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Lo, the Firebug
Stretch updates his daughter (and Hero Hotline's on-staff attorney), Ellie, on the Americommando bomb, on their way to have dinner where Ellie updates him on Mister Muscle's murder case.
At 7:20 the next morning, Microwavabelle takes her kids to the subway station as they're still scared of school buses after theirs was hijacked by terrorists. Microwavabelle stops a pick-pocket who turns out to be a carrot-man in disguise. Upon her return the Coordinator congratulates her and Voice-Over, impersonating the Coordinator, jokingly promises her a bonus.
At HH Headquarters, Private Eyes x-ray scans all the people entering the building, checking for concealed weapons.
Hotshot gets assigned to purchase a new bed for Mr. Piersall. He has it delivered and reveals it to be a waterbed.
Stretch, now happy to be getting cats out of trees after having to deal with bombs, is assigned a pet in a tree and ordered to take Voice-Over with him. The residence belongs to an attractove woman in a bikini, and Voice-Over immediately begins flirting with her while Stretch searches the tree. He finds the pet and begins flipping out when the pet, a large python, wraps itself around him which also freaks out Voice-Over. The Coordinator, watching the scene, enjoys his own private joke.
Back at headquarters a car crashes into lightpole just outside the building and all available agents (Miscorwavabelle, Private Eyes and Diamondette) are sent outside. Diamondette is forced to perform an emergency tracheotomy while Microwavabelle gets the gawking crowd away from the car which is about to explode. When Soozie-Q fails to respond to the heroes requests, Private Eyes scans the building and finds everyone being held hostage by supervillain Firebug. The other heroes return and Stretch takes charge drafting a striking Zeep into action. Hotshot is sent to the hardware store to get some flame retardant spray, which Stretch sprays onto his suit. Microwavabelle drops Voice-Over onto the roof. He makes his way to the office where he and Fred stage a fight that distracts Firebug long enough for the heroes to enter. Stretch holds Firebugs arms long enough for Diamondette to sever Firebug's suit's napalm tanks and Zeep soaks up the volatile liquids. Stretch wraps himself around Firebug who ignites burning his costume completely off.
At Mister Muscle's trial, the evidence of the murder weapon, the wrench, is presented and it is revealed that the only fingerprints on it are Mister Muscle's. Ellie points out the inconsistencies as the wrench belonged to Ralph Bartoli and he was found not wearing gloves - which would suggest Mister Muscle wiped off everybody's fingerprints but his own. Later, Mrs. Bartoli testifies that she saw Mister Muscle kill her husband from her apartment window.
Stretch and Ellie have dinner at the Coordinator's residence where they discuss who hired Firebug and the possible outcome of Mister Muscle's trial.
Creative credits
Writers: Bob Rozakis
Interior art: Stephen DeStefano
Color: Bob Rozakis
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