Bombshell

     Bombshell co-starred in Dark Horse Comics Spyboy, a fun series by
Peter David (writer) and Pop Mhan (artist) which unfortunately went on hiatus
in 2001.  Spyboy was the alternate personality of teenager Alex Fleming, a
nice guy and human doormat.  Nobody pushed Spyboy around but his singleminded
focus on completing his current mission meant Bombshell was assigned to watch
out for innocent bystanders caught up in the inevitable chaos.  Spyboy's
amorality made a lot of sense when you remember that he was created by the
Supreme Killing INSitute (SKINS) as their ultimate sleeper agent and assassin
so it's not surprising that he didn't play by the good guys rules.  In this
case the good guys being America's super secret (and critically underfunded)
Secret Headquarters International Reconnaisance Tactics and Spies agency.
Bombshell, SHIRTS youngest agent, had literally fallen into her profession
after landing on their optically camouflaged headquarters during a suicide
attempt five years before Spyboy #1.  They decided to keep and train her and
created a top flight teenage spy with a talent for explosives who took the
codename Bombshell.
     That's basically all we know about her apart from the fact that her real
name is Phyllis but calling her that tends to provoke fits of psychotic rage
so her associates have learned not to mention it.  Just who she was and what
drove her to suicide remains a mystery.  We do know that she likes Alex as a
friend and has a crush on the uncaring Spyboy (who initially seemed completely
uninterested in girls but later issues reveal an interest in the more
pragmatic/ruthless Yukio aka Spygirl) but that's about it.
     To set the scene while on assignment in Marispan Spyboy and Bombshell
have learned that tha nation of Hindasti was behind the attempted nerve gassing
of the UN.  An attempt they foiled so the Hindastians are looking for revenge.
They want Spyboy dead but have decided Bombshell would be better sold than
terminated as they have a booming White Slave trade and hate to waste good
merchandise.  As issue number 10 opens Spyboy is fighting a cybernetic ninja
overhead while the groundbound Bombshell, along with Alex's father, annoying
wannabe spy Butch and his mother follow on foot.




     With her comrades on foot and the Hindastians having a limo they make a
clean getaway though Sean Fleming does manage to plant a Spyder tracking
device on them.  Unfortunately that showed Bombshell wouldn't be staying in
Marispan much longer so following her was about to get complicated.




     That's it for Bombshell's appearances in this issue apart from this one
in the superdeformed preview panel that closed each issue of Spyboy.




     Spyboy 11's splash page had Bombshell in a crate on her way for assessment
before market day and not in the best of moods.  Which would not have been
improved had she known that Spyboy had reverted to plain old Alex so her
"partner"  wasn't looking for her.  Plus with the synaptor that triggered
Spyboy's activation lost she would have to settle for the untrained Alex
instead of the world's greatest secret agent.  Anyway we rejoin the story
just after they unpacked her.








     Alex and his Father got separated but they managed to independently
learn where the auction was being held but Alex got there first.  However it
was too late to stop the auction.




So what was Alex doing while all this was going on?




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