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FEMFORCE #23
COVER: Heike
EDITORIAL CONTENT: Part 4 of Bill Black
Interview
MILESTONES: General Gordon begins plot to
eliminate Rad
Story: Cold Turkey (26 pgs)
Credits:
James Misson, plot; Rik Levins, script / pencils; C.B.
Gorby, pencils; James Sanders III, inks
Synopsis:
At a top level government meeting, General Gordon plots with
his staff to eliminate Rad by "untraceable means," fearing
that her altered personality now poses a security risk.
Capt. Tom Kelly, who objected to the plan and was thrown out
of the meeting by Gordon, places an anonymous call to Colt
to warn her of the plot. The Femforce agree that the only
way to save Joan is to wean her off the V-45 and convince
the government that she is no longer a threat. Stardust
enlists the help of her old allies in the Sentinels of
Justice and the two teams set out in search of Rad. Joan,
meanwhile, has employed her still-formidable scientific
skills to develop a youth formula she sells from the back of
a health-food store she has opened. The Femforce and
Sentinels track her down and a brawl erupts during which
Tara and the Scorpion are severely injured. The group
succeeds in cutting off Joan from her V-45 supply, weakening
her enough to fall to a knockout punch from Paragon. Joan
awakens in the hospital two days later, powerless but with
her youth and Rad personality intact. She-Cat reaches out to
her but is coldly rejected. Sorrowfully, She-Cat and
Nightveil, Joan's two original comrades, slip away from the
others and solemnly toast the memory of their old
friend.
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Others
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Thorndyke's girlfriend; kids; neighborhood residents;
doctor
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Geography
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Washington, D.C.; Orlando
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Sites
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Pentagon; Femforce HQ; Radical Health Food Store; bank;
train yard; playground; hospital
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Time
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Present; a 3-day period about six months after Joan's
transformation into Rad
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Magic & Technology
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Rad's youth formula; FF communications center; Colt's
Clipper
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Notes:
Ms. Victory is seen in cameo on Gordon's slide and in a
portrait of her, She-Cat and the Blue Bulleteer.... Rip Jaw
is seen in cameo on Gordon's slide.... Kelly's memory of
being decked by Rad dates this story at about six months
after the transformation in Nightveil 7.... Rad's youth
formula is a variant of V-47, bestowing youth without
super-powers.... Colt is understandably resentful of
Paragon's brash assumption of command when the two teams
join forces.... Dragonfly is still unsure of herself,
thinking out her actions as she goes through them, but she
is rapidly gaining confidence.... The hero / heroine
community begin to regard the Rad persona as permanent,
evidenced by Paragon no longer using the name Joan; and
She-Cat and Nightveil mourning their friend.
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2nd Story: I, the Kitty (6 pgs)
Credits:
Jordi Ensign, story/ art; Chris Allen, inks; Walt Paisley,
letters
Synopsis:
She-Cat is hired for protection by a fourteen year-old boy then quits
when she learns he is being pursued for his theft of a baseball bat.
Appalled by the weak story, she turns on the creative team and uses
her slashing claws to bring the tale to an abrupt end.
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Heroes / Heroines
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Last App
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Next App
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She-Cat (Cass/Cleo Angora)
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1st story
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FF 24
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Villains / Opponents
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None
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Supporting Characters
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Vic
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only app
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Jordi Ensign
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only app
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Others
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Neighborhood kids; encyclopedia salesman
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Geography
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Orlando
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Sites
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Diner; Vic's neighborhood
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Time
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Present
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Magic & Technology
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None
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Notes:
Another tongue-in-cheek story showing the AC Universe interacting
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