Tamara Fleury (Natacha Hôtesse de l'Air)

Tamara Fleury is the main villainness in the 1978 comic book
Le
Treizième Apôtre from the Natacha Hôtesse de l’Air  series by F. Walthéry.
The heroine
and her friends set out to find the tomb of St. Mathias, the supposed 13th
apostle, somewhere in Turkey. The expedition is led by a renowned
archaeologist, Professor Karel. Almost from the outset, the party is regularly
targeted by “accidents” or acts of sabotage that may endanger the expedition,
or even their lives. Tamara Fleury only appears halfway down the episode, when
she is revealed as the behind-the scenes villainess who ordered these attempts.
We learn that Fleury is a talented, but ruthless archaeologist who used to be
Karel’s assistant. A few years back, he had to let her go because she embezzled
several valuable artefacts and sold them for money. Her motives seem to be an
evil blend of revenge and greed: on the one hand, she wants Karel’s expedition
to fail; on the other, she hopes to snatch the relics from her former master,
probably to offer them on the antiques black market as she has done before. The
courageous Natacha follows Fleury’s accomplice to their hide-out, an underwater
shipwreck. After the Turkish coast guard has been alerted, the villains have no
choice but to surrender. Fleury and her henchman end up in jail, where she
swears revenge. After the tomb of the saint has finally been discovered in an underground
cavern, Fleury suddenly appears on the scene to trouble the celebrations. She
declares that she has convinced the prison guards to let her escape, probably
by some sort of bribery. She now intends to claim the relics for herself to
sell them for a fortune. Her plans are foiled by a sudden earthquake. Natacha
uses this momentary diversion to overpower Fleury. Unfortunately, the
villainness quickly recovers and fires a shot at her enemy. As the cavern walls
are crumbling, Fleury now seems more determined to make Natacha pay for her
failure than to save herself or the artefacts. As she prepares to shoot the
unarmed and defenceless heroine in cold blood, Natacha is saved by her friend
Walter who disarms Tamara by throwing a rock against her hand. Furiously,
Tamara now assaults Natacha and a vicious fight erupts between the evil
archaeologist and the two friends. Realising that she is outnumbered by one, the
ferocious Fleury fights like a wildcat. After a nasty attack from behind where
Walter pulls her by her hair and sends her to the ground, she responds by backwardly
clutching his neck between her leather boots, then sends his head crashing down
against the floor. By doing so, however, she exposes herself to Natacha’s next
attack, where the heroine takes an energetic leap to come down right on the
villainness’ face with her behind. The impact of this landing must be
considerable, because Fleury is forced to release Walter as her booted legs
rebound into the air, and is knocked unconscious. On the final panel, Natacha
and Walter pant over the outstretched villainness now down for the count.
Unfortunately, Tamara Fleury’s arrest is not portrayed, but we know for sure,
from one of Natacha’s later remarks, that she’s back in jail for good.        
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Category:1970s
Category:Attempted Murder
Category:Boots
Category:Catfight
Category:Comic Book Villainess
Category:Greedy
Category:High Heels
Category:Knocked Out
Category:Pistol
Category:Fate: Arrested
Category:Comical Defeat
Category:Brunette
Category:Bob Cut Hairstyle