Sally Forth was an American comic strip created by Wally Wood for a military male readership, featuring a sexy action-adventure character who is often depicted nude.
Sally Forth began as a recruit in a commando unit in the June 1968 Military News, a 16-page tabloid from Armed Forces Diamond Sales.
In 1976, Wood recalled: It all started in 1968, when I was asked to do a complete comic section for a proposed tabloid newspaper for servicemen, four pages of full-color, service-oriented humor strips ...
[citation needed]Sally returned July 26, 1971, in the Overseas Weekly, a tabloid intended for U.S. military men serving outside North America.
With Wood getting an assist from writer-artists Nick Cuti, Paul Kirchner and Larry Hama, Sally Forth continued in the Overseas Weekly until April 22, 1974.