Miss Victory
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| Miss Victory | |
 The Femforce Ms. Victory |
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| Publication information | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Originally Holyoke (comics) Currently A.C. Comics |
| First appearance | August 1941 |
| In story information | |
| Alter ego | Joan Wayne |
| Team affiliations | Femforce |
| Notable aliases | Rad |
| Abilities | Superhuman strength limited invulnerability. |
Miss Victory (later known as Ms. Victory) is an American comic book superheroine first published by Holyoke (comics). She is best known as a central character in the Femforce comic published by A.C. Comics.
The original Miss Victory began her career during World War II, as one of the many comic book costumed crime fighters who went to make up the Golden Age of Comic Books. She appeared in Captain Fearless Comics #1 and #2; and Captain Aero Comics #6-17, #21-26. Miss Victory was secretly stenographer Joan Wayne, whose work in a Government department, coupled with her desire to help the war effort, led her to don the patriotic guise of Miss Victory: a tight fitting red white and blue costume with plunging neck line and V emblem across her chest.[1]
Along with hordes of other Superman-inspired patriotic crime fighters, Miss Victory had no formal origin story nor introduction. Due to not having an origin story, it was left unexplained as to how she was able to survive explosions, break free of ropes, or knock down walls. But is clear that in her introduction she had above human strength and durability. [1]
Like almost all her costumed counterparts, she vanished once the interest in superhero comics started to tail off at the end of the 1940s. This was not the end of Miss Victory; decades later she was revived by AC Comics and re-invented for a modern comic book audience in the Fall of 1984.[2]
This revivial of Miss Victory had her possesses superhuman strength, together with the ability to fly (although only over short distances). Her true identity is Dr. Joan Wayne, a research scientist in the United States Department of Defense, who in the 1940s developed the "V-47 formula" to increase the strength/stamina of allied troops. The formula, however, only worked on Joan herself, and she became a superheroine. The formula also prevented her from aging, so that the Ms. Victory of today (who is over 80 years old) is still a young, attractive woman. [3] Miss Victory received an overdoes of the V-45 formula from Black Commando which effects her personality becoming the villainous, Rad. Eventually, the V-45 forumla was remove from system and returned to Femforce.[4] In the mid 1990s, Joan Wayne temporarily resigned her leadership of Femforce, and was replaced by her grown-up daughter Jennifer (the only other person on whom the V-formula would work). Jennifer is usually referred to as "The Second Ms. Victory" and the second Rad.[5]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Miss Victory (01 - 40's) (html). comicbookdb.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
- ^ Femforce Special (1984) - #1 (html). comicbookdb.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
- ^ Ms.Victory Profile: AC Comics (html). femforce-femfans.com AComics Profiles. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
- ^ Ms. Victory Profile & Pinups (html). Superbabes. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
- ^ Her daughter, Jennifer (html). femforce-femfans.com AComics Profiles. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
