Beginnings

Spitfire and the Troubleshooters / comic story / 25 pages

Script

Eliot Brown (plot); John Morelli (plot); Gerry Conway (script)

Pencils

Herb Trimpe

Inks

Joe Sinnott; Tom Morgan

Colors

George Roussos

Letters

Rick Parker

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spitfire [Prof. Jennifer "Jenny" Swensen] (introduction); Troubleshooters [Tim Ferris; Eduardo Giotti; Teresa "Terry" Roberts; Eric Chin; Andy Meadows] (introduction); Dr. Karl Swensen (introduction, dies); Fritz Krotze (introduction, villain); Chairman Dibble (introduction); Detective Sloan (introduction); Detective Jenkins (introduction); Sensei (introduction); Faylen (introduction); Mick Bronson/M.A.X. Model I pilot (introduction, villain)

Synopsis

Dr. Karl Swensen, inventor of the M.A.X. (Man Amplified X-periment) armor, is killed by an agent of his employer, Fritz Krotze. While going through her father's things Prof. Jennifer “Spitfire” Swensen finds information hinting he may have been killed. She later returns to her father's lab and, aided by MIT students, the Troubleshooters, locates the M.A.X., Model II armor and steals it from the lab. She is pursued by Krotze's agent, Mick Bronson, wearing the M.A.X., Model I armor. Jenny dons the M.A.X., Model II armor, dubbed Spitfire, and defeats Bronson.

Indexer Notes

Continued in Star Brand #2

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