It's Mary Batson's high school graduation--and look who's come to congratulate her!

Yup, good old Bulletgirl herself!!

Unfortunately, Susan Kent had the bad manners to bring along a couple of her recurring villains: Dr. Riddle and The Weeper!!
Well, Susan is caught in an easily escapable death trap, but Mary Marvel rescues her (this will be a continuing theme).

And, of course, with a name like the Dr. Riddle...


Mary Marvel has a goofy scientist and an intelligent worm for enemies--so when she derides the Dr. Riddler as silly, well, she should know!



Well, after lots of thwarted schemes, ridiculously easy riddles, Bulletgirl getting captured while Mary rescues her, and finally Bulletgirl getting knocked out before the big crime, Mary finally gets into the spirit of things:


Now that's my kind of riddle!!

As for the Weeper?

Yes...yes, she is.

Bulletgirl was captured and knocked out 7 times on the way home...

From Mary Marvel #8 (1946)

WOOF!


I like the fact they actually have a dog saying "BOW WOW!"

Ah, but there's bad guys in those hills!

Now, this was a Summer 1946 issue--and we're still doing Nazi saboteur stories? Ah, but people were concerned back in the day about sleeper cells and the like. Plus, really, who wants to give up Nazis as villains? (Plus, I suspect that a lotta of companies have a lot of inventory stories to burn off)

Oh, yeah--Nazis are fucking bastards!!

Fortunately, vacationing nearby are...



Wait... Bulletdog? I seriously never knew that there was a Bulletdog. How could I not have know that?
Yup, they just gave him an anti-gravity collar, not the secret "crime cure" that made them smarter and faster. Hey, he's a dog--what does he know?

Now Bulletman and Bulletgirl battle the Nazis...

...while Bulletdog protects the dogs!!

Ah, but the humans got away, and the lead saboteur--Agent K-9--has more plans involving dogs:




Seriously, dude.

Well, BM, BG and BD foil this little plot, and capture all of the Nazis except for K-9 himself.

And he's not finished with his canine-based sabotage!

Live-fire exercises--always a good idea!

Especially since...



The good guys catch him...but it is too late?




And so ends another adventure of Bulletman, Bulletgirl...and Bulletdog??

Help end the scrap--in 1946?!?

From Bulletman #15 (1945)

I wonder why this type of prison cell caught on?

It's oh so very Gotham City, isn't it? Just have all your prisoners in very narrow cells with their nickname inscribed on the front. That'll reform them!!

Plus, what if the crook doesn't have a nickname? Stick him in a different wing? Or just give him a nickname, like an Ellis Island for thugs?

And really, do you crooks want to listen to another guy who is also imprisoned? I mean, on the face of it, Midas Malone been no more successful than you...

Ah, but Midas still has lots of money stashed, and manages to bribe his way out of the hoosegow, along with his new followers!


Well, after capturing Bulletman in a lucky accident, Midas and his gang start such a reign of terror, only a symbolic splash page can do it justice:

Fortunately, Bulletgirl finds Bulletman, and her manages to find the one thing Midas can't buy his way out of:

Death.

Should have stayed in that cool cell, Midas Malone.

From Bulletman #4 (1941)

Since there are no Friday Night Fights this week (sob), I thought I'd give some attention to some quasi-fights.

And what better quasi-fights than to watch Bulletgirl get knocked out ridiculously easily?

Let's remember, Jim Barr and Susan Kent took a chemical formula to give the super strength and super intelligence...and that's before they even put on the Gravity Regulator Helmets, which let them fly and deflect bullets. So, pretty tough heroes, right?

Well, when investigating a "nightclub of crime," the super intelligence doesn't prevent Bulletgirl from being surprised by half a dozen goombas dressed like a Fawcett Comics version of Eyes Wide Shut:

And as for the super strength and super-deflecting helmet?

I guess bullets don't hit as hard as rolling pins...

Still, Susan manages to escape...

And give 'em back a little of their own...


But...

Oh, dear, captured again.

Don't worry...Bulletman rescues her later.

Still, getting beat by a rolling pin and a seltzer bottle--in one afternoon!--doesn't say much for your alleged super-powers.

In another story in that issue:


Oooh, lead pipe to the face!! OK, we'll give you a pass on that one, Susan. Ouch...

Don't worry, gang: Bulletman saves her (again)!

From Bulletman #16 (1946)