Miss Peggy

Miss Peggy was the daughter of a man who was helped by the Hourman in one of his earliest adventures. Peggy was captured and menaced with torture in order for her to give the thugs information about a deed that would allow them to rob the property of her father. Once she gave the information she was tied up, gagged and left alone with the superhero. Working together, Hourman untied her, and she returned the favour, removing her own gag after freeing him.

Times of distress

 * All-Star Comics #1 (1940) - Tied up and gagged