this episode is all about the late, (un?)lamented Danger Girl series.
a brainchild of J. Scott Campbell and Andy Hartnell, Danger Girl was a walking, running, jumping and punching cliché, borrowing heavily from established pop culture world, from James Bond to Indiana Jones. three sexy female superspies? Campbell drawing?? get outta here! Danger Girl was a success from the get go!
until of course, Campbell started missing deadlines (and that was even before PS3/XBox), and the original series finally wrapped - a total of seven issues! - after spanning two US administrations. the publishers probably threatened Campbell with jail time and no video game privileges if he didn't finish the series.
through the years, there was a smattering of DG sightings, none as stylish and exciting as the original run. in as much as i would like someone like Greg Land or Greg Horn illustrating Abbey, Sydney et al, i'm not sure if it will be true to the fun spirit of the concept. oh well. let's take what we can get. maybe someday ...
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the series had the girls mostly using guns, their wits and the environment around them to save the day. however, there are some great times when you have to do things mano-a-mano ... as demonstrated here by Abbey Chase ...
... or
pie-a-cara, courtesy of
Sydney Savage ...
or pies-a-cara, from the third Danger Girl who eventually became a villain,
Natalia Kassle.
in the regular series, a common punching bag was the douchebag known as Donovin Conrad. i think he spent of his screentime being humiliated by girls, especially headliner Abbey Chase.
Abbey gets another crack at the debonair loser
while
Natalia makes it three (and dislodging his hairpiece)
if there's any doubt about
Abbey's hotness, this should all put your fears to rest.
whether barely clothed or not, Abbey has no problem dishing the hurt.
despite the popularity of the blonde Abbey, my favorite has always been the Australian, leather-clad, whip-snapping Sydney Savage. as you can see, she loves using her feet to get her point across.
she can even take two at a time
but having some help always has its advantages.
i'm not sure if having two sexy girls manhandle you is a good thing, or bad. some people like to think its the former.
of course, the Danger Girls do not limit themselves to hitting the opposite sex.
its nice to see some girl-on-girl action once in a while.
of course, they even do it amongst themselves.
damn. Sydney got PWND twice. damn!
of course, there's the fourth (unofficial) member, Silicon Valerie (stop laughing and wait till she grows up - and fills out), who can only dream for now of being a full-fledged operative. in the meantime, she still dreams of paralyzing mutant gorillas.
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taken from Danger Girl: Original Series, Danger Girl Special, Back in Black, Hawaiian Punch, Viva Las Danger
