Jane
Extremely popular with British Forces during World War II, Jane was drawn by Norman Pett and the stories written by Don Freeman. Mike Hubbard took over the artwork in 1948, when Pett left the Daily Mirror. Pett originally used his wife as a model but in 1939 he hired Christabel Drewery, who married an RAF pilot named Arthur Leighton-Porter. During the War Years, the strip became more saucy, with Jane sometimes shedding even her undies. Interestingly, from time to time, Jane was pictured in rainwear, suggesting that Pett appreciated the sexual allure of macs.
