Many consider this character to be the first lesbian in comics. When Sanjak captured Terry’s love interest April Kane it was implied that she was attracted to the young girl. Hero Terry Lee had several female enemies during the series, one of whom was the Frenchwoman Sanjak, a spy for the Axis Powers who was noted for always dressing as if she were a man. One very popular strip series was Terry and the Pirates, which ran from 1934 to 1946.
The first comic books were simply reprints of comic strips featured in U.S.