Another Charles Lee
Jackson II Swashbuckling Super heroine is Born! "High adventure mixing
every cool paperback, comic, late night TV treasure, 1960s and ‘70s spy
adventure, and the breakneck pace and scale of the great Republic
serials." —Steve Latshaw, screenwriter, Stan Lee's Lightspeed. When
archaeologist Elizabeth Owen discovers an ancient artifact that imbues her with
the abilities of the Olympian gods, she finds that with awesome power comes an
awesome responsibility. For now she must be the protector of Mankind, the
inheritor of mighty powers, Nemesis, the Avenger of Olympus. (And you can bet
it won’t be long before she is invited to join The Emperor’s inner circle.)
Don't miss this wild and wooly feminist revision of the classic Captain Marvel origin
story. In the first adventure, trapped in a lost Greek temple, Betty receives
“A Gift from the Gods”, an artifact and scroll that confer great powers—powers
she’ll need to save not just herself, but the other members of her
archaeological expedition who have been taken prisoner by an enraged mob. She
is forced to become Nemesis a second time when her attempt to clear two
innocent members of the expedition, who have been accused of passing
counterfeit currency, leads her into a deadly encounter with Continent-Eight
and the Diabolical Dr. Double X, as she tries to “Follow the Money”. Then back
in the US on a lecture tour, Betty discovers she is not the only super heroine
in town, after Nemesis encounters Shooting Star during an investigation of
brutal monsters who are attacking her students, unearthing the secret of
“Barton’s Bruisers”. Angling for a new job, Betty tries to come to the rescue
after the evil Jade Dragon and Doctor Yalta strike again, but becomes locked in
a three-way battle that includes yet another super heroine, and the fight card
is Nemesis versus “Solara Versus Captain Yalta”. Another terrific adventure
from The Emperor's Secret Files, as told to Charles Lee Jackson II.
The Avenger of Olympus
(Super Heroine)
“The Emperor’s Secret
Files”
By Charles Lee Jackson
II
Futures Past Editions
ISBN #978-1500634629
Price $8.00
172 Pages
Rating 5-Stars
“Comic Book Heroine
Comes To Life.”
This
is another creation of Charles Lee Jackson II, and we get a female Captain
Marvel of sorts. Well, okay, I was visualizing Mary Marvel, instead of the good
Captain, but she is my favorite comic book heroine after all. There are four
stories in this volume: Book #1: “A Gift From The Gods”. In this first
adventure a special team of archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Greek cave
near Yatafushi in eastern Turkey close to the Georgian border. While Elizabeth
“Betty” Owen is inside the chamber Kurds attack outside. Then an explosion
seals the cave entrance, trapping Betty inside. Here she discovers secrets to
the Olympus Gods, and with the utterance of “vengeance” in the old language,
“Hekdekessus”, a clap of thunder and streak of lightning flashes, and she
becomes Nemesis, The Avenger of Olympus. Crashing out of the cave Nemesis flies
to the town to rescue her team. Nemesis orders them to leave her temple, and
while they are departing, she becomes Betty again, and is taken with them. As
an origin story, this is definitely, a fun adventure.
Book #2: “Follow The Money”.
In Ankara, Turkey, the archaeological team runs into problem when two of the
members are arrested with counterfeit US twenty-dollar bills. In the meantime Gayla Knight, an enforcer for
Continent-Eight has brought Double Double Xavier Xavier, a super scientist
criminal, to Ankara to infiltrate the counterfeit gang; they have their own
evil purpose for this. Nemesis wrecks the counterfeiting gang’s machinery,
bringing the police in to find the operation, and the man behind it. Meanwhile,
Gayla Knight and Double Double X have disappeared. This was another fun
adventure.
Book #3: “Barton’s Bruisers”.
Dr. Betty Owen is touring universities on a speaking engagement talking about
the archaeological discovers her team made in Turkey. While visiting the
University of New Mexico at Albuquerque, she is interviewed by Alison Carlsonn,
who happens to be super heroine Shooting Star, the daughter of swashbuckler
Meteor. There is also a visiting football team on campus to play an exhibition
game with UNM. When giant human “hulks” attack people on and off campus, Betty
Owen becomes Nemesis to find out what’s going on, unaware she’s being helped by
Shooting Star. This was another fun adventure.
Book #4: “Solara Versus
Captain Yalta”. The Jade Dragon slips Doctor August Yalta a potion that turns
him into a rampaging Hulk who obeys her commands. Looting a museum of natural
history where Betty Owen is visiting, she becomes Nemesis, but The Jade Dragon
sprays the potion in her face, and she comes under the Asian mastermind’s
power. The mighty Solara shows up, and the heroes and bad guys battle it out in
a fun romp.
These were all fun stories, and
I liked the character of Nemesis. Highly recommended for comic book super hero fans.
Tom Johnson
Author of CRIMES LAST STAND
