Alison Dare: Little Miss Adventures in the TVCU
Adventure has a name. His name is Indiana Jones. Adventure, as it turns out, also has a goddaughter. Her name is Alison Dare. (Mr. Torres and Mr. Bone. Should you come upon this essay, consider it a humble request for more Alison Dare adventures.) Alison Dare resists dating. Boys are yucky and dumb. Alison Dare also resists dating. Her stories never offer a year, month, or date; you're lucky to run into a season. But we can come within a few years of establishing a date. Nazi Germany is still a world power (therefore we're before 1945); moreover, Nazis can walk the streets in full Nazi regalia. We're before America entered the war, if not before the war started. Alison Dare's mother, Dr. Dare (no relation to a certain Doc Dare), has a collection of artifacts, all rare, most only in her office via government intervention. She works with spies, religious orders, and superheroes. Perh...