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FEMFORCE #42
COVER: Nemmers / Heike
EDITORIAL CONTENT: Purple Claw pull-out
mini-comic
MILESTONES: None
1st Story: Trading Places, or Which Witch is
Which? (21 pgs)
Credits:
Bill Black, story; Scott Nemmers, pencils; John Nadeau /
David Momry / Mark Heike, inks; Tim Twonky, letters
Synopsis:
On Halloween, Nightveil returns to an empty FF HQ after her
other dimensional experiences. Alone, she tries to shower
away the gloom she still feels over deserting She-Cat when
Cat herself calls to invite her to join the group at Church
Street Station. As Nightveil teleports downtown, her
expectations of a pleasant evening are shattered by the
menace of Alizarin Crimson and her mindless minions.
Nightveil drives off the attackers and joins She-Cat and
Stardust, relieved that her fighting is over for the night.
Crimson, however, is merely opening the battle on another
front, as she turns innocent Trick-or-Treaters into demons
who spread terror and death around Orlando. Nightveil,
She-Cat and Stardust spring to the attack and are soon
joined by Ms. Victory and Synn, who have playfully swapped
costumes for the evening, and by Jet-Girl and Rocketman.
During the battle, Nightveil and Crimson collide, apparently
knocking out the latter and giving the heroine a chance to
consign the evil witch to limbo. With the battle over and
the demons turned back into children, the Femforce hold
Nightveil to her promise to provide Halloween entertainment
by telling them spooky stories in a nearby graveyard.
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Heroes / Heroines
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Last App
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Next App
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Jet-Girl (Pat Carson)
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FF 39 (1)(F)
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FF 43 (2)
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Ms. Victory II (Jennifer Burke)
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Ms V GA Spe 1 (8)(C)
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NV C of H 3(1)
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Nightveil (Laura Wright)
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GGAQ 5 (1)(C)
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NV C of H 3(1)
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Rocketman (Tech Carson)
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FF 39 (1)(F)(C)
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FF 43 (2)
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She-Cat (Jessica Hunt)
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FF 41 (1)
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NV C of H 3(1)
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Stardust (Mara)
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FF 41 (1)
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NV C of H 3(1)
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Synn (Silva Synn)
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FF 41 (1)
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NV C of H 3(1)
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Villains / Opponents
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Alizarin Crimson
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FF 35
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FF 43 (1)
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Supporting Characters
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Tom Kelly
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Ms V GA Spe 1(8)
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FF 45 (2)
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Ralph (D)
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only app
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Others
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Ralph's wife; elderly women; kids turned into demons;
contest emcee
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Geography
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Orlando
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Sites
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FF HQ; Church St Station; Ralph's home; elderly woman's
home
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Time
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Present, Halloween night
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Magic & Technology
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Wet T-shirt award trophy won by Stardust
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Notes:
Cat is noticeably more good-natured since her bonding,
as shown by her thoughtfulness in calling Laura out to
party.... Crimson asks Nightveil where she has been this
past week, indicating that relatively little time has passed
since the Shroud Wars.... Crimson tells Nightveil that her
powers to control the elements allowed her to escape from
Jungle Island.... Kelly appears only on the viewscreen
alerting Synn and Jennifer to the trouble downtown.... Synn
and Jen are very friendly with each other, affording Jen a
rare night of enjoyment with her teammates, even considering
the battle they fight.... Crimson's collision with Nightveil
gives her the chance to quickly, secretly exchange bodies
with her and send Laura to the limbo void instead. Over the
next few issues, the Femforce are dismayed by "Nightveil's"
strange behavior.
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2nd Story: The Serpent Strikes (8 pgs)
Notes:
Dr. Weir Purple Claw reprint not detailed in this index.
3rd Story: Shark Bait (6 pgs)
Credits:
The Count, story / layouts; John Nadeau, pencils / inks; Tim Twonky,
letters; Bill Black, edits
Synopsis:
With her fuel exhausted, Janis Lawson drifts helplessly in her small
boat after fleeing Jungle Island. Suddenly she is attacked by a
hungry shark that leaves her boat a splintered wreck. With only one
chance to save herself from the oncoming killer, Janis clubs it on
the snout with her first aid kit. The Shark departs, leaving Janis
clinging to life on the remains of her boat, fearful of the shark's
return and praying for a miracle. Her apparent salvation appears in
the form of a ship approaching on the horizon.
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Heroes / Heroines
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Last App
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Next App
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None
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Villains / Opponents
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None
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Supporting Characters
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Janis Lawson
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FF 41 (2)
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FF 43 (3)
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Others
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None
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Geography
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Atlantic Ocean off Jungle Island
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Sites
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Aboard Janis's small boat
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Time
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Several-minute period soon after villains' escape from
Jungle Island following the Shroud war
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Magic & Technology
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Janis's boat and first-aid kit she uses on the shark
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Notes:
Janis could not survive alone for long in her small craft; the fact
that she left Jungle Island just prior to the final battle with the
Shroud and she is found in FF 43 by refugees of that war demonstrate
that the epic events of FF 34-36 actually happened over a very
compressed period of time.... Although no villains are listed as
appearing, they are technically present in cameo in the last panel of
the story, as we learn in the next issue that the ship approaching
Janis is occupied by Iron Jaw, the Frightenstein Monster, Killer
Clown, and Singapore Sal. |
