Fight Girls is reaching its finale with half of the contestants remaining now facing the deadly creatures of the ocean! Last issue, the mystery of Xandra Blackwater revealed that contestant #7, has taken her identity! Frank Cho’s cover has contestant #4, Tora Winter, putting on her swim cap while in the background is the massive megalodon, and two small panels of a pterandon creature and the head of the gigantic marine turtle that looks like an Archelon. We see the contestants with the fallen women with red screens; 1, 3, 5, 6, and 9! At the Grace Point One capital, the remaining contestants assemble on the teleport pad, they are teleported to a floating pad on the ocean. This is “Challenge 3: Ocean.” The contestants are looking across the two-page spread of ocean waves to see the teleport pad objective. Contestant #10, Pondo Shen, takes the initiative and dives into the water. The swim caps for the most part take away the contestant’s distinctive hair styles. Pondo is swimming almost halfway to the goal as the others just watch her.
The commentators note that Pondo was known for her swimming in the Empire Games. Next, two more contestants, #4, Tora Winter, and #8 Rache Lauren, make the leap. They are seen in silhouette, but identified by the commentators. Left on the pad is #7, Xandra Blackwater, with her distinctive eyepatch, and #2, Jaxa Wyman. Xandra tells Jaxa that is waiting for her ride. She leaps into the water and grabs hold of the shell hitching a ride on the sea turtle in a splash page. Xandra has signaled the turtle to swim towards her? Pondo is near the platform, but of course Xandra had the sea turtle give her a boost and reaches the teleport box. Kinda cheating? Underwater, Pondo is caught by jellyfish clinging to her legs, ouch! She pulls them free and then turns to see the jaws of the megalodon! There is just a bloody bubble seen by #8, Rache, who feels sudden pain and finds her left arm is severed! Swooping from the sky, a pterandon-like sea vulture takes hold of Rache’s shoulders. A scene like Jurassic World (2015).
Xandra celebrates her “victory”, but the crowd gasps at the drone cam footage. She turns to see Rache plucked out the water, but they are both swallowed by the Megalodon, very much like the 2015 movie. Jaxa and Tora see the bloody scene halfway to the goal. They start to race towards the platform. Good series of short panels, the teleport pad, Jaxa swimming, and the fin turns! The contestants reach the teleport pad and are about to climb onto it. In a two page splash panel we see the Megalodon leaping out the water, Jaxa about to reach the teleport panel, and Tora leaps back into the water! Jaxa touches the teleport panel! Xandra turns after the teleport flash to see… Jaxa has teleported, but only half of her! The rest is in the mouth of the Megalodon, gruesome! Tora climbs back onto the platform and slams on the teleport pad, but no teleporting! She finds that the pad is bitten in half. The trauma teams are rushing away Jaxa, can the technology somehow save her?
Xandra sees the head of the Megalodon on the floor and that Tora is shouting at the drone cams to transport her. There is no rescue, the commentators say that it is against the rules. Tora watches the sea vultures flocking to the Megalodon’s corpse. The drone cams pick up Tora removing cables from the teleport pad. The officials meet about the contest rules and they find that contestant have to return on their own after finishing the challenge. We also get a hint that the next challenge will be the combat trial. The chief of the recording room is told that there is an update to Tora and he orders the roof to be opened. Tora Winter appears with the cables wrapped around a sea vulture and helping her ride it! A very cool Edgar Rice Burroughs image! She slams her sea vulture mount to the floor. The crowd cheers for #4, Tora, and from a screen, Xandra drinks to her. Is the eyepatch even real or is she hiding her identity? Two issues left and only one final contest! My money would be on Tora, but it looks like Sandra has the edge, and a mysterious purpose. Plus, there is a surprise to the operatives searching for Xandra’s identity! Mystery, a nasty contest with strong women contestants, and a number of fantastic creatures, Fight Girls has it all!
Five Drones out of Five!
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