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  2. Jun 30, 2020 · Tired of only getting birth and death notices to write up, the 23-year old Brenda Starr—a reporter for the Globe—demands that her editor give her a real story. He counters that she must get an interview with underworld figure Silky Fowler by midnight or she’s fired.

  3. Mar 17, 2019 · On June 30, 1940, a Starr was born in Chicago. Her story is part of the story of the New York Daily News, which will celebrate 100 years on June 26, 2019. ... “Brenda Starr, Reporter” debuted ...

  4. Dale Messick's Brenda Starr, Reporter (May 2, 1948) Bottomline, Brenda's boss, orders her to take a furlough—an unpaid leave. Starr instead accepts a job offer from her old friend Pug—who is now working for a newspaper in India. Brenda and Pug very early have a major disagreement, concerning a street child.

  5. Article History. Brenda Starr, fictional newspaper-reporter heroine of Brenda Starr, a comic strip created by Dale Messick that ran from 1940 to 2011. It first appeared as a Sunday feature of the Chicago Tribune. Brenda Starr, distributed through Joseph Medill Patterson ’s Chicago Tribune–New York News Syndicate, became a daily feature in ...

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  6. In another era, nobody would have asked who Brenda Starr is. She’s a comic strip character, the star of a daily serial that’s been running for over 70 years. “Brenda Starr, Reporter” was in hundreds of papers at one point, and spawned a couple of movies (one with Brooke Shields (!), the other with Jill St. John). But when the end of the ...

  7. Dec 30, 2010 · And in the wake of the feminist revolution, Brenda Starr, once a trailblazer, seemed as outdated as her omnipresent negligees. My assignment was to bring Brenda into the ’80s. Fewer tears. More ...

  8. Brenda Starr (1940-2011) was a comic strip that portrayed the life of a contemporary female newspaper reporter. The title character was shown in adventurous stories at work and at home. She participated in persistent journalism and dramatic romances. After many years Brenda married her periodical love interest, Basil St. John.

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