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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published 1979
Cover Price 4.00 USD
Pages 40
Editing Bill Black

Cover Details

Characters Tara; Captain Paragon
Genre Jungle; Superhero
Pencils Marc Hempel (signed)
Inks Bill Black (signed)
Reprinted In Femforce (AC, 1985 series) #40

Half page Tara text article "The Legend of the Dark Continent"

Characters Tara Fremont
Synopsis Background on the Dark Continent and Tara's first adventure from Paragon Presents #2.
Genre Jungle; Superhero
Script ?
Pencils Marc Hempel (signed)
Inks Marc Hempel (signed)
Notes Exact same text as in the article for Tara on the Dark Continent #1, but the illustration is different.

Half page Captain Paragon text article "Captain Paragon"

Characters Captain Paragon
Synopsis Recap of Captain Paragon's adventure in Paragon Presents #1.
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bill Black ?
Inks Bill Black ?

1 page Tara foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Contents page"

Characters Tara Fremont
Synopsis The cover from Paragon Presents #2 is reprinted as the background.
Genre Jungle; Superhero
Pencils Bill Black
Inks Bill Black
Reprinted from Paragon Presents (AC, 1970 series) #2 (1970) [cover]

1 page Tara recap "Last Issue:"

Characters Tara Fremont; Dr. Rivits; An Alien
Synopsis Recap of the story from Tara on the Dark Continent #1.
Genre Jungle; Superhero
Script Bill Black
Pencils Bill Black
Inks Bill Black

9 page Tara story "The Thing From the Egg!"

Characters Tara Fremont; Janis Lawson; T.C. Fremont; The Thing From the Egg; Dr. Rivits
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.
Genre Jungle; Superhero
Script Bill Black
Pencils Bill Black
Inks Bill Black

10 page Tara story "Terror at the Top of the World!"

Characters Tara Fremont; Roxanne Rivits (first appearance); Dr. Rivits; Janice Lawson; Doghouse Reilly (death)
Synopsis Tara and Janis use the homing signal in their planes to follow Dr. Rivits to his mountain-top 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.
Genre Jungle; Superhero
Script Bill Black
Pencils Marc Hempel (signed)
Inks Bill Black (signed)
Letters Marc Hempel

3 page Black Mistress story "The Mystery of the Drowned Dowager!"

Characters Kara Kyle [Black Mistress]; Mrs. Van Sloan (death); Black Mistress; John Talbot
Synopsis Kara Kyle is on the deck of a luxury liner when she sees someone thrown over the side. She changes into Black Mistress and dives over to try to save them. She thinks that she sees the woman alive and talking under the water (although she assumes that it is probably from "rapture of the depths"). 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 could not have testified against him because she did not 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. She thinks that she will never get over the sight of Mrs. Van Sloan naming her killer after she was dead.
Genre Superhero; Crime
Script T. Casey Brennan
Pencils Bill Black
Inks Bill Black

8 page Tara story "Enter Lady Liberty!"

Characters Tara Fremont; Samuel T. Zarkoff; Stoney Dennis; T.C. Fremont; Lady Liberty [Tara Fremont]; 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.
Genre Jungle; Superhero
Script Bill Black
Pencils Marc Hempel (signed)
Inks Marc Hempel (signed)
Reprinted In Femforce (AC, 1985 series) #40

4 page Captain Paragon story "Blood Love"

Characters Captain Paragon
Synopsis It is Halloween, and out of a thick fog Captain Paragon sees a dead woman on the ground. While he is checking for life he feels a presence behind him, but it vanishes as he turns. Then he sees ahead of him in the fog a young woman in her nightgown running away. He follows her until he comes upon a mansion. 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 hesitates and turns around to see two women in the window. He goes back and sees that they are both vampires and the victim is in the house. He wants to stop the vampires but he knows they are unnatural creatures. Just then the sun comes up and he breaks into the house pulling the curtains aside so that the sun's rays will kill the two vampires.
Genre Superhero
Script Bill Black
Pencils Bill Black (signed)
Inks Bill Black (signed)

1 page Red Sonja illustration "Red Sonja"

Characters Red Sonja
Genre Sword and sorcery
Pencils Bill Black
Inks Bill Black
Notes Inside back cover.

1 page Captain Paragon; Tara illustration "Captain Paragon and Tara (as Lady Liberty)"

Characters Captain Paragon; Tara [as Lady Liberty]
Genre Jungle; Superhero
Pencils Bill Black (signed)
Inks Marc Hempel (signed)
Notes Back cover.
Reprinted In Femforce (AC, 1985 series) #40 (needs confirmation)