Spitfire and the Troubleshooters #2 (Nov. 1986):
“Behemoth”
by Gerry Conway, Herb Trimpe, Bob McLeod

Spitfire and the Troubleshooters #2

Title: “Behemoth”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1986

Publisher: New Universe
Written by: Gerry Conway
Art by: Herb Trimpe, Bob McLeod

18 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Spitfire (Jenny Swensen) (lead character)		D.P.7; Troubleshooters	New Universe	29
security guards (details)  The Troubleshooters break into Krotze International. Giotti is captured by the security guards. Krotze's "security goons" took Giotti with them when they later attacked Swensen. They beat Giotti sever		[generic listing]	New Universe	13
Troubleshooters		[1st app: Spitfire and the Troubleshooters #1 (Oct. 1986)]	New Universe	12
Tim Ferris		Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Troubleshooters	New Universe	9
Eduardo Giotti		Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Troubleshooters [had crush on Spitfire (Jenny Swensen)]	New Universe	10
Terry Roberts		black; Massachusetts Institute of Technology...  Troubleshooters [computer hardware expert]	New Universe	10
Eric Chin		Asian; Massachusetts Institute of Technology...  Troubleshooters	New Universe	9
Andy Meadows		Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Troubleshooters	New Universe	8
Fritz Krotze		The Club [had his employee (M.A.X. inventor Karl Swensen) killed]	New Universe	6
Sensei		[Jenny Swensen's tai-chi sensei]	New Universe	2
Richard Faylen		[committed statuatory rape; forced to do Krotze's dity work]	New Universe	4
Krotze International		[research firm Jenny Swensen's father worked for]	New Universe	1
The Club		[mysterious international terror cartel]	New Universe	4
skunks (details)  Jenny Swensen and the troubleshooters are testing the M.A.X. armor in a rural part of New Hampshire when a skunk causes problems by spraying the armor. They have to take time to clean off stench.	N.A.	[animal species]		1
unnamed drunken hunters		[rescued by Spitfire after they drove off cliff]	New Universe	1
U.S. Department of Defense (mentioned)  Fritz Krotze sends the Behemoth (or "Death Tank"), an experimental tank his company had developed for the Department of Defense, after Jenny Swensen. The unmanned tank was controlled remotely.		[government agency]		1
Star Brand (Ken Connell) (mentioned)  Jenny recalls being warned by Ken Connell (in Star Brand #2) to keep her Spitfire armor secret.		[mechanic]	New Universe	27
unnamed child (mentioned)  A child fell into a well and Jenny Swensen donned the M.A.X. armor and rescued the child. Unfortunately, this was very public, and word of the event was reported by news outlets.		[rescued from well by Spitfire, in public visible appearance]	New Universe	1

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Spitfire and the Troubleshooters #2 (Nov. 1986) created 10 December 2013. Last modified 3 February 2018.

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