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Femforce 5

FEMFORCE #5

COVER: Black / Anderson (original cover logo)

EDITORIAL CONTENT: Tribute to Charles Starrett; back cover photo of Sybil Danning as 50 Ft. Woman

MILESTONES: 1st AC app. of Synn; 1st mtg. of Tara & Synn; Reunion meeting Synn w. Ms.V & She-Cat; 1st app. Ellen McFarland; 1st foreshadowing of Joan's transformation into Rad; FF move into new HQ

1st Story: Cat Fight (12 pgs)

Credits:
Bill Black, story / edits; Mark Propst, pencils: Bill Anderson, inks; Peter Iro, letters; Rebekah Black, colors

Synopsis:
Ms. Victory, responding to Tom Kelly's summons, arrives at the Hall of Heroes to find a gigantic She-Cat menacing the Hall and other nearby tourist attractions. Ms V soon discovers the giant is really a robot and destroys it. The real She-Cat arrives, and Kelly tells the two heroines that Dr. Pretorius is behind the attacks. The scene shifts to the previous evening, as Laura tries to pull the enraged Tara off Stella. The distraction gives Stella time to club Tara with a bottle and flee for the elevator. Nightveil uses her magic to make Stella have the same terrifying experience of being hunted that she inflicted upon Kipling. The experience so terrifies Stella that when she returns to reality she wants nothing to do with the tiger skin. Tara thanks Laura on Kipling's behalf for her intervention.

Heroes / Heroines

Last App

Next App

Ms. Victory (Joan Wayne)

FF 4 (1)

2nd story

Nightveil (Laura Wright)

FF 4 (1)

4th story

She-Cat (Claudette Meyler)

FF 4 (1)

2nd story

Tara (Tara Fremont)

FF 4 (1)

2nd story

Villains / Opponents

Dr. Pretorius (C)

Cap Par 3 (1)

3rd story

Stella Stargaze

FF 4 (1)

FF 6

Supporting Characters

TC Fremont

FF 4 (1)

Vent 2 (2) (C)

Tom Kelly

Ms V Spe 1

NV 7 (1)

Janis Lawson (C)

FF 4 (1)

Vent 1 (3)

Ellen McFarland

1st app

FF 14 (1)


Others

Orlando tourists; hunters in Stella's nightmare vision

Geography

Orlando; Naples, FL.

Sites

Hotel Floridian; Hall of Heroes; Ocean World

Time

Night of FF 4(1) and next day

Magic & Tech.

Giant She-Cat robot

Notes:
McFarland is a newscaster out to destroy the reputation of the FF, paying for it this time courtesy of a blow from She-Cat.... Ms.V recognizes that the giant She-Cat is a robot by the old costume it is wearing.... Stella is seen in one of her rare appearances without her wig.... Ms.V flies for the first time in the modern FF stories.... 1st app. of the Femforce's Florida, as seen by the local attractions Ocean World & Dinkleworld.


2nd Story: Synn, the Girl from LSD (4 pgs)

Credits:
Bill Black, writer / artist

Synopsis:
As Synn uses her powerful hallucinogenic forces to stop some drug dealers, her mind is suddenly filled with horrible visions showing the destruction of Ms. Victory. In her anxiety, she finds Joan and the Femforce at their new headquarters in Orlando provided by TC Fremont. Synn conveys her vision to Joan, who accepts the information calmly and gives Synn Thorazine to soothe her. Sneering at Joan's regard for Synn even after a ten-year separation, She-Cat sets out to find Dr.Pretorius, leaving Tara wondering what she has gotten herself into by working with the Femforce.

Heroes / Heroines

Last App

Next App

Ms. Victory (Joan Wayne)

1st story

Vent 2 (2)

She-Cat (Claudette Meyler)

1st story

3rd story

Synn (Silva Synn)

1st AC app

Vent 2 (2)

Tara (Tara Fremont)

1st story

Vent 1 (3)

Villains / Opponents

Demon in Synn's vision

only app

Supporting Characters

None


Others

None

Geography

Orlando

Sites

FF HQ (new one in Fremont Industries); Unnamed city

Time

Several days after Fremont party

Magic & Tech.

None

Notes:
An important 4-pg story that reintroduces a major character from the Paragon days.... This story foreshadows Ms V's transformation into Rad.... the term "synesthesia" is used for the first time at AC... Synn's full name is not revealed until FF 6 (1).... Synn does not show the lighter, arrested development side of her nature that she later does.... She-Cat's brief recap of Synn's origin is told more fully in FF 6 (1).


3rd Story: Copy Cats (4 pgs)

Credits:
Bill Black, writer / artist

Synopsis:
Having tracked down Dr. Pretorius from the components in the giant She-Cat robot, the real She-Cat breaks into Cybernetic Facsimiles, Inc. Taking out the guard, She-Cat soon discovers life-size robots of the entire Femforce. Suddenly she is attacked by a robot head of a prehistoric beast and by her own robot double. She defeats both, but during the battle, Dr. Pretorius spirits the other robots away, promising future trouble for the real-life team.

Heroes / Heroines

Last App

Next App

She-Cat (Claudette Meyler)

2nd story

Vent 2 (2)

Villains / Opponents

Dr. Pretorius (unseen)

1st story

FF 14

Supporting Characters

None


Others

Guard at Cybernetic Facsimiles

Geography

Vero Beach

Sites

Cybernetic Facsimiles, Inc.

Time

2 days after encounter with giant robot

Magic & Tech.

Femforce, dinosaur robots

Notes:
She-Cat robot is still wearing old costume.... She-Cat is rightly more concerned about the damage the robots may do to the Femforce's reputation than to any threat from the robots themselves.... Dr.Pretorius, though not seen explicitly, is presumably part of the army of villains recruited during the Shroud Wars trilogy in FF 34-36.


4th Story: The Minds Have It (Moon's Mind Masquerade Pt 3) (8 pgs)

Credits:
Don Secrease, story, pencils; Doug Hazlewood, inks: Thomas Scott letters

Synopsis:
Colt breaks into Moon's W. Virginia hideout and fights her way through security to confront the villain himself. Moon tries to snag Colt in a magnetic trap, but she escapes. Moon's security chief, Cruger, tries to subdue her, but Colt flings him off and he sails into the Dream Hypnosis Machine, destroying it. The captured Moon gloats that the AC team's hatred of Colt will now be permanent once they awaken. Colt is able to contact Nightveil, who subtly alters each man's dream, allowing Colt to save them and renew their faith in her. Colt tells Bill, Paul, and Rick how Don swallowed a transmitter that she was able to follow, and then she takes them all to lunch.

Heroes / Heroines

Last App

Next App

Colt (Val Kirk)

FF 4 (2)

S of J 5 (1)

Villains / Opponents

Montague Moon

FF 4 (2)

Last to date

Chacornae

FF 4 (2)

Last to date

Cruger

only app

Supporting Characters

Bill Black

FF 4 (2) (C)

FF 27 (3)

Rick Burchett

FF 4 (2) (C)

last to date

Paul Daly

FF 4 (2) (C)

last to date

Don Secrease

FF 4 (2)

last to date


Others

Misc. characters in the AC team's dream sequences

Geography

W. Virginia;

Sites

Moon's lab

Time

Night following Don's capture

Magic & Tech.

Colt's clipper & crossbow; Moon's Dream Hypnosis Machine

Notes:
Colt first meets Nightveil in this story, with Tara serving as a mutual link.... Colt's arsenal is composed mainly of high-strength plastic, allowing her escape Moon's magnetic trap.

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