example on the Bulletin Board under the topic
Spanking and Invisibility.
Here is his introduction to it:
"This woman had hung Scarlet out in a corn field like a scarecrow [another superheroine in bondage] but fortunately she was rescued by friends. Anyway, we can understand why Scarlet was upset with her."
Invisible Scarlet O'Neil November 21, 1944. Story and art by Russell Stamm's assistants, as he was unavailable during the war years. Scan by Sweetspot. Posted by the Web-Ed on 05/24/2019. © Chicago Times Syndicate.
Creator Russell Stamm was a decent artist who generally drew a pretty Scarlet, and he was not averse to spankings
(a big point in his favor 
), so why no spankings for Scarlet (as far as we know)?
It's rare (but not unheard of) for a heroine to be spanked in her own strip - we've seen it in Dixie Dugan and
Brenda Starr - but it may be that Stamm, whose stories are far more gentle than those of the more violent crime
comics of this era, simply saw Scarlet as a good girl who didn't deserve to be spanked. She does at least get butted
by a ram, but we haven't posted that one yet.
Unusually for the creator of a successful strip, Stamm shut it down in 1956 to get into television. He came here to Chicago and opened Russ Stamm Productions, responsible for such familiar advertising animations as "Charlie the Tuna," "Jolly Green Giant," and "Hostess Cup Cake Twins".
