FEMFORCE #1 COVER: Heike/Black EDITORIAL CONTENT: Partial reprint of FF concept editorial from Femforce Special 1 MILESTONES: 1st modern FF story 1st mtg. of Tara & FF; 1st app. Rita Farrar, Dr. Jimenez, Amazons. 1st app. of Montague Moon 1st Story: Trek for the Time Twister (21 pgs) Credits: Bill Black, story / inks; Mark Heike, pencils: Walt Paisley, letters; Rebekah Black, colors Synopsis: Responding to Rio Rita's distress call, Ms. Victory and She-cat head for the Amazon jungle to locate Rita Farrar (Rita's granddaughter) and inventor Carlos Jimenez. They are accompanied by jungle girl Tara Fremont and by Laura Wright, who temporarily limits her powers to those of the Blue Bulleteer. In the jungle, the team battles prehistoric creatures and a band of giant Amazon warriors. These women now worship Jimenez's time machine as a god, into whose portal they sacrifice Rita. Later, when the FF track down Jimenez in the Amazon city, they are confronted by Queen Arachna, who has made Jimenez her consort. Meanwhile, a hideously deformed criminal named Rip Jaw is also tracking down the device, planning to use it to prevent the incident in the past that turned him into a freak.

Heroes/ Heroines	Last App	Next App
Ms.Victory (Joan Wayne)	NV 5 (1) (F) (C)	FF 2 (1)
Nightveil/Blue Bulleteer (Laura Wright)	NV 5 (3) (C)	FF 2 (1)
She-Cat (Claudette Meyler)	FF Spe 1	FF 2 (1)
Tara (Tara Fremont)	Colt Spe 1(1)	FF 2 (1)
Villains / Opponents
Queen Arachna	1st app	FF 2 (1)
Rip Jaw (Turk)	1st app	FF 2 (1)
Wallow and Satch (Rip Jaw's men)	1st app	FF 2 (1)
Supporting Characters
Dr. Carlos Jimenez	1st app	FF 2 (1)
Rio Rita	FF Spe 1	Arm Spe 1 (C)
Rita Farrar	1st app	FF 2 (1)

Others	Amazon warriors; Rita Farrar's pilot (D); Chili Bordello waitress
Geography	Amazon jungle; Lagos Codajas; Unnamed city (prob. Orlando)
Sites	Amazon City; Chili Bordello; FF HQ
Time	Present (1-day period)
Magic & Tech.	Time Machine; V-Jet; Rip Jaw's Rover; Blue Bulleteer's pistols

Notes: Tara assumes permanent duty with the FF, even though she is not made an official member for some time....Personality conflicts are quickly established with She-Cat's resentment of both Tara and Laura....Jimenez and Rip Jaw's gang seem to be the only ones who know Jimenez's device is a time transporter.... FF's ongoing youth is a mystery to Tara....She-Cat's name is revealed in FF 9; Rip Jaw's name is revealed in FF 2 (1).... Costumes: BB wears boots instead of 40's style pumps; Ms. V sheds her cape and wears short sleeves with open shoulders....Amazons are later revealed to be aliens in FF 43 (1)....Rita appears only on the communicator talking to Ms V....Laura is officially reinstated as a Femforce member,,,.Tara learns Ms. Victory's and Blue Bulleteer's identities in this story and learns the secret of Joan's V-47 drug sometime between this story and FF 6 (1).

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2nd Story: The Menace of Montague Moon (8 pgs)

Credits:
Don Secrease, story / pencils; Kevin Dzuban, inks; Bob Pinaha, letters; Rebekah Black, colors

Synopsis:
Professor Dawson, a researcher at Moffot Chemicals, tells Colt and FBI agent Roy Lassiter that his life has been threatened by a bizarre-looking scientist named Montague Moon. The killer has ordered Dawson to steal for him the formula that Moon believes will cure his deformity. That night, at the planetarium, Moon receives a formula but quickly realizes it is a fraud, as is the "Dawson" that delivered it. He unmasks Lassiter and captures him, bringing Colt out of hiding to surrender as well. Moon puts the two into an artificial moon, planning to suffocate them, but Colt engineers an escape with explosives hidden on her costume. The pair track down Moon at Moffot Chemicals and capture two of his henchmen. Moon himself escapes and begins plotting his revenge.

Heroes / Heroines	Last App	Next App
Colt (Val Kirk)	Colt Spe 1 (1)	FF 2 (1) (F)
Villains / Opponents
Montague Moon (O)	1st app	FF 3 (2)
Tycho & Copernicus (Moon's men)	only app
Supporting Characters
Roy Lassiter	1st app	Last to date
Professor Dawson	only app

Others	Moon's former partners, killed by him after his accident (F) (D)
Geography	Jefferson City, MO
Sites	Police HQ; Dawson's house (F); McKenna Planetarium; Moffot Chem.
Time	Present (1-night period)
Magic & Tech.	Colt's clipper; costume arsenal;Moon's death trap

Notes:
Moon's disfigurement is shown to be a tragic accident for which his twisted mind fixed blame on his three former collaborators, resulting in their deaths.