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FEMFORCE #5
COVER: Black / Anderson (original cover logo)
EDITORIAL CONTENT: Tribute to Charles Starrett;
back cover photo of Sybil Danning as 50 Ft. Woman
MILESTONES: 1st AC app. of Synn; 1st mtg. of Tara
& Synn; Reunion meeting Synn w. Ms.V & She-Cat; 1st
app. Ellen McFarland; 1st foreshadowing of Joan's
transformation into Rad; FF move into new HQ
1st Story: Cat Fight (12 pgs)
Credits:
Bill Black, story / edits; Mark Propst, pencils: Bill
Anderson, inks; Peter Iro, letters; Rebekah Black,
colors
Synopsis:
Ms. Victory, responding to Tom Kelly's summons, arrives at
the Hall of Heroes to find a gigantic She-Cat menacing the
Hall and other nearby tourist attractions. Ms V soon
discovers the giant is really a robot and destroys it. The
real She-Cat arrives, and Kelly tells the two heroines that
Dr. Pretorius is behind the attacks. The scene shifts to the
previous evening, as Laura tries to pull the enraged Tara
off Stella. The distraction gives Stella time to club Tara
with a bottle and flee for the elevator. Nightveil uses her
magic to make Stella have the same terrifying experience of
being hunted that she inflicted upon Kipling. The experience
so terrifies Stella that when she returns to reality she
wants nothing to do with the tiger skin. Tara thanks Laura
on Kipling's behalf for her intervention. |
Others |
Orlando tourists; hunters in Stella's nightmare
vision |
Geography |
Orlando; Naples, FL. |
Sites |
Hotel Floridian; Hall of Heroes; Ocean World |
Time |
Night of FF 4(1) and next day |
Magic & Tech. |
Giant She-Cat robot |
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Notes:
McFarland is a newscaster out to destroy the reputation
of the FF, paying for it this time courtesy of a blow from
She-Cat.... Ms.V recognizes that the giant She-Cat is a
robot by the old costume it is wearing.... Stella is seen in
one of her rare appearances without her wig.... Ms.V flies
for the first time in the modern FF stories.... 1st app. of
the Femforce's Florida, as seen by the local attractions
Ocean World & Dinkleworld. |
2nd Story: Synn, the Girl from LSD (4 pgs)
Credits:
Bill Black, writer / artist
Synopsis:
As Synn uses her powerful hallucinogenic forces to stop some drug
dealers, her mind is suddenly filled with horrible visions showing
the destruction of Ms. Victory. In her anxiety, she finds Joan and
the Femforce at their new headquarters in Orlando provided by TC
Fremont. Synn conveys her vision to Joan, who accepts the information
calmly and gives Synn Thorazine to soothe her. Sneering at Joan's
regard for Synn even after a ten-year separation, She-Cat sets out to
find Dr.Pretorius, leaving Tara wondering what she has gotten herself
into by working with the Femforce.
Heroes / Heroines |
Last App |
Next App |
Ms. Victory (Joan Wayne) |
1st story |
Vent 2 (2) |
She-Cat (Claudette Meyler) |
1st story |
3rd story |
Synn (Silva Synn) |
1st AC app |
Vent 2 (2) |
Tara (Tara Fremont) |
1st story |
Vent 1 (3) |
Villains / Opponents |
Demon in Synn's vision |
only app |
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Supporting Characters |
None |
Others |
None |
Geography |
Orlando |
Sites |
FF HQ (new one in Fremont Industries); Unnamed city |
Time |
Several days after Fremont party |
Magic & Tech. |
None |
Notes:
An important 4-pg story that reintroduces a major character from
the Paragon days.... This story foreshadows Ms V's transformation
into Rad.... the term "synesthesia" is used for the first time at
AC... Synn's full name is not revealed until FF 6 (1).... Synn does
not show the lighter, arrested development side of her nature that
she later does.... She-Cat's brief recap of Synn's origin is told
more fully in FF 6 (1).
3rd Story: Copy Cats (4 pgs)
Credits:
Bill Black, writer / artist
Synopsis:
Having tracked down Dr. Pretorius from the components in the giant
She-Cat robot, the real She-Cat breaks into Cybernetic Facsimiles,
Inc. Taking out the guard, She-Cat soon discovers life-size robots of
the entire Femforce. Suddenly she is attacked by a robot head of a
prehistoric beast and by her own robot double. She defeats both, but
during the battle, Dr. Pretorius spirits the other robots away,
promising future trouble for the real-life team.
Heroes / Heroines |
Last App |
Next App |
She-Cat (Claudette Meyler) |
2nd story |
Vent 2 (2) |
Villains / Opponents |
Dr. Pretorius (unseen) |
1st story |
FF 14 |
Supporting Characters |
None |
Others |
Guard at Cybernetic Facsimiles |
Geography |
Vero Beach |
Sites |
Cybernetic Facsimiles, Inc. |
Time |
2 days after encounter with giant robot |
Magic & Tech. |
Femforce, dinosaur robots |
Notes:
She-Cat robot is still wearing old costume.... She-Cat is rightly
more concerned about the damage the robots may do to the Femforce's
reputation than to any threat from the robots themselves....
Dr.Pretorius, though not seen explicitly, is presumably part of the
army of villains recruited during the Shroud Wars trilogy in FF
34-36.
4th Story: The Minds Have It (Moon's Mind Masquerade Pt 3)
(8 pgs)
Credits:
Don Secrease, story, pencils; Doug Hazlewood, inks: Thomas Scott
letters
Synopsis:
Colt breaks into Moon's W. Virginia hideout and fights her way
through security to confront the villain himself. Moon tries to snag
Colt in a magnetic trap, but she escapes. Moon's security chief,
Cruger, tries to subdue her, but Colt flings him off and he sails
into the Dream Hypnosis Machine, destroying it. The captured Moon
gloats that the AC team's hatred of Colt will now be permanent once
they awaken. Colt is able to contact Nightveil, who subtly alters
each man's dream, allowing Colt to save them and renew their faith in
her. Colt tells Bill, Paul, and Rick how Don swallowed a transmitter
that she was able to follow, and then she takes them all to
lunch.
Others |
Misc. characters in the AC team's dream sequences |
Geography |
W. Virginia; |
Sites |
Moon's lab |
Time |
Night following Don's capture |
Magic & Tech. |
Colt's clipper & crossbow; Moon's Dream Hypnosis
Machine |
Notes:
Colt first meets Nightveil in this story, with Tara serving as
a mutual link.... Colt's arsenal is composed mainly of high-strength
plastic, allowing her escape Moon's magnetic trap.
TOP
Based on
The Official Guide to The AC Universe by Ken Kerouac
Entire contents Copyright (C) 1995 - 2015 AC Comics - Used by permission
of AC Comics..
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