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About This
Series:
Issues:
Americomics was
the original name for the AC Comics company. After
a fashion, they just felt like shortening it to AC and it's
worked. This series is a showcase of superhero characters that AC
was testing out on readers. Some took, some didn't. But
they were always interesting.
Issues:
Issue #2: June
1983.
Well
done!
The fact that it's in color is always a plus. Not all
of AC's comics are in color. The Shade, The Messenger, and Tara
are featured in this issue. Of the three, Tara became most
well-known. She's drawn absolutely luscious but besides that,
she's just a cool character. She's not a jungle girl like
most. Tara is actually civilized and just strips down to jungle
skivvies when the situation calls for it.
The Shade is cool! He's one of those apparition type superheroes like The Spirit, The Spectre, Ghost, and so on. The Shade's human host is a wheelchair-bound man, but when evil strikes, The Shade emerges from his fragile form and comes to take out the trash! In this issue's story, he fights an aged superhero called The Terror who has gone mad in his quest for justice.
The Messenger is an okay superhero. Just average. He doesn't really thrill me. Story is cool, though.
Tara's fantastic. One of the stars of Femforce, this black-haired beauty in the camouflage bikini is really quite an interesting character by herself. She's better in her solo adventures than with Femforce. No super powers as such, but a remarkable athlete with superior tracking skills and a survivalist in the truest sense of the word.
Issue #3: August 1983. Another spectacular issue in full color! We see the modern-age Blue Beetle fighting a robot doppelganger of the original Blue Beetle. We also see the original Blue Beetle in his own adventure with guest star, the modern Blue Beetle. The Shade returns again in his ghostly quest for justice!
The original Blue Beetle has super powers. The second Blue Beetle does not. Just the same, I think the second Blue Beetle is a better character. Any superhero can have super strength. But Ted Kord/Blue Beetle is a remarkable inventor and athlete. He even has a flying Blue Beetle ship! How cool is that?! But the comics always downplay Ted Kord, like he isn't as good as Dan Garrett. Like he's just "filling in". I don't like that. Ted Kord is great in his own right.
That's not to disparage Dan Garrett. He's a cool Blue Beetle, too. In his story, he is mysteriously brought back from the dead to fight crime. Ted Kord as Blue Beetle guest stars.
The Shade is cool! He's one of those apparition type superheroes like The Spirit, The Spectre, Ghost, and so on. The Shade's human host is a wheelchair-bound man, but when evil strikes, The Shade emerges from his fragile form and comes to take out the trash! In this issue's story, he fights an aged superhero called The Terror who has gone mad in his quest for justice.
The Messenger is an okay superhero. Just average. He doesn't really thrill me. Story is cool, though.
Tara's fantastic. One of the stars of Femforce, this black-haired beauty in the camouflage bikini is really quite an interesting character by herself. She's better in her solo adventures than with Femforce. No super powers as such, but a remarkable athlete with superior tracking skills and a survivalist in the truest sense of the word.
Issue #3: August 1983. Another spectacular issue in full color! We see the modern-age Blue Beetle fighting a robot doppelganger of the original Blue Beetle. We also see the original Blue Beetle in his own adventure with guest star, the modern Blue Beetle. The Shade returns again in his ghostly quest for justice!
The original Blue Beetle has super powers. The second Blue Beetle does not. Just the same, I think the second Blue Beetle is a better character. Any superhero can have super strength. But Ted Kord/Blue Beetle is a remarkable inventor and athlete. He even has a flying Blue Beetle ship! How cool is that?! But the comics always downplay Ted Kord, like he isn't as good as Dan Garrett. Like he's just "filling in". I don't like that. Ted Kord is great in his own right.
That's not to disparage Dan Garrett. He's a cool Blue Beetle, too. In his story, he is mysteriously brought back from the dead to fight crime. Ted Kord as Blue Beetle guest stars.