Danger Girl

For the 1916 film, see The Danger Girl.

Danger Girl
Cover art for Danger Girl #1 (March 1998). Art by J. Scott Campbell and Alex Garner.
Publication information
Publisher	Wildstorm Productions
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Miniseries
Genre	Action, Spy
Publication date	March 1998 - Present
Number of issues	7 issue original series, new series currently ongoing
Main character(s)	Abbey Chase Sydney Savage Natalia Kassle Silicon Valerie Deuce Johnny Barracuda
Creative team
Writer(s)	J. Scott Campbell Andy Hartnell
Penciller(s)	J. Scott Campbell
Inker(s)	Alex Garner
Letterer(s)	Richard Starkings
Colorist(s)	Joe Chiodo Martin Jimenez
Creator(s)	J. Scott Campbell Andy Hartnell
Editor(s)	Scott Dunbier

Danger Girl is an American comic book series created by J. Scott Campbell and Andy Hartnell. The comic features a group of female secret agents led by a mentor named Deuce. The series follows the James Bond and Indiana Jones action-adventure formula, with the Danger Girls being an homage to the Bond girls. Unlike the Bond girls, however, the Danger Girls are the stars of the series.

Cast

Danger Girl Freelance Operations Limited

• Abbey Chase is a champion marksman, virtuoso of languages, scholar of world history, and (most widely) a heart-stopping femme fatale. Though spending the majority of her young life as a loner, Abbey is both a team player and a natural leader. She began her career as a freelance treasure hunter working under the radar and outside the law. And to this day, Abbey still finds herself trying to elude the many villainous characters she'd crossed and outwitted in her pre-Danger Girl days. After bumping into the Danger Girls during one of her adventure-filled hunts, Abbey shepherded the ladies to victory in their first battle against the menacing Hammer Empire. Soon after, Abbey became a full-fledged member of this international covert-operations unit. She replaced Natalia Kassle as DG's field-commander.

• Sydney Savage is the sassy and vivacious Danger Girl who fittingly originates from the picturesque continent of Australia. Though often reprimanded for her wild and unorthodox ways, Sydney more often than not justifies her lawless techniques. More than any of the other Danger Girls, Sydney takes frequent advantage of her good looks…deploying her curvaceous form to distract and defeat the ladies’ primarily-male nemeses. Sydney seems to have a love/hate relationship with Johnny Barracuda, who often makes sexualized passes at her which she either coyly accepts or acidicly rebuffs. Sydney also appeared to have a crush on Batman/Bruce Wayne in the Batman/Danger Girl crossover.

• Deuce is a former British Secret Service Agent who was lured away from retirement when invited to fashion and oversee the world’s first all-female espionage network -- a secret organization that would adopt the code name “Danger Girl.” Deuce's name seems to refer to the "double" in 007, and he even resembles an aged Sean Connery.

• Silicon Valerie is a teenager who graduated top of her class at Oxford, years before she could even obtain a valid driver’s license. Though Valerie could have easily secured a safe and lucrative career in the field of communications technology, her love of danger led to a chance encounter with Deuce…who welcomed her into his employ as a Danger Girl-in-training. Valerie monitors the Danger Girls' status during their missions, but she secretly desires to go on such a mission herself.

• Johnny Barracuda is a handsome CIA agent with a large ego and a sex drive to match. He collaborates with the Danger Girls on various missions; they seem to enjoy taking sexual potshots at each other. Has a love/hate relationship with Sydney Savage.

• Secret Agent Zero is a master of disguise and spy of unknown origin, besides being the only Hammer agent who's ever defected AND lived to tell about it. No one knows what he looks like beneath his mysterious mask, but he appears to have a connection with Abbey Chase. He could possibly be her missing-and-presumed-dead father; he does keep a photo of Abbey, taken during her childhood, with him.

Hammer Empire ("The Fourth Reich")

• Natalia Kassle This sultry Russian is the only Danger Girl who ever went bad. She was chosen to join the Danger Girl organization for her phenomenal combat and espionage talents, honed in the KGB, and also for her more-obvious outstanding attributes. Natalia was the team’s original field-commander; unfortunately, she also turned out to be a double agent, secretly working for the neo-Nazi Hammer Empire. She nearly led the Danger Girls to their deaths, but was ultimately exposed and defeated. Currently a general in the Hammer Empire, Natalia continually attempts to take over the world…though her ultimate passion is to do away with arch-nemesis Abbey Chase, who has succeeded her as deputy-leader of the Danger Girls.

• Major Maxim is the monstrous mastermind and muscle behind the Hammer Empire’s military forces. Once but a wounded soldier of those very forces, Maxim became an unwilling volunteer to Doctor Kharnov Von Kripplor’s Übermensch (Super-Soldier) program. The only "success" of the strange procedure, Maxim soon became dependent on the mysterious blue Übermensch fluid that supplies and sustains his massive size and strength. Even if the Hammer knows his true identity, they're not telling.

• Assassin X is a mysterious blind ninja who works for the Hammer Empire. He appears to have a long and complicated history with Secret Agent Zero.

• Kid Dynamo is a villainous dwarf who has a giant grudge against Johnny Barracuda. His weapon of choice is a pair of extendable golden arms. The last time he was ever seen, Dynamo had dressed himself as a miniature Adolf Hitler.

• Mr Giggles is a cadaverous man with an artificial larynx and a hand replaced with a steel claw. He acts as a straight man for Kid Dynamo.

• Doctor Kharnov Von Kripplor is a scientist bent on making insane experiments for the Hammer. He is also the creator of Übermensch Serum X. Half of his face has been heavily stitched up; it seems to be either mutating, rotting or both.

• The Peach The Peach is an illegal arms dealer who has ties to the Hammer Empire.

• Donavin Conrad Donavin is a cartoonish rogue who lost his right eye to Abbey Chase. Despite appearing to be the stereotypical aristocratic villain, Conrad's image is largely an elaborate charade. He also wears a toupée. Donavin later lost a hand to The Joker when the Danger Girls joined forces with Batman.

Comic mini-series

Danger Girl

This original series, illustrated and co-written by J. Scott Campbell, follows the adventures of newcomer Abbey Chase as she joins the Danger Girls to face the evil neo-Axis group known as the Hammer. The plot include endless double crosses and fast-paced battles against spectacular villains such as the mysterious Major Maxim. [Preview, #1-7]

Danger Girl: Kamikaze

This manga/shōnen-style follow-up miniseries by Tommy Yune has the team back together as they join a buxom Hong Kong operative hot on the trail of stolen nuclear weaponry. This time an eastern neo-Axis syndicate known as the Kama (Japanese word for "sickle") led by the Shogunner is gathering secret technology to complete a long-lost superweapon. [#1, 2]

Danger Girl Special

A one-shot featuring the virtual adventures of Silicon Valerie by Art Adams. The flip side of the book features a story with artwork by Joe Chiodo.

Danger Girl: Hawaiian Punch

The Danger Girl crew decide it's time for a change in scenery and some much deserved playful bikini-clad recreation and relaxation on the beach. They head to bask in the Hawaiian sunshine, but they're soon drawn into a diabolical plot masterminded by an eccentric Hawaiian billionaire who has developed a cunning business plan that will make his new amusement park the most popular in the entire country. The girls find trouble in paradise in this one shot featuring the artwork of Phil Noto.

Danger Girl: Viva Las Danger

Featuring Phil Noto art again, the girls are back in action as the Las Vegas Strip becomes the target of a hostile takeover.

Batman / Danger Girl

The girls form an unlikely alliance with the dark knight as they go on assignment in Gotham City. Featuring the artwork of Leinil Francis Yu.

Danger Girl: Back in Black

Written by Andy Hartnell featuring the artwork of Nick Bradshaw. The Danger Girls are on a mission to recover a powerful and ancient Native American artifact which was stolen. Features a new sexy ally named Ruby. [#1-4]

Danger Girl: Body Shots

Written by Andy Hartnell featuring the artwork of Nick Bradshaw and Jim Charalampidis. [#1-4]

Danger Girl: 3-D Special

Taken from the original series, illustrated and co-written by J. Scott Campbell. the first two issues of the original series with some added artwork, all done in 3-D.

Danger Girl and the Army of Darkness

A crossover with Dynamite Entertainment's Army of Darkness series of comics scheduled to be co-published with IDW Publishing in April, 2011.^[1]

Danger Girl continuing series, crossovers and special events

Further and ongoing Danger Girl comic books (titles tba) are scheduled to be published by IDW Publishing following the crossover event with Army of Darkness.

Appearances in other media

Video game

A Danger Girl video game was released for Sony PlayStation in 2000.^[2]

Action figures

Four 7" Danger Girl figures were released by McFarlane Toys: Abbey Chase, Sydney Savage, Natalia Kassle, & Major Maxim. After the immediate sell-out of the figures, an encore edition featuring the three Danger Girls was also released. Dragon Model Toys later released two of the three Danger Girls as 12" (1/6 Scale) action figures. The two figures (in new outfits) were Abbey Chase & Sydney Savage.

Abbey, Sydney, Natalia, and Major Maxim were also made as figures in the Indy set of the popular HeroClix collectible miniatures game.

Movie

Hollywood management and production company Benderspink is shopping the film rights to the title. Milla Jovovich, Kate Beckinsale and Sofia Vergara are attached to play the leads, as of August 22, 2011.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Danger Girl" Takes On "Army of Darkness", Comic Book Resources, January 10, 2011
2. ^ "'Girl' Dangerously Cool, but Dodge the 'Duck'". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/26/news/tt-42073. Retrieved 2010-10-20. 
3. ^ http://www.itsonthegrid.com/news/new-film-rights-danger-girl/

External links

• Site review of Danger Girl video game
• Danger Girl at MobyGames