Deletion of Sumuru (character)

Comment: Per Special:Undelete/Sumuru_(character), there was indeed a - cycle in the past month. &ndash
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Comment: The subject is notable being covered in sources such as ''Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters'' and ''The Encyclopedia of Super Villains''.  There's a https://web.archive.org/web/20050309095406/http://lostpages.net/calder2004sumuru.html detailed page which is now in the Internet Archive.  The usual policies apply including: , ; ; .  See also , , 
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Comment: per : ''https://archive.org/details/britishmysterywr70bens/page/266 Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 70: British Mystery Writers, 1860-1919'', p267-268 discusses Sax Rohmer's Sumuru radio show & novels within the context of his life and work. There's some commentary in ''https://www.google.com/books/edition/Screen_Enemies_of_the_American_Way/K9ejsOrootcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Sumuru%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA147&printsec=frontcover Screen enemies of the American way : political paranoia about Nazis, Communists, saboteurs, terrorists and body snatching aliens in film and television'' in the chapter "Sexual Politics and the War Between Men and Women". ''https://www.google.com/books/edition/Harry_Alan_Towers/_bXZBAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Sumuru%22+character+-wikipedia&pg=PA170&printsec=frontcover Harry Alan Towers: The Transnational Career of a Cinematic Contrarian'' has a discussion of the Sumuru films with real-world analysis of the portrayal of female villains, comparing Sumuru to other examples. ''https://www.google.com/books/edition/Serial_Fu_Manchu/o8trtAEACAAJ?hl=en Serial Fu Manchu: The Chinese Supervillain and the Spread of Yellow Peril Ideology'' and ''https://archive.org/details/mysterystory00ball The Mystery Story'' also have some material on Sumuru. 1940s-1950s popular culture has had a lot of time for critical appraisal; there's almost always good sources for articles like this
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