Corliss McBride

Corliss McBride © Juke Box Productions AstroFacts Status: Deceased Personal Data Date of Birth: 1942 likely InfoDump Appearances (in Publication Order): Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.2 #13 Event Timeline 1957/02/07     Headline Kiddie TV Star Involved in Teenybopper Drug Death. Corliss McBride A young prostitute who died of a drug overdose in Loony Leo's Hollywood bungalow hotel room in 1957. History After her death, it was discovered that Corliss was underage, just 14 years old. Public outrage, fueled by the anger of Corliss's mother, destroyed Loony Leo's TV career. Much later, it was claimed that Corliss had, in fact, run away from home to escape her mother's physical abuse. Footnotes Her name might be a reference to the 1950s radio and television program, which had a comic book tie inMeet Corliss Archer about a 15 year old female protagonist and was cited in Frederic Wertham's book Seduction of the Innocent. Thanks to Shannon's Astro City Annotations for this info.