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FEMFORCE #40
COVER: Ayers / Heike
EDITORIAL CONTENT: Back cover pin-up of
Ms.Victory's 50th anniversary; reprints of front & back
covers of Paragon Publications Tara No. 2
MILESTONES: She-Cat forms new bond with Star-dust;
Nathan Margold hires Mark Benton as a bodyguard.
1st Story: Femforce Inside Out (19 pgs)
Credits:
Bill Black, story / art / edits; Mark Heike, finishes; Tim
Twonky, letters
Synopsis:
Nightveil, still maintaining She-Cat in a hypnotic trance,
mystically enters She-Cat's psyche for a face-to-face
confrontation with Sekhmet. Believing Nightveil helpless to
stop her plans, the cat-goddess brazenly describes the
nature of She-Cat's past bondings and discloses how Octavia
Howard's impending death will bring an end to Cat's humanity
as well. Back at Femforce HQ later that evening, Nightveil
has determined to bond with She-Cat herself and obtains
assistance from Ms. Victory and Synn. In the midst of the
bonding, Nightveil is called away by Azagoth. Synn and Jen
are baffled by the sorceress's disappearance and rush the
critically weakened She-Cat to the hospital. There they are
met by Tara and Stardust, who have spent the day searching
fruitlessly for Janis Lawson. Suddenly the heroines are
attacked by She-Cat, who has become overwhelmed by Sekhmet's
spirit. Synn restrains Cat long enough for Stardust to use
her stellar energies to complete the bonding and restore
She-Cat to normal. Unseen by the others, Laura returns to
Earth, grief-stricken over deserting her comrade. During
She-Cat's struggle, several other notable events occur.
Nathan Margold hires Mark Benton to protect him from the
threat of the Black Commando, who continues his quest for
vengeance by kidnapping the infant Octavia. Later, Lady
Luger offers Rad refuge form the government in return for
the restoration of her youth. Joan, still unaware of the old
woman's true identity, readily accepts, marking the
beginning of the end of her life as Rad.
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Others
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None
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Geography
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Orlando; Egypt (F)(C); Washington (F)(C); Jungle
Island
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Sites
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She-Cat's psyche; Sekhmet's tomb (F)(C); gov't lab
(F)(C); Kilmer Hotel; Femforce HQ; Paramore Street (James
home); Rad's health food store; Orlando Regional Medical
Center
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Time
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Present; one 24-hr period between midnight and midnight
(specific times listed: 2AM, 7AM, 6PM, 7PM, 8PM, 8:16PM,
11:59PM)
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Magic & Technology
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V-46 drug; Rurian spacer; Commando's gun
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Notes:
Nightveil's mystic senses recognize that the young girl
who saved She-Cat in FF 15 and the baby she is made aware of
here are the same Octavia Howard, but she had not heard the
story She-Cat told in FF 16 about Octavia's de-aging....
V-46 is identified here as the variant of the super-soldier
formula that was used by Mark Benton.... Stardust attempts
to use Rurian technology to pinpoint Janis's location by
analyzing strands of her hair.... Nighiveil harbors private
fears that bonding with She-Cat will further distance her
ffom the humanity she is trying so hard to regain.... The
perpetual ebb and flow of Synn's intelligence and maturity
is dramatically shown in her calm assumption of leadership
and her reassurance of Jen following Nightveil's
disappearance.... She-Cat's bond with Stardust is much
stronger than her bond with Octavia; as a result, she loses
most of her feline physical features.... Dusty expresses
mild concern about how compatible She-Cat's bond will be
with Stardust's alien physiology.... She-Cat's mention of
Nightveil "getting weird this time of year" pins this story
near the Halloween season.... ln FF 42, Laura expresses
regret over leaving She-Cat in her time of need, but the
only clue she provides to her disappearance is the
quasi-dimensional sludge she showers away.
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2nd Story: Enter Lady Liberty (8 pgs)
Credits:
Bill Black, script; Marc Hempel, art
Synopsis:
The moguls of Galaxy International Pictures pick Tara as a natural
for the hit TV series Lady Liberty. Tara's reluctance is eased
in part by her father TC, who strikes a deal that will benefit Tara's
beloved Dark Continent as well. As weeks go by, the show achieves top
ratings and arouses the jealous ire of the show's former star Sparrow
Spigot, who left to pursue a film career. Spigot re-programs a robot
that nearly kills Tara before she destroys it during filming. Spigot
then attacks Tara in person but is easily overcome. The whole fight
is captured on film, and Tara's stardom is assured.
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Heroes / Heroines
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Last App
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Next App
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Tara / Lady Liberty (Tara Fremont)
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1st story
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GGAQ 5 (1)
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Villains / Opponents
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Sparrow Spigot
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only app
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Supporting Characters
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Stoney Dennis
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only app
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TC Fremont
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FF 36
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FF 46 (1)
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Samuel T Zarkoff
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1st app
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GGAQ 8 (1)
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Others
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None
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Geography
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Los Angeles; the Dark Continent
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Sites
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Galaxy offfices & studios; TC Fremont's offfice;
Sparrow's apt.
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Time
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Present (late 70's - out of continuity)
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Magic & Technology
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TV robots re-programmed by Sparrow
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Notes:
An out-of-continuity reprint from the Paragon Publications magazine
Tara 2.... The story spoofs popular TV shows of the time (late
70's) and introduces Tara's old Lady Liberty guise. |
