Sun Girl is a fictional character

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, a superhero

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 in comic books published by Marvel Comics

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. Created by artist Ken Bald

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 and an unidentified writer, she first appeared in Sun Girl #1 (Aug. 1948), published by Marvel's 1940s precursor, Timely Comics

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.

Publication history

Sun Girl starred in a namesake three-issue series cover-dated August to December 1948. She subsequently co-starred in stories of the original Human Torch in The Human Torch #32-35 (Sept. 1948 - March 1949), Captain America Comics

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#69 (Nov. 1948), Sub-Mariner Comics #29 (Nov. 1948), and Marvel Mystery Comics

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#88-91 (Oct. 1948 - April 1949). She additionally starred in a solo story each in the first two of those Marvel Mystery issues.

The Human Torch-Sun Girl story "The Ray of Madness" from The Human Torch #33 (Nov. 1948) was reprinted decades later in Marvel's Giant-Size Avengers

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#1 (Aug. 1974). Sun Girl appears in flashback

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 in the final two issues of the four-issue miniseries

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 Saga of the Original Human Torch (April-July 1990)

Fictional character biography

A personal secretary for Jim Hammond

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, the original Human Torch, during the post-war 1940s, Mary Mitchell fell in love with him and became his partner as well as his sidekick after Toro

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left to tend to his ailing foster mother. She fought alongside the Torch until Toro returned and replaced her.