(1997)

AC, 1997 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
12.95 USD
Pages
100
On-sale Date
1997
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Paragon Publications
ISBN
1-56225-019-1 Search at WorldCat
Color
color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions
standard Modern Age US
Binding
perfect bound; trade paperback

Issue Notes

"a Paragon Publication" on title page, copyright assigned to AC Comics

Femforce: Origins (Table of Contents)

Femforce / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Brad Gorby (signed as GoRbY)
Inks
Mark Heike (signed as Heike)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Femforce: Blue Bulleteer [Laura Wright]; Miss Victory [Joan Wayne]; Ms. Victory [Joan Wayne]; Rio Rita; She Cat

Femforce : The Longest Running, Independent Superhero Title. (Table of Contents: 1)

Femforce / text article / 1 page (report information)


First Line of Dialogue or Text
THE FEMFORCE, the first all-female superteam in the history of comics,...
Genre
superhero
Synopsis
Short text history of Femforce and AC Comics.

Femforce Origins A Chronological History from the 1930's to the Present (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Brad Gorby
Inks
Mark Heike

Synopsis
Table of contents page with B&W illustration of Ms. Victory by Brad Gorby & Mark Heike

Femforce: Origins [Part 1] (Table of Contents: 3)

Femforce / comic story / 46 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Black (credited)
Pencils
Brad Gorby (credited as C. Bradford Gorby)
Inks
Mark Heike (credited as Mark G. Heike)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Across from the Femforce Theme Park Super Cosmos...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Femforce: Blue Bulleteer [Laura Wright]; Miss Victory [Joan Wayne]; Ms. Victory [Joan Wayne]; Rio Rita; She Cat; Tara
Colt [Valencia Kirk] (flashback, origin) (featured); Nightveil [Laura Wright] (flashback, origin) (featured); Stardust [Mara] (flashback, origin) (featured)
Synopsis
Ms. Victory reminisces about the origins of the Femforce from the very beginning. Story and art are new but summarize previous stories in the Femforce timeline up until Femforce #106.

Indexer Notes

Story rundown for [Part 1] pages 1-46:
* pgs 1-2 Ms. Victory visiting the Hero Hangout museum
* pgs 3-5 She-Cat 1930s origin
* pgs 6-8 Black Commando and Blue Bulleteer 1940s origins
* pgs 9-12 Ms. Victory 1940s origin
* pgs 13-25 Birth of Joan Wayne's daughter Jennifer, original Femforce (Ms. Victory, Rio Rita, Blue Bulleteer, She-Cat) battle with Fungi and Nazis in 1943
* pgs 26-32 Overseas mission revealing She-Cat's derangement
* pgs 33-34 Laura Wright transformation from Blue Bulleteer to Nightveil
* pgs 35-39 Synn origin
* pgs 40-42 Stardust origin, Rur vs. Kronons with Captain Paragon, Stardust destroys Black Shroud, formation of Sentinels of Justice
* pgs 43-44 Colt origin
* pg 45 Synn and Femforce versus Alizarin Crimson
* pg 46 Ms. Victory meets Tara at a kiosk in Hero Hangout

Trek for the Time Twister (Table of Contents: 4)

Femforce / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Black (credited)
Pencils
Mark Heike (credited)
Inks
Bill Black (credited)
Letters
Bill Black (credited as Walter Paisley)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ms. Victory...Joan...I'm contacting you on your scrambled...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Femforce: Ms. Victory [Joan Wayne]; She Cat; Tara
Nightveil [Laura Wright]
Reprints
  • US from FemForce (AC, 1985 series) #1 (1985)
  • Reprint from Femforce #1 as Part 2 of Femforce: Origins. Credits removed/obscured on first page, derived from Femforce #1 credits. Reprint converted from original color to black and white. Gray half tones are different from original coloring, no credits given.

Femforce: Origins [Part 3] (Table of Contents: 5)

Femforce / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Black (credited)
Pencils
Brad Gorby (credited as C. Bradford Gorby)
Inks
Mark Heike (credited as Mark G. Heike)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
"Oh, it's continued in No. 2" [dialogue]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Commando [Dan Barton]; Captain Paragon [Charlie Starrett]; Colt [Valencia Kirk]; Ms. Victory [Joan Wayne]; Ms. Victory [Jennifer Burke]; Nightveil [Laura Wright]; Rad [Joan Wayne]; She Cat; Tara; Rayda, Garganta, General Strock
Synopsis
New story and art (pages 68-95) summarizing high points in Femforce history. This third part (Femforce #1 is second part) follows their origin, with Ms. Victory and Tara reminiscing on their history. It concludes with a Captain Paragon appearance, proposing to Ms. Victory.

Indexer Notes

Story rundown (pages 68-95):
* pg 68 - Tara and Ms. Victory eating at the Hungry Hero Cafe
* pgs 69-72 - Ms. Victory encounter with Black Commando as aged Joan Wayne, rescue by Nightveil, transformation to Rad
* pg 73 - Colt becomes new Femforce leader
* pgs 74-78 - Joan Wayne's daughter Jennifer Burke becomes the new Ms. Victory
* pgs 79-82 Dr. Carol Heisler becomes Garganta
* pgs 83-87 Tara becomes a giantess on live TV
* pgs 88-89 Dyna Morisi origin as Rayda
* pgs 90-91 General Strock back story
* pg 92 Tara, General Strock, Ms. Victory, She-Cat conversation at Hungry Hero Cafe
* pg 93 Ms. Victory reminiscing on roles as mother and grandmother
* pgs 94-95 Captain Paragon appearance, proposes to Ms. Victory

Collecting Femforce! (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)


First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's EASY! Just order the AC COMICS PRODUCT CATALOG!
Synopsis
Text on available Femforce and AC Comics products.

The Chronological History of the Femforce (Table of Contents: 7)

Femforce / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
From their beginnings in the 1930's...
Genre
superhero
Synopsis
back cover promotion
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Femforce: Origins
    Femforce
  2. 1. Femforce : The Longest Running, Independent Superhero Title.
    Femforce
  3. 2. Femforce Origins A Chronological History from the 1930's to the Present
  4. 3. Femforce: Origins [Part 1]
    Femforce
  5. 4. Trek for the Time Twister
    Femforce
  6. 5. Femforce: Origins [Part 3]
    Femforce
  7. 6. Collecting Femforce!
  8. 7. The Chronological History of the Femforce
    Femforce
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Frickinger
  • John Loffink
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Dan Stevenson