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Femforce 44

FEMFORCE #44

COVER: Black / Heike

EDITORIAL CONTENT: Catman & Kitten Pull-Out; Mini Comic

MILESTONES: Beginning of the Countdown to Victory storyline; Lady Luger regains youth.

1st Story: The Gammazons From Galaxy G, cont'd (12 pgs)

Credits:
Bill Black, story; Brad Gorby, pencils; Mark Heike, inks

Synopsis:
At Daytona, Dragonfly tries to reason with the gigantic Nightveil, who senselessly hurls away the Gammazons she has grabbed. The Gammazons on the ship disable Dragonfly and recover their sisters, capturing Nightveil as well. In Kingston, Garganta is abducted in a similar manner by the other Gammazon party, leaving Synn behind. In the Amazon jungle, Tara also befalls a similar fate in her attempt to flee with Arachna's crown. Stardust, Ms. Victory, She-Cat, and Buckaroo Betty, having witnessed these events with Captain Video, intercept the Gammazon ship in orbit and allow themselves to be captured. There they find the three captives and learn that Arachna's crown is really the key component in a device that can destroy the Earth. Suddenly, Nightveil shrinks from her restraints and aims a blast at the device that causes a systems overload, bringing the Gammazons and their invasion plans to a fiery end. Fortunately, Video and Stardust escape in their ships, and Nightveil manages to teleport the other heroines directly to FF HQ. There she informs the team that Arachna was really a pacifist renegade who was trying to hide the powerfully destructive crown from the more warlike members of her race. She also laughs with delight at the trouble Ms. Victory will be in when Gordon learns that Garganta is alive.

Heroes / Heroines

Last App

Next App

Buckaroo Betty (Betty Fury)

FF 36

AC Ann 2 (1)

Captain Video (Dr. Ames)

FF 43 (1)

AC Ann 2 (1)

Ms. Victory II (Jennifer Burke)

FF 43 (1)

3rd Story

She-Cat (Jessica Hunt)

FF 43 (1)

GGAQ 6 (1)

Stardust (Mara)

FF 43 (1)

GGAQ 6 (1)

Synn (Silva Synn)

FF 43 (1)

GGAQ 6 (1)

Tara (Tara Fremont)

FF 43 (1)

AC Ann 2 (1)

Villains / Opponents

Alizarin Crimson (as Nightveil)

FF 43 (1)

FF 45 (1)

Gammazons (D)

FF 43 (1)

FFUC 9 (F)

Supporting Characters

Garganta (Carol Heisler)

FF 43 (1)

FF 45 (2)


Others

None

Geography

Daytona Beach; Kingston, Jamaica; Rocky Mountains; Earth Orbit; Orlando; Amazon Jungle

Sites

Beach fronts at Daytona and Kingston; aboard Gammazon ship; FF HQ

Time

Present; a 1 -day period immediately following FF 43 (1 )

Magic & Technology

Gammazon ship; paralysis/tractor beams; Gammazon mother ship; Arachna's crown; Captain Video's flyer; Stardust's ship

Notes:
Dragonfly does not rejoin the fight after being shot down over Daytona Beach.... Although not shown explicitly, Arachna and her followers are presumably brought aboard the ship, where they perish along with the other Gammazons.... Although Crimson, still impersonating Nightveil, saves Earth by destroying the Gammazons, her motive is more out of lust for bloodshed and a desire to afflict the Femforce with guilt feelings over Arachna's death.... Garganta appears to be having difficulty adjusting to her restored human state; she never speaks and acts bewildered in a childlike way by the events spinning around her.... Betty's appearance is her first since the Shroud wars, and is the first indication that she will be working on a semi-regular basis with the team.... Since the rest of the Femforce are already at Video's HQ, he must have sent his flyer back to pick up Betty.... Crimson must have probed the FF member's minds to learn that Gordon had ordered Garganta destroyed.


2nd Story: Horror House (7pgs)

Credits:
Bill Black, story; Bill Marimon, pencils / inks

Synopsis:
While Catman leaves for a meeting with General Gordon, Katie Merryweather follows up on a lead for a new home. On her arrival, she is greeted by Charles Kettering, who quickly captures her and shows her the grim sight of Miss Martin's body, the realtor whom he has apparently killed. Kettering plans to rob the Merryweathers by forcing Katie to sign a number of blank checks, but Catman, acting on a tip from Gordon that Kettering might be involved in such a scheme, charges in and knocks him out. Miss Martin suddenly appears, very much alive, and reveals that her death was faked by her and her partner Kettering. A clever ruse by Katie allows her and Catman to subdue the armed woman and turn both criminals in to the police.

Heroes / Heroines

Last App

Next App

Catman (David Merryweather)

FF 36

AC Ann 2 (3)

Kitten (Katie Merryweather)

FF 36

AC Ann 2 (3)

Villains / Opponents

Charles Kettering

only app

Miss Martin

only app

Supporting Characters

Gen. Richard Gordon

FF 38 (1)

FF 45 (2)


Others

None

Geography

Unnamed city on coast (possibly Washington or nearby)

Sites

Merryweather's apt; Miss Martin's office; 1431 Ocean Side Drive

Time

Present - one day during Merryweather's search for a home

Magic & Technology

None


Notes:
Katie is angry with David when he reveals that he and Gordon were aware of Kettering's suspected activities.... Miss Martin is horribly burned when Katie punches her, inadvertently knocking her face into a smoldering brazier.


3rd Story: Luger Laughs Last (12 pgs)(Countdown to Victory storyline)

Credits:
Bill Black, story; Frank Turner, pencils / inks; Tim Twonky, letters

Synopsis:
Jen Burke stands among the scattered debris of Rad's abandoned health food store, fuming as she realizes that the other Femforce members have deliberately kept Rad's location from her. Colt suddenly appears, still resentful of Jen and believing, like the others, that Jen only wants to apprehend Rad to increase her standing with Gordon. Determined to find Joan herself, Colt obtains some federal surveillance tapes and spies Luger going into Rad's store. Meanwhile, Rad herself is basking in the luxury of her new fully-equipped lab provided by her mysterious benefactor. Fulfilling her part of the bargain, Joan develops a sample of V-50 to restore the old woman's youth. Luger pretends that the sample has failed, but she secretly keeps it so she can analyze it. After making a second sample, Rad is treacherously drugged by Voltzman. Awakening, Joan is horrified to find herself powerless and at the mercy of a rejuvenated Lady Luger. Voltzmann's analysis of the V-50 formula has allowed him to develop a sedative that, over several days, has eliminated all of the V-45 from Joan Wayne's body. Joan is brutally beaten by Luger, who sadistically plans to make the fallen heroine her helpless plaything.

Heroes / Heroines

Last App

Next App

Colt (Val Kirk)

FF 34

FF 45 (1)

Ms. Victory II (Jen Burke)

1st Story

GGAQ 6 (1)

Rad (Joan Wayne)

FF 43 (1)(F)(C)

FF 45 (1)

Villains / Opponents

Lady Luger

FF 40 (1)

FF 45 (1)

Fritz Voltzmann

FF 38 (2)

FF 46 (1)

Supporting Characters

None


Others

None

Geography

Orlando

Sites

Rad's health food store; Luger's secret lab (Mystery House park)

Time

Advance continuity - takes place after events in GGAQ 6, AC Ann 2, and GGAQ 7, over a 1-day period

Magic & Technology

V-50 youth formula; Anti-V-45 sedative; Luger's whip; Nazi super soldier formula

Notes:
It is not made explicitly clear when Luger obtained her knowledge of Joan's identity or how Dan Barton transformed her into Rad (refer to NIGHTVEIL No. 7 for the origin of RAD).... As revealed in FF 46, Luger's power comes not from one of the V-series vitamins but from a serum developed in Nazi Germany.... Since Colt presumably does not have the same loyalty towards Joan Wayne that the other Femforce members have, her hostility likely stems from being replaced by Jen as the Femforce's leader.... Voltzman's resentment of Luger's treatment of him first shows itself here, and bodes ill for Luger in FF 49.... Colt appears to have rebounded from her bleak, drunken period hanging out with Rad; she now regards herself as a spy, not a super-heroine and seems comfortable with the role.... Luger's hideout is revealed to be in the abandoned Mystery House Theme Park in FF 45 (1).

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