Bombshell (sex symbol) of the blurbs on posters was "Lovely, luscious, exotic Jean Harlow as the Blonde Bombshell of filmdom." Hollywood soon took up the blonde bombshell, and then, during the late 1940s through the early 1960s, brunette, exotic, and ethnic versions (e.g., Jane Russell, Dorothy Dandridge and Sophia Loren) were also cultivated as complements to, or as satellites of, the blonde bombshell. Some of the movie stars, largely of the 1940s–1960s, referred to as bombshells include Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth, Diana Dors, Jayne Mansfield, Mamie Van Doren, Jane Russell, Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, Carroll Baker, Brigitte Bardot, Kim Novak, Sophia Loren, Elizabeth
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.