Powerhouse Pepper and friends

The thing about all these Marvel Comics movies and TV shows is they don't have any characters created by Basil Wolverton, who did lots of fillers for them in the 40s.

This was in Human Torch #8 in the summer of 1942.

Marvel published all kinds of girl and teen titles like Millie the Model,Nellie the Nurse,etc. This is from Tessie the Typist #10 from June 1947.

From Joker Comics (no relation to The Joker) #19 around 1945.

Powerhouse Pepper

Filler is usually called that for a reason, but there were some exceptions. Powerhouse Pepper, although several pages, was apparently just that. It appeared in various comics from Marvel/Timely/Atlas in the 40s,50s, and 60s; and sometimes in the mens' magazines published by their parent company. While the humor strips Basil Wolverton did for most comics fit the theme (western, s-f etc.), the stuff he did for Marvel under its various guises seems random, as if the editors needed 6-8 pages to fill instead of just one. The rest of the comics were fairly pedestrian, especially by comparison. Here is a Powerhouse Pepper comic he did for TESSIE THE TYPIST #11 in 1947...