| Octobriana | |
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Real Name |
Unknown |
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First Appearance |
Octobriana and the Russian Underground (1971) |
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Created by |
Petr Sadecky, Bohuslav Konecny, Zdenek Burian & Milos Novak |
Origin
Her name means "The Spirit of October."
She is the Russian she-devil, the Soviet Wonder Woman.
She embodies the ideals of the October Revolution that were betrayed by the Soviet government.
Notes
- Allegedly created in Russia in the late 1960s, this is highly-contested. Petr Sadecky, in his book, Octobriana and the Russian Underground, claimed her to be the creation of a group of dissident creators of samizdat comics called the PPP (the Peoples' Pornography Party) who, in accordance with the ideals of Communism, made the character freely available to everyone.
- In fact, this was all a hoax and Octobriana was based on a previous (but, unpublished) character called Amazona with no political overtones.
- However, it appears that Octobriana was indeed created almost exclusively for the public domain.
- In fact, this was all a hoax and Octobriana was based on a previous (but, unpublished) character called Amazona with no political overtones.
- The combination of sex appeal and vague revolutionary politics made Octobriana something of a pop culture icon in '70s and '80s Britain.
- She was to star in a movie produced by David Bowie but, nothing came of it.
- Billy Idol had her tattooed on his arm.
- She was to star in a movie produced by David Bowie but, nothing came of it.
- Her concept was part of the inspiration for Jenny Everywhere.