The story so far
Gertrude Williams is the headmistress at a boarding school for girls. But in the evenings she dons a mask and fetching bodysuit to become the wrestler Leopard Lily.
After receiving a blackmail threat , Gertie asked the two pupils who already knew her secret to discover the culprit. This they did and locked the girl in an abandoned shed to await Gertie's displeasure. But when Ms. Williams and her sidekicks went back for a little chat, their prisoner had gone.
That night Gertie received a phone call from local villain Sam Roper, who revealed that he had the missing girl and not-so-politely suggested that Gertie take a dive in her upcoming championship bout. If you ahven't read it yet, Part One is HERE
Now read on.
While Angela and her girls "question" Roper, Lily is about to face a big, scary woman.
She's probably a sweetheart outside the ring, you know.
And once again good triumphs over wickedness. Hooray.
Well that was a bit of a dick move, wasn't it?
Well that was a fun little tale and it's shame Grappling Gertie only seems to have made the three appearances. While I'm not massively keen on the wrestling outfits, I think you can see why I genuinely think British comics artwork deserves more respect. Hope you liked it.
If you are the writer or artist of this story, I hope you don't mind me posting this.
And if anybody out there has a spare issue of "Grappling Gertie's Schooldays" I'd rather like to hear from you.
That's all folks.
I'm pretty sure that wrestling is only won by submission or pin, not k.o
ReplyDeleteThe old British "World Of Sport" stuff did used to have "KO" as a winning option. I don't remember it happening very often though.
DeleteI do remember that panel of Gertie flipping the two students clearly. I may need a re-read of these, I've been watching Netflix Glow and that's a lot of fun too.
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it.
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