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FEMFORCE #8
COVER: Black (new cover logo)
EDITORIAL CONTENT: None
MILESTONES: Conclusion of Capt.Paragon identity
storyline; Paragon drops the ''Captain" from his name;
Origin and death of the Haunted Horseman
1st Story: Frontier Justice (17 pgs)
Credits:
Rik Levins / Bill Black, story / art; Dan Davis / John Dell
/ Bill Black, inks; Ed Panosian / Walt Paisley, letters;
Bill Black, edits / colors
Synopsis:
As the Haunted Horseman rides through the Texas night, he is
suddenly confronted by Nightveil. The two mystic beings
realize that they are each responsible for the drain in each
others' powers. As the Horseman relates his origin,
Nightveil recognizes it as identical to her own, and that
the two Cloaks of Darkness each wears are in fact the same
one. The two cloaks can not coexist, however, and when they
touch the Horseman is killed, leaving Laura's powers at
their lowest ebb. On the outskirts of Apache, Senator Clane
frees Klyness, planning to use him as a distraction so he
can flee the area with young Matt Powers as a hostage.
Klyness kills Clane, however, and takes Matt to town
himself, where he uses him lo draw out Latigo, whom he knows
to be the future Captain Paragon. Inside the hotel, Doc
reveals his own secret to Charlie and explains how Charlie's
powers are essentially mind over matter. A reluctant but
courageous Starrett faces Klyness in the street at a
critical moment where the future Paragon and the past Latigo
briefly merge. Through Latigo's paranormal abilities, his
still-damaged gun fires. His fast draw succeeds in blowing
the Kronon's arm off, saving Matt.
In the present, Paragon, secure in his identity, thanks
the Shade for his help and races back to Earth as Atoman and
the military battle Colt, Tara, the Scarlet Scorpion, and
Captain Freedom for control of the time machine. As Atoman
is about to level the Scorpion, all of the heroes, including
those that had been in the past, appear in the lab.
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Heroes / Heroines
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Last App
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Next App
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Atoman (Euell McGuire)
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S of J 6
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2nd story
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Black Phantom (Helena)
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S of J 6
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Latigo Kid 1 (2)
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Captain Freedom (Kent Clarkson)
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S of J 6
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Arm Fact 1
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Captain Paragon/Latigo Kid (Charlie Starrett)
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S of J 6
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Arm Fact 1
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Colt (Val Kirk)
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S of J 6
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FF 9
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Deathshead (Chet Fairchild)
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only app
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Dragonfly (Nancy Arazello) (C)
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DF 8
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Arm Fact 1
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Durango Kid (Steve Reynolds)
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S of J 6
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Durango Kid 1 (1) (R)
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Haunted Horseman (Rex Fury) (D)
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S of J 6 (C)
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NV's Cauldron of H 1
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Liberty Corps
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S of J 6
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S of F 1(1)
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Ms. Victory (Joan Wayne)
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S of J 6
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NV 7 (1)
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Nightveil (Laura Wright)
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S of J 6
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NV 7 (1)
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Presto Kid (Jeff Grant) (C) (F)
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S of J 6 (C)
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Presto Kid 1(1) (R)
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Red Mask (Tim Holt)
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S of J 6
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GAW 2 (1) (R)
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Scarlet Scorpion (Mike McCluskey)
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S of J 6
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NV 7 (2)
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Shade (Roger Brant) (C)
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S of J 6
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Arm Fact 2
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She-Cat (Claudette Meyler)
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S of J 6
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FF 9
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Stardust (Mara)
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S of J 6
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Arm Fact 1
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Tara (Tara Fremont) (C)
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S of J 6
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FF 9
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Villains / Opponents
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Angel Eyes Barcroft
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S of J 6
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FF 20 (1)
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Sen. Joshua Clane (D)
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S of J 6
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last app
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Klyness
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S of J 6
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FF 31 (2)
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Supporting Characters
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Azagoth (C) (F)
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NV 5 (1)
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FF 26 (2)
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Chong
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FF 7
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last app
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Harry Diamond
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S of J 6
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Arm Fact 1
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Dr. Carlos Jimenez
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S of J 6
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Untold O of FF 1
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Dr. Leiber
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S of J 6
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Arm Fact 2
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Matt Powers
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S of J 6
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last app
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Mrs Powers
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S of J 6
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last app
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Others
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Outlaws threatening Fury (F) (C) (D): townspeople;
soldiers
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Geography
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Apache, TX; Bayport, Wl
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Sites
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Starrett's hotel room; Clane's hideout; Latimer Labs
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Time
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10/24/1874; Present; right after S of J 6
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Magic & Tech.
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Cloak of Darkness; Latigo's pistol; Klyness's blaster;
time machine
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Notes:
Ms. V and Nightveil leave for Florida immediately after
this story, where they suffer through the events of NV 7
(1).... Deathshead does not reappear in the AC Universe....
Steve Reynolds does not appear as the Durango Kid.... The
amount of mind control that Leiber will exert on Paragon is
hinted at here.... Paragon's next appearance as the Latigo
Kid is in the Kid's solo book.... The strange change in Matt
Powers after his rescue is not explicitly explained....
Dragonfly's and Astron's appearance at the end with all the
other heroes is presumably in answer to the call placed by
the Liberty Corps in S of J 6.
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2nd Story: What is LSD (7 pgs)
Credits:
Bill Black, story / art
Synopsis:
With Synn's psi-powers uncontrollable and unpredictable, Atoman takes
her to a detainment center beneath the streets of Washington. In the
lounge, Synn is greeted by a number of people who have been
freakishly deformed by chemical experiments, and she flees in terror.
Later that night, in her room, a tripper named Heavenly visits and
offers to transport them out of the complex, as she did with her
friend Marnie. At the other time and place they arrive in, Heavenly
finds Marnie's mangled body. A strange man tells them that this is
the night of the Beast, whose strange compulsion power draws Synn out
of the house. She is attacked and injured by the Beast, but Heavenly
transports the two of them back to the LSD complex, where Synn uses
her mind powers to heal herself.
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Heroes / Heroines
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Last App
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Next App
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Atoman (Euell McGuire)
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1st story
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Arm Fact 1
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Synn (Silva Synn)
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FF 6
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NV 7 (1)
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Villains / Opponents
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The Beast
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only app
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Supporting Characters
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Heavenly
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only app
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Larson
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only app
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Marnie (C)(D)
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only app
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Others
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LSD freaks: man in house who warns Synn and Heavenly
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Geography
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Washington, DC; unknown place
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Sites
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Gov't LSD complex; Unknown house & Grounds
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Time
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About 10 years prior to present; unknown time
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Magic & Tech.
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Klyness's blaster; time machine
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Notes:
Reprinted story from the early Paragon days that take place after
Synn's first tenure with the Femforce came to an end due to her
growing lack of control. |
