| Unofficial Hero Hotline Index |
HERO HOTLINE #2
Cover Date: May 1989
Cover Price: $1.75
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Stephen DeStefano (signed)
Inks: Karl Kesel (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Bob Rozakis |
| Pencils | Stephen DeStefano |
| Inks | Karl Kesel |
| Lettering | John Costanza |
| Colors | Bob Rozakis |
| Editing | Brian Augustyn |
Feature Character(s):
- Hero Hotline:
- Coordinator (behind the scenes)
- Diamondette
- Hotshot
- Private Eyes
- Stretch
- Voice-Over
- Microwavabelle
- Brother Bicep (formerly Mister Muscle)
Supporting Character(s):
- Suzy-Q
- Melanie Boulder
- Fred
- Mrs. Lefferts (last in Action Comics Weekly #640/3; next in issue #4)
- Ruthie Jackson (first appearance; Microwavabelle's daughter)
- Naomi Jackson (first appearance; Microwavabelle's daughter)
- Dwight Jackson (first appearance; Microwavabelle's son)
- Zeep, the Living Sponge
- Hotline operators and other Hotline staff
Villain(s):
- The United Fighters for Freedom (first appearance of all three; a team of terrorists; Joey named)
- Ralph Bartoli
- Eric F. Schuster (first appearance; a rogue lawyer)
- unnamed supervillains
Other Character(s):
- Unnamed applicants for Hotline membership
- a female TV reporter
- school children
- policemen
- a boy and a girl (see Comment)
- two unnamed clients
Comment(s):
- The boy and girl are based on Tubby and Lulu from Marge Henderson Buell's "Little Lulu" comic.
Synopsis: - The school bus on which Microwavabelle's three children ride is attacked by a terrorist group called the United Fighters for Freedom. Against the Coordinator’s orders, Microwavabelle attacks the bus. Getting back-up from her Hotline comrades, she defeats the terrorists.
- Mrs. Culligan has disappeared even though Voice-Over and Fred were assigned to guard her. Investigating the matter, they find no clues as for how it has happened. Was there any truth in her talk about Martians after all? But a "Martian blaster" they find in Culligan’s apartment proves to be a toy.
- Ralph Bartoli and his lawyer Eric F. Schuster seek out Brother Bicep to inform him that they are filing criminal charges against him after his rough handling of Bartoli the last issue.