Jayne Mansfield 1963 she studied Italian. Reputed to be Hollywood's "smartest dumb blonde", she later complained that the public did not care about her brains saying: "They're more interested in 40–21–35." A natural brunette, Mansfield had her hair bleached, and colored platinum blonde when she moved to Los Angeles, and became one of the early "blonde bombshells", along with Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and Mamie Van Doren. In 1958, she also had her eyebrows dyed platinum. Following Jean Harlow (who started the trend with her film "Bombshell"), Monroe, Mansfield, Van Doren and Diana Dors helped establish the stereotype typified by a combination
Bombshell (Marvel Comics) Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition" #3 (1985) and "Dark Reign Files" #1 (2009). In her early appearances ("Hawkeye" Vol.1 #3-4, "Captain America" #317, Avengers Spotlight #23-25), Bombshell was portrayed as being a woman with a muscular physique. However, in later appearances ("Union Jack" Vol. 2 #2), the character was drawn with a more slender look. The Ultimate Marvel incarnation are a mother/daughter criminal team, the Baumgartners (Lori and Lana), who first appeared in "Ultimate Comics Spider-Man" #2. Wendy Conrad was born in Scarsdale, New York. She used her juggling talents and explosives expertise to become the supervillain Bombshell.