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Alison Dare: Little Miss Adventures in the TVCU

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  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. Perhaps the government has entrusted