I really appreciate what Bill Black has been able to do over the decades with his small independent publications. Femforce is indisputably a success, and his other stuff including the vintage reprints he's offered up in various formats helped fill a void in comics which for the most part only deals in superheroes. Of course Black has many a superhero himself. The earliest of AC material actually goes under the Paragon label, and some of it is crude, but the enthusiasm more than overcomes those weaknesses. Unfortunately in recent years the tendency for AC material to emphasize the salacious instead of the adventurous has made me back away from them. But this summer promises to be a good time for Femforce fans, so I might jump back on board. The cover above is by Steranko who did indeed do more than his share to help out the early Indy publishers. It's a striking image of an early version of Black's hero The Shade.
Here's a link to a Bill Black interview at Newsarama:
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