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FEMFORCE #20
COVER: Bill Marimon and Heike
EDITORIAL CONTENT: Interview with Bill Black pt.
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MILESTONES: 1st app Buckaroo Betty Bates;
Dragonfly, Stardust, Tara, and Thunderfox are all officially
sworn in as Femforce members
Story: Are You Ready for Buckaroo Belly ? (31
pgs)
Credits:
Bill Black, story / edits; Rik Levins, script; Bill
Marimon, pencils; The All-Inker Squad, inks; Walt Paisley /
Kathy Zeiss, letters; Rebekah Black, tones
Synopsis:
The Femforce are joined by a multitude of heroes and
heroines, old and new, as they host a party to commemorate
the official induction of four new Femforce members:
Dragonfly, Stardust, Tara, and Thunderfox. She-Cat soon gets
bored with the festivities and leaves. Her impulsive nature
gets the better of her, and she "borrows" Stardust's ship to
zip up to Latimer Labs, where she convinces Dr. Jimenez to
let her use his time travel apparatus to visit the Kiowa she
hooked up with during the FF's Old West adventure. Back in
Apache, Texas, she finds the once-bustling town nearly
deserted and the nearby Kiowa village wiped out. Seeking
information in town, she comes upon a gang of gunmen
squaring off against Betty Bates, the sheriff of Apache, who
is holding their boss Angel Eyes Barcroft in jail on a
murder charge. After a brief gunfight, She lends a slashing
hand and gets Betty to safety inside the jail. Betty tells
Cat how she took the sheriffs job following her husband's
death and explains how Barcroft incited the Kiowa uprising
that culminated in the cavalry attack that wiped out the
village. In a fury, Cat rushes at the cell, intent on
killing Barcroft, but just then his men set fire to the jail
in an attempt to smoke everyone out. Cat grabs Belly, who is
overcome by the smoke, and uses the time belt to escape to
the present. A scene of carnage awaits her at Latimer Labs
however, as she finds that Rip Jaw and the Black Commando
have brutally wiped out the Labs personnel and the Femforce.
As she fights desperately, she is shaken awake by Stardust
and realizes that her whole experience was a dream that
started when she was knocked out trying to take off in
Stardust's ship. As the ladies leave the ship, an evil
visage unseen by them appears on the monitor screens,
signifying the Shroud's presence. |
