Help with the end of a Cat Girl story

[Jane1]

I have just discovered a Sally comic after a search of my loft dated 28th March 1970, in which Cat Girl and her dad are on the trail of El Sorro, a notorious South American bandit, who is demanding money from an oil company. El Sorro is, apparently, a master of disguise and orders his men to kidnap Cat Girl, dead or alive! Jus wondered if anyone knew what happened in the subsequent chapters of this adventure?

[philcom55]

I don't know how it ended but the El Sorro storyline seems to have continued for quite some time, as can be seen in this episode dated 9th May 1970 where Cathy - still wearing her cat suit - is pretending to be a boy who wants to join the bandit's gang.







I wonder what 'dreadful fate' she had in mind for her poor old dad?

El Sorro might have been a 'master of disguise' but our heroine was no slouch in that department either: something she proves here, and even more so in a story where she disguises herself as an inanimate figure on a fairground carousel in order to eavesdrop on some crooks - a performance that requires her to remain absolutely rigid even when a child decides to go for a ride on her back!

- Phil Rushton

[Tammyfan]

With Cat Girl around, El Sorro would be the one with the dreadful fate!

[ISPYSHHHGUY]

Nice style of artwork---they don't make 'em like that no more!

[Jane1]

Phil,
Thanks for that, it would be interesting to know how she pulled off whatever she had in mind, but as Tammyfan says at the end it was probably El Sorro who met a dreadful fate! I assume Cat Girl managed to get the information she needed in the other story you mentioned, even with a child sat on her.

[philcom55]

She not only succeeded in overhearing the crooks' plans she also learned that her arch-nemesis the Eagle was back!



In these days of grim and gritty superheroes I have to say that I really appreciate the way Cat Girl's adventures combined genuine tension with a gentle sense of humour. In fact some of Cathy's escapades could be almost Monty Pythonesque - as in the the above sequence, and the one below where she demonstrates yet again her astonishing ability to blend into the background!



- Phil Rushton

[Jane1]

Hi Phil,
You are correct, the Merry-go-Round incident could have been a sketch right out of Monty Python! Cat Girl is really a fun character and the tail on her suit seems to have a mind of its own and sums the situation up quite well on its own. However, some of the episodes where Cat Girl is in danger are almost Nancy Drew like, IMO. The Eagle certainly was a difficult opponent even for Cat Girl. Apart from the episode you sent a few weeks ago where Cat Girl was put in a hypnotic trance, do you know of any other story lines where Cat Girl was kidnapped by the Eagle and his henchmen?

Thanks again,
Jane

[philcom55]

I think you're right that the tail became increasingly expressive as Giorgio Giorgetti got more used to drawing the character.

Here's an earlier sequence in which Cathy was captured by the Eagle's gang, displaying a similar mixture of danger and drollery:







...Anybody want to guess how she got out of this tight spot?

- Phil Rushton

[Jane1]

Phil,
I know some of Cat Girl's escapes are almost Bond like but I would guess something mundane like the cats make so much noise that people come out to look and see the Cat Girl and some how get her down. Poor Mr. Carter, he can't seem to do anything right, good job Cathy is resourceful!

Thanks,
Jane

[Tammyfan]

Phil,
I know some of Cat Girl's escapes are almost Bond like but I would guess something mundane like the cats make so much noise that people come out to look and see the Cat Girl and some how get her down. Poor Mr. Carter, he can't seem to do anything right, good job Cathy is resourceful!

Makes you wonder how on earth he managed before Cathy became cat girl.

[philcom55]

Cathy's dad really is a bit of a rubbish detective isn't he? At times it almost seems as if she's the responsible parent and he's the child!

As for her escape from that rooftop cage, Jane's solution is spot-on...as far as it goes! As you can see below, however, nothing is ever quite so straightforward in the wild and wonderful world of Cat Girl...!







- Phil Rushton

[Tammyfan]

I like the fact that Cat Girl does not possess super strength (unlike the Leopard from Lime Street), so she has to rely on her wits more to get her out of situations such as that cage.

[Sila]

Cathy proposes to El Soro that she escorts her dad at the peak of that abrupt rock and that he has to climb it down. As this means certain death for the detective, the bandit accepts.Cathy leads her father up to a point where nobody can see them and she frees him ; then she puts on his coat pretending to be him and she starts climbing down. she pretends to fall but at a certain point she makes a difficult leap and she manages to be safe and sound without being seen by El Soro. Her father comes at El Soro's house with the police but the bandit has put a bomb at the oil refinery. Cathy has located deep in a mountain cave the rest of the gang that is waiting for El Soro's signal to arm the bomb; when the polices arrives at El Soro's, the latter signals to the bandits to arm the bomb but Cathy fights with them and destroys the mechanism for arming the bomb.then the police arrests El Soro!

[philcom55]

Thanks for completing the story Sila (and a belated welcome to the forum!).

You must have a really impressive collection as many of these titles are becoming increasingly hard to find.

- Phil Rushton

[Sila]

Thank you for the welcome!
It's really nice for me to see that also other people are interested and really cherish so nostalgic memories of the past, when the comics used to be our best companion when being alone, as pretty much the PCs do nowadays to modern youth.
The funny thing is that my collection is in Greek magazines (MANINA, KATERINA and ALIKI) that used to publish the stories of the girls' British comics (Tammy, Sally, Jinty and Sandie) from 1972 to 1976. I'll try to post a sample from them so that you get a taste of the Greek version as well. One difference I saw is though, is that the Greek magazines used to be more luxurious :illustrated covers either of Purita Campos or pop idols/artists, more pages and many news about the cinema/music. I also have many Sandies, Tammys and Jintys and even many Dutch Tinas (the equivalent of Princess Tina).
I'll be happy if my collection helped to answer any queries or bring nice memories back to any of you...