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About This
Series:
Issues:
Created
by
writer Charles Treadwell, also publisher of Outside Comics.
Illustrated by David C. Matthews. They're quite a team for this
series. The writing and illustrations serve each other
well. It's really a shame that this
didn't
catch on at the time. What's interesting is that there is nothing
in the comic to date it, so if it was released today, everybody would
think it was new!
This is purely comedy-adventure. Originally, it was going to be Outside Comics' series for the now-defunct G.L.O.W. (Glamourous Ladies of Wrestling). But when that fell through, writer and publisher of Outside Charles Treadwell retooled the characters and made something much more interesting.
Maxwell Madd is the manager of a small-time group of women wrestlers. He's a scrawny, sexist, self-centered, short-tempered chain-smoker who's an opportunist in the truest sense of the word. His uncle Eugene actually owned the group but when he dies mysteriously, Max inherits. Not only the group, but the mansion as well.
But Max and the women have a rival: Dracula! He killed Eugene to take over the mansion and his wealth, and now that Max and the women are beneficiary's, Dracula must kill them, too. Of course, that doesn't happen.
The women characters are interesting for sure. Peggy Greystep is the leader and the most level-headed one. For some odd reason, though, she has an on-again, off-again relationship with Max. Amazon is the most muscular of the troop, dressed in her spartan-like garb. She speaks in the high English manner using "thee" and "thou" and other such words. Of all the women, Amazon is the funniest! She's always saying something that would seem out of character. La Purda is a Hispanic jungle girl with a shaky grasp on the English language. She's funny more in her mannerisms than in what she says, although she does have some good one-liners. Last, but not least is Blonde Bombshell. She is the least muscular and perhaps prettiest of the women. She looks more like a model/actress than the others. Bombshell sings almost all of her dialogue, and she wears a WWII aviator's outfit. She's more cute than outright funny. Each one of these characters is so unique that they just work well together.
This is purely comedy-adventure. Originally, it was going to be Outside Comics' series for the now-defunct G.L.O.W. (Glamourous Ladies of Wrestling). But when that fell through, writer and publisher of Outside Charles Treadwell retooled the characters and made something much more interesting.
Maxwell Madd is the manager of a small-time group of women wrestlers. He's a scrawny, sexist, self-centered, short-tempered chain-smoker who's an opportunist in the truest sense of the word. His uncle Eugene actually owned the group but when he dies mysteriously, Max inherits. Not only the group, but the mansion as well.
But Max and the women have a rival: Dracula! He killed Eugene to take over the mansion and his wealth, and now that Max and the women are beneficiary's, Dracula must kill them, too. Of course, that doesn't happen.
The women characters are interesting for sure. Peggy Greystep is the leader and the most level-headed one. For some odd reason, though, she has an on-again, off-again relationship with Max. Amazon is the most muscular of the troop, dressed in her spartan-like garb. She speaks in the high English manner using "thee" and "thou" and other such words. Of all the women, Amazon is the funniest! She's always saying something that would seem out of character. La Purda is a Hispanic jungle girl with a shaky grasp on the English language. She's funny more in her mannerisms than in what she says, although she does have some good one-liners. Last, but not least is Blonde Bombshell. She is the least muscular and perhaps prettiest of the women. She looks more like a model/actress than the others. Bombshell sings almost all of her dialogue, and she wears a WWII aviator's outfit. She's more cute than outright funny. Each one of these characters is so unique that they just work well together.
Issues:
Issue #1: 1987. In
this issue, Maxwell Madd and his Wrestling Women find out that Max has
inherited everything from his rich uncle Eugene Madd, not the least of
which is Madd Manor. At the very end of the story we find out
that Dracula and his sexy vampiress handmaiden Lilith are also vying
for possession of the valuable property.
This story is followed up by short features Cherry Wolf (a very cartoony, kiddie-type story that is very cute and funny) and Moonvixen, a sexy superheroine who battles Frankenstein's monster.
Issue #2: 1987. In this issue, Max and the Wrestling Women catch on to Dracula's scheme. Lilith and Dracula are killed. Lilith, most certainly, is killed for keeps. There's still a linger of doubt whether Dracula will stay dead. If the series had continued, he would have been the major villain.
It's a shame this series didn't last for more than 2 issues. This would've made a very interesting regular series.
This story is followed up by short features Cherry Wolf (a very cartoony, kiddie-type story that is very cute and funny) and Moonvixen, a sexy superheroine who battles Frankenstein's monster.
Issue #2: 1987. In this issue, Max and the Wrestling Women catch on to Dracula's scheme. Lilith and Dracula are killed. Lilith, most certainly, is killed for keeps. There's still a linger of doubt whether Dracula will stay dead. If the series had continued, he would have been the major villain.
It's a shame this series didn't last for more than 2 issues. This would've made a very interesting regular series.