Tara on the Dark Continent #2

(1979)

The Legend of the Dark Continent (Table of Contents: 1)

Tara / text article / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Marc Hempel (signed as Hempel)

Inks

Marc Hempel (signed as Hempel)

Letters

?

Genre

jungle; superhero

Characters

Tara

Synopsis

Background on the Dark Continent and Tara's first adventure from Paragon Presents #2.

Indexer Notes

Exact same text as in the article for Tara on the Dark Continent #1, but the illustration is different.

Captain Paragon (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Paragon / text article / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Black ?

Inks

Bill Black ?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Paragon

Synopsis

Recap of Captain Paragon's adventure in Paragon Presents #1.

[Contents page] (Table of Contents: 3)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bill Black

Inks

Bill Black

Letters

?

Characters

Tara

Reprints

• from Paragon Presents (AC, 1970 series) #2 (1970) [interior, as background]

Indexer Notes

The cover from Paragon Presents #2 is reprinted as the background.

Last Issue (Table of Contents: 4)

Tara / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Black

Pencils

Bill Black

Inks

Bill Black

Letters

?

Genre

jungle; superhero

Characters

Doctor Rivits; Tara; An Alien

Synopsis

Recap of the story from Tara on the Dark Continent #1.

The Thing from the Egg! (Table of Contents: 5)

Tara / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Black (credited)

Pencils

Bill Black (credited) (signed as BILL BLACK)

Inks

Bill Black (credited) (signed as BILL BLACK)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Any test results on those alien eggs...

Genre

jungle; superhero

Characters

T. C. Fremont; Janis Lawson; Doctor Rivits; Tara; The Thing From the Egg

Synopsis

An explosion rips through Lab 4-SJ where the alien eggs are being tested. When Tara gets there she finds what looks to be like a plant has been hatched and it attacks her and Janis. Tara gets away and manages to stop it. It lays Janis peacefully at Tara's feet but before she can figure out what is going on Dr. Rivits appears and knocks her out. Dr. Rivits is badly scarred but he survived the explosion of his helicopter in the previous issue. Dr. Rivits then flies away in one of Tara's jets.

Terror at the Top of the World! (Table of Contents: 6)

Tara / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Black (credited)

Pencils

Marc Hempel (credited) (signed as Hempel)

Inks

Bill Black (credited) (signed as Black)

Letters

Marc Hempel (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tara and Janis have trailed the insidious Dr. Rivits...

Genre

jungle; superhero

Characters

Janis Lawson; Doctor Rivits; Roxanne Rivits (first appearance); Tara; Doghouse Reilly (death)

Synopsis

Tara and Janis use the homing signal in their planes to follow Dr. Rivits to his mountaintop fortress. Tara and Janis are captured when they attack the fortress. Roxanne whips Tara and she and her father plan to take over Janis' mind so that they can learn the secrets of the Dark Continent and can use her to capture the space alien. Tara gets loose just in time and saves Janis and captures Roxanne. As they fly away it seems that Dr. Rivits is killed when the fortress explodes.

The Mystery of the Drowned Dowager! (Table of Contents: 7)

Black Mistress / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

T. Casey Brennan (credited)

Pencils

Bill Black (credited)

Inks

Bill Black (credited)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

To the world at large, she is the gay, debonair...

Genre

crime; superhero

Characters

Black Mistress (first appearance); Kara Kyle [Black Mistress]; Mrs. Van Sloan (death); John Talbot

Synopsis

Kara Kyle is on the deck of a luxury liner when she sees someone thrown overboard. She changes into Black Mistress and dives over to save her. She thinks that she sees the woman alive and talking underwater. The lady draws a picture of the one who threw her overboard. Black Mistress then takes her back to the ship where she is declared dead. She asks to see everyone on board and identifies the killer. She couldn’t have testified against him because she didn’t see the face of the killer but he draws a gun and foolishly admits to the killing. Black Mistress kicks the gun away and he is arrested.

Enter Lady Liberty! (Table of Contents: 8)

Lady Liberty / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Black (credited)

Pencils

Marc Hempel (credited) (signed as Hempel)

Inks

Marc Hempel (credited) (signed as Hempel)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the office of the president of Galaxy International Pictures...

Genre

jungle; superhero

Characters

Stoney Dennis; T. C. Fremont; Lady Liberty [Tara Fremont] (first appearance); Samuel T. Zarkoff; Sparrow Spigot

Synopsis

Samuel Zarkoff, the president of Galaxy International Pictures, chooses Tara to be their new Lady Liberty on the TV series. He convinces T.C. that it would be good for his business and he tells Tara to accept the job. Tara does such a good job that the former Lady Liberty flies into a jealous rage and tries to kill her. They tape the fight scene and of course it does great ratings. It is left to the reader to decide if they want to see more of Tara as Lady Liberty.

Reprints

• in FemForce (AC, 1985 series) #40 (1991)

Indexer Notes

Introducing the reprint in Femforce #40, Bill Black revealed that the Lady Liberty TV show was a takeoff on the Wonder Woman TV show, and Sparrow Spigot was a takeoff on Farrah Fawcett.

Blood Love (Table of Contents: 9)

Captain Paragon / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Black

Pencils

Bill Black (signed as Bill Black)

Inks

Bill Black (signed as Bill Black)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Halloween... witches and goblins roam the land.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Paragon

Synopsis

On Halloween, Captain Paragon sees a dead woman on the ground. While checking her pulse he feels a presence behind him, but it vanished. Then he sees a young woman in her nightgown running away. He talks to a woman who says she is the only person in the house. They look for the dead woman together but cannot find her so Captain Paragon leaves. He turns around to see two women, who are both vampires. He wants to stop the vampires but he knows they are unnatural creatures. Just then the sun comes up and he pulls back the curtains so that the sunlight will kill the two vampires.

[Red Sonja] (Table of Contents: 10)

Red Sonja / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bill Black (signed as Black)

Inks

Bill Black (signed as Black)

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Red Sonja

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Illustration is dated 1976.

[Captain Paragon and Tara (as Lady Liberty)] (Table of Contents: 11)

Captain Paragon; Lady Liberty / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bill Black (signed as Wm. Black)

Inks

Marc Hempel (signed as Marc Hempel)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle; superhero

Characters

Captain Paragon; Lady Liberty [Tara Fremont]

Reprints

• in FemForce (AC, 1985 series) #40 (1991)

Indexer Notes

Back cover.