Spitfire and the Troubleshooters #3 (Dec. 1986):
“Counter Attack”
by Gerry Conway, Ron Wagner, Danny Bulanadi

Spitfire and the Troubleshooters #3

Title: “Counter Attack”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 1986

Publisher: New Universe
Written by: Gerry Conway
Art by: Ron Wagner, Danny Bulanadi

23 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)  Jenny Swensen visits hospitalized Giotti, recalling how Krotze Int'l security guards captured him and beat him severely. Later, Jenny battles heavily Krotze guards when she breaks into Krotz Int'l.		[generic listing]	New Universe	13
The Boston Police Department (details)  Boston police arrive at Boston General Hospital while Jenny Swensen is there, to question her about the theft of hardware (the M.A.X. armor) from Krotze International.		[police department]		25
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
Detective Oliver Sloan		[informed Jenny Swensen of her father's death]	New Universe	5
Detective Sidney Jenkins		[informed Jenny Swensen of her father's death]	New Universe	5
Richard Faylen		[committed statuatory rape; forced to do Krotze's dity work]	New Universe	4
Mick Bronson		[working for Fritz Krotze, he killed Jenny Swensen's father]	New Universe	2
Krotze International		[research firm Jenny Swensen's father worked for]	New Universe	1
Major T. H. Benton		U.S. Army [Defense Dept. liaison with Krotze International]	New Universe	2
Steel Hawk (Arun Bahkti)		Arab; The Club	New Universe	7
The Club		[mysterious international terror cartel]	New Universe	4
Boston General Hospital (details)  Wearing M.A.X. armor, Jenny Swensen flew to Boston General Hospital to visit her friend Giotti, who had been injured in previous issue by Krotze International security guards.		[Jenny Swensen visited injured Giotti there]	New Universe	2
U.S. Department of Defense (mentioned)  Fritze Krotze meets with Major Benton, a Defense Department liaison to Krotze International.		[government agency]		1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mentioned)  Giotti's fellow Troubleshooters visit him the hospital, keeping him company and helping him stay caught up with his engineering classes at M.I.T.		[college/university]		25
Dr. Karl Swensen (mentioned)  Many references to Dr. Karl Swensen. Jenny Swensen investigates the conspiracy behind his murder. She tells police that Fritze Krotze killed her father. But there is no proof, so police can't do act.		[invented M.A.X. armor; father of Jenny Swensen (Spitfire)]	New Universe	2
Davis (mentioned)  When Krotze arrived at his home, the mercenary Steel Hawk told him his butler Davis was indisposed.		[butler]	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 #3 (Dec. 1986) created 10 December 2013. Last modified 3 February 2018.

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