Code-X (50)

By: Joshua Glenn
February 12, 2015

Call this cultural code: Uberfrau.

Definition: A sinister creature who has sold her sold her soul for eternal beauty and youth. Clad in white, white-haired (or pale blonde), with scarlet lips.

Notes on this code: The Uberfrau is an example of the scary superman (or superwoman), first introduced in Radium Age science fiction.

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