STERANKO VISUALIZES THE SPICY PULP SIREN

    The Domino Lady was among the original "pulp vixens" in the 1930s. The magazine covers that featured her, painted by Norman Saunders, have been reproduced numerous times in journals and coffee table books. She has been the star of a comic book series from Eros Comics, and her stories have appeared in scattered fanzines over the last decade.
    Until now, no one has attempted to collect her adventures in one volume. Bold Venture Press is changing that, this summer—Her adventures are targeted in a new collection, COMPLIMENTS OF THE DOMINO LADY, with startling new artwork by legendary illustrator STERANKO.

THE Domino Lady didn't star in her own magazine—she was featured in the short-lived magazine Saucy Romantic Adventures (twice on the cover), and her final story dumped into Mystery Adventures. Fiction Publishers was at the bottom of the publishing food chain, and the author Lars Anderson (which may or may not have been a penname) never rose to more prestigious magazines.
    Both "Saucy Romantic Adventures" and "New Mystery Adventures" were part of the phenomenon known as the "spicy" pulps. Often, they were hidden from display due to their risqué material. By today's standards, the promise of sex and cheap thrills was spicier than the actual contents.
    Ellen Patrick stole from the criminal wealthy and donated to a worthy charity—which often included herself and her extravagant lifestyle. Sometimes she came to the aid of a friend in need, and always left her mysterious calling card, "The Domino Lady’s Compliments," to remind sinister rascals far and wide that crime did not pay. Not after she ripped them off.
    Each adventure became more ambitious than the previous one, and it's worth speculating where the Domino Lady's adventures may have taken her if the series had continued.