As a kid, I loved reading Zane Grey westerns and Jack London adventures
I’d ride horses bareback and fight boys with sticks, then retire to my room with my uber-Barbie (the one with the swivel waist and the bendable knees).
I devoured Jane Eyre, Ann of Green Gables and Little Women with the same avid obsession as Reach for the Sky, the true story of Douglas Bader, the legless World War II fighter pilot.
In my dreams I was Black Canary from the Justice League of America comics, but it was Green Lantern’s motto that I would chant when alone:
In brightest day and blackest night
No evil Shall escape my sight
For those who worship evil’s might
Beware the power of Green Lantern’s light!
My childhood idols included Catwoman, the Lone Ranger, Emma Peel (for her lethal elegance) and Jane Russell (for her smart mouth).
I grew up to…
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Christine Bongers 