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FEMFORCE #45
COVER: Roberts; new cover logo
EDITORIAL CONTENT: Article on the Femforce and
Dawn Hunter films
MILESTONES: Alizarin Crimson is exposed as
Nightveil's impersonator; Garganta recovers
intelligence.
1st Story: Untitled (Femforce / Avenger / Miss
Masque story)(22 pgs)
Credits:
Bill Black, story; Dick Ayers, pencils; Mark Heike, inks
Synopsis:
One evening, the Avenger visits his sister Laura, hoping
that her mystic abilities can help him locate Claire Farrow,
his assistant and love interest from his pre-Vault days.
Laura persuades Roger to forget his troubles for the evening
and to accompany her to a dance at her hotel. Roger's
awkwardness at the festivities is relieved somewhat when he
encounters Diana Adams, who reveals her identity as Miss
Masque and her knowledge of his own. After the party,
Nightveil creates a Diana doppelganger to try to seduce
Roger and remove the tunic he must constantly wear to
protect him from his cancer. Fortunately, the real Diana's
suspicions are aroused by Laura's strange behavior at the
dance, and she investigates as Miss Masque, arriving in time
to save Roger and help him battle her impersonator.
Nightveil enters the fray and is about to destroy Roger and
Diana when the room is suddenly rocked by the appearance of
Azagoth. Laura's mentor strips away Nightveil's disguise,
exposing her as the evil sorceress Alizarin Crimson, who
reveals how she changed places with Nightveil during their
Halloween battle. Azagoth fades away, leaving Crimson a few
brief seconds to think she is free before she is snared by
the Haunted Horseman and spirited away to her punishment
among the dead souls of the Limbo Void. Although the mystery
of Nightveil's strange behavior is revealed, the question
still remains as to the real Nightveil's whereabouts.
Meanwhile, Lady Luger continues tormenting Joan, and Colt
calls Jen Burke at home with news about Lady Luger's
identity and possible location.
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Others
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None
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Geography
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Naples, FL; Orlando; Limbo Void (C)
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Sites
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Laura's penthouse (Floridian hotel); Mystery World Theme
Park; Burke home
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Time
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Present (1-night period); 1955 (F); recent past
(Nightveil healing Avenger and Nightveil and Crimson
changing places)
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Magic & Technology
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Avenger's plane, mystically charged shirt, dissolver ray;
Miss Masque's wall climbing gun
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Notes:
The budding relationship between the Avenger and Miss
Masque has its beginnings in this story; Roger's complicated
feelings for Claire are resolved tragically by her murder in
the Avenger ashcan comic.... Crimson, as Nightveil, probes
Roger's mind to understand his need to continue wearing his
uniform shirt.... Jen slips out to meet Colt after her phone
call, unaware that David is awake and struggling with his
suspicions and fears.... Miss Masque's comments in panel 2,
page 2 of the second story indicate that this story takes
place several days after the Gammazon invasion.... Lady
Luger humiliates Joan by putting her in her old Ms. Victory
costume.
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2nd Story: A Too Tall Tale (9 pgs)
Credits:
Bill Black, story; Dick Ayers, pencils, Mark Heike, inks
Synopsis:
While Garganta, apparently shorn of her intelligence, lingers outside
Femforce HQ, Miss Masque and the Avenger tell the Femforce about the
previous night's encounter with Alizarin Crimson. As the team uses
this new information to make sense of recent events, Gordon and Kelly
burst in. Gordon is furious that Garganta is still alive, but his
temper is kept in check by Kelly, who tactfully reminds him of the
presence of "civilians" Miss Masque and the Avenger. Gordon puts on a
good-guy act and departs, leaving Kelly to supervise clothing and
shelter for the giantess. These are provided by Reddevil, who
contributes a Span-XX outfit, and by Rocketman, who airlifts in a new
apartment. Stardust examines Garganta and determines that her brain
waves are still those of a passive sea mammal. Miss Masque, having
learned more about Garganta's story, is determined to expose Gordon's
experiments until Garganta suddenly revives. In gentle, loving tones,
she reassures the heroes and heroines gathered around her that what
happened to her was for the best, and that she now wants to share her
inner peace with the world.
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Others
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None
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Geography
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Orlando
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Sites
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Femforce HQ; inside Garganta's apartment (on FF HQ
grounds)
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Time
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Present - the day after Nightveil is exposed as Alizarin
Crimson
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Magic & Technology
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Garganta's Span-XX outfit; Rocketman's apartment for
Garganta
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Notes:
Part of Gordon's fear of crossing swords with the Avenger is
his fear of his sister Nightveil's vengeful power....
She-Cat thinks Alizarin's impersonation of Nightveil
accounts for the sorceress's desertion of her until Stardust
points out that Cat's bonding attempt with Nightveil took
place before the Halloween battle.... Stardust astutely
observes that Gordon probably will regret saying as much as
he did in front of Diana and Roger.... Miss Masque observes
that Gordon has no authority over her when she threatens to
blow the whistle on him.... Curiously, considering how angry
the team was with Jennifer when they thought she had
destroyed Garganta, no one says anything in her defense when
Gordon threatens to discipline her for insubordination.
Garganta's current incarnation as a pacifistic "love
goddess" ends abruptly with her fierce battle with the Claw
in GGAQ 9 (1).... Costumes: 1st appearance of Garganta's
Span-XX "G" bikini provided by Bart Hill.
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