Mighty Maidens’ Mystery Missions

In April 1985, while her older colleagues in the Justice Society of America were defending themselves in front of a Congressional trial relating to the so-called “Batman Diary” incriminating them, Power Girl was away on a mystery mission. She mentioned this took her out of the country for a couple of weeks, but where was she and what did it involve. This has never been answered.

However, an image of Power Girl battling a few armed men on battle combat gear provides a hint at whom she faced, and why, in London England. We can deduce this by noting a case involving her Earth-One counterpart, Supergirl, which occurred across the world.

This concurrent adventure involved Supergirl confronting her former Stanhope College alum and friend, Rudi Clement, and his estranged cousin Martin Tane. While Rudi’s family migrated to the United States and became wealthy, Martin’s family remained in England to live on poverty. When the two long-lost relatives reunited and discovered each had developed similar anti-gravitational technology, their family’s centuries old feud reignited.

After initially battling Rudi aka Gravitron Man over the skies of Florida, she followed him across the Atlantic Ocean, where he was pursuing his rival. Meanwhile, that rival Martin aka Lord Gravity was facing the visiting members of the Doom Patrol, visiting London on vacation.

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Although both the Patrol and Supergirl were initially unsuccessful against the problematic pair, together the heroes were able to defeat the cousins. The Maid of Might and her new-found allies eventually reunited to combat the Doom Patrol member Tempest’s former fellow soldier and old adversary, Sgt. Benjamin Krullen aka Reactron. As for Rudi and Martin, they never resumed their criminal careers.

Apparently, the armed soldiers whom whom Power Girl quarreled with “outside the country” may have been the Earth-Two versions of Gravitron Man and Lord Gravity, although they appear to have had a more “cordial” relationship with one another. Perhaps on this world, the Clement side of the family remained in England, and together with the Tane clan remained united.