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Originally titled "Spitfire and the Troubleshooters," this series
ran 13 issues. The title was changed to simply Spitfire for a couple of
issues before being changed again to Codename: Spitfire for the final
4 issues. Spitfire was one of the titles cut when Shooter left Marvel.
Jenny Swensen, a highly respected full Professor of Applied
Engineering at M.I.T., cares about what's right. With the aid of
five outstanding M.I.T. students, she steals from Fritz Krotze the
lab that originally belonged to her late father, including his
technological masterpiece, the M.A.X. (Man-Amplified eXperimental
suit).
Krotze wants the M.A.X. back -- his aim, to develop it into highly
marketable combat armor. Jenny and her friends find themselves using
the M.A.X. to wage war on Krotze while constantly evading the law.
This short-lived series was written by former SUPERMAN scribe Cary
Bates for much of its run, and in issue #4, Todd McFarlane (SPAWN)
guest-pencilled a story.
Originally created by Marvel technical expert Eliot R. Brown with
Jack Morelli and Gerry Conway of Spider-Man fame, and designed by
HULK artist Herb Trimpe, this title had its name changed to
CODENAME: SPITFIRE with issue #10 as Jenny built a new version of
the armor and became a U.S. Government operative. Some stories were
penciled by Marshall Rogers.
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