The SIBERIAN PROJECT for PARANORMAL RESEARCHsiberian_project-148611-pf27-exterior

Membership: (Administrative staff) Gennadi Shepalev, Petrov Szymanski, Anya Zotov;
    formerly
Dr. Timor Besedin, Gregirova, Serge Vladimiroff;
    medical and other staff: Nurse Bova (and unidentified doctor), Fetisov, Tohev, Nurse Totev,  Lindsey Falmon's female nurse, Lindsey Falmon's male nurse, unidentified staff members

Purpose: Gathering and training paranormals to serve the U.S.S.R. (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

Aliases: The Project, the Siberian Project

Affiliations: Red Sun Military Task Force (Coojeechiscue/Nadehzda, Dehman Doosha/"Johnny Do," Shivowtnoeh/Irina Mityushova, Sillatochca/Leonid Vishnevetsky);
    presumably Mindwolf (Michael Petrov);
    formerly Rodstvow;

Enemies: Justice (John Tensen), Medusa Web (Babel/Thame Panagitis, Backfire, Dustoff, Gatto di Sangue/"Blood Cat," Imprint, Potiphar/Nungali Kashab, Relampago/"Lightning," Skybreaker/James Colin Anderson, Thunderhead/Donner Kopf/Gunther, Troublemaker), Michael Proudstar, Psi-Force (Thomas Boyd, Michael Crawley, Lindsey Falmon, Anastasia Inyushin, Tyrone Jessup, Kathy Ling, Wayne Tucker), Rodstvow

Base of Operations: Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, U.S.S.R

First Appearance: Psi-Force#1 (November, 1986)

Functions: The Siberian Project was the facility within which paranormals in the USSR were brought and trained to serve the state.

    Training and punishment were meted out as the director saw fit, and a frontal lobotomy was on the table of options for a dangerous paranormal.

    In addition to physical training facilities and combat rooms, the facility had hospital rooms, meeting rooms, operating suites, etc.

    It was staffed by various medical professionals, including medical doctors, surgeons, psychologists, and nurses.

History:siberian_project-148611-pf1-stasi
(Psi-Force#1 (fb)) - When Anastasia Inyushin -- who had a high ESP (Extra-Sensory Perception) score and who had been sent to live with her aunt and uncle in the USA -- returned to the USSR after her aunt and uncle's deaths, she was intercepted by Serge Vladimiroff and his associates, who told her that her parents had died but assured her that "we" would take care of her. Stasi appreciated that he was KGB.

(Psi-Force#1 (fb) - BTS) - Vladimiroff took Stasi to the Siberian Project where she was examined and tested regularly.

(Psi-Force Annual#1 (fb) - BTS) <July 22, 1986> - The White Event -- a release of Star Brand energy that blanketed the Earth and granted two (IIRC?) out of every million people paranormal powers -- occurred.

(Psi-Force Annual#1 - BTS) <July 23, 1986> - Stasi developed healing powers.

(Psi-Force#28 (fb) - BTS) - At some point, Serge Vladimiroff recommended that the Siberian Project be transformed from a research center into a paranormal studies institute. He wished to keep the paranormals isolated away from civilization, allowing him to work without constant committee interference.

(Psi-Force#1 (fb)) - Stasi became the center of attention at the Siberian Project.

(Psi-Force#1 (fb) - BTS) - Vladimiroff told Stasi that the state had big plans for her.

(Psi-Force#1 (fb) - BTS) - Emmett Proudhawk, a CIA agent and fellow paranormal, broke into the Siberian Project and convinced Stasi to flee with him.

(Psi-Force#1 (fb) - BTS) - Vladimiroff and his men pursued Proudhawk and Stasi.

(Psi-Force#1) <August 6, 1986> - Vladimiroff and his men, as well as Mindwolf, confronted Proudhawk and Inyushin in San Francisco, who were aided by Michael Crawley, Tyrone Jessup, Kathy Ling and Wayne Tucker, other paranormals gathered by Proudhawk. Although Mindwolf slew Proudhawk, the other five paranormals united their powers to manifest their collective "Psi-Hawk," which fried Mindwolf's mind. Vladimiroff was incapacitated when Crawley exploded his machine gun, and he presumably returned to the USSR shortly thereafter.

(Psi-Force#13 (fb) - BTS) <Six months before the main story> - Seeking to regain possession of Inyushin, Vladimiroff had Eugenia Mironenko injected with an unspecified disease so that he could manipulate her husband, Grigori, into seeking Stasi to treat her. He also had Grigori transferred to and appointed as the head of the Russian consulate in the San Francisco area, near where the Sanctuary house in which Stasi and her friends lived.


(Psi-Force#13 - BTS) - Ultimately, Grigori discovered Vladimiroff's actions and prevented Vladimiroff from taking Stasi.siberian_project-148611-pf23-exterior

(Psi-Force#28 (fb) - BTS) - <Sometime before October, 1986> - The Siberian Project began gathering Soviet paranormals.

(Psi-Force#23 (fb) - BTS) - Coojeechiscue was appointed field leader of the Siberian Project's Red Sun Paramilitary Task Force, based out of the Siberian Project, a Soviet scientific institute for paranormal research.

(Psi-Force#23 (fb) - BTS / Psi-Force#27 (fb) - BTS) - The paranormals of Red Sun assisted in Afghanistan. The Siberian Project considered this "Afghanistan affair" an abysmal performance (see comments).

(Psi-Force#23 (fb) - BTS) - The young autistic boy Dehman Doosha remained difficult for the staff at the Siberian Project to control. They tended to use physical assaults to contain him.

(Psi-Force#17 (fb)) <8 months before the main story> - The Siberian Project's subject Rodstvow awakened from his coma, after which he used his powers over time to progressively slay a number of staff members.

(Psi-Force#17 (fb) - BTS) - The Siberian Project rapidly escalated from a scientific research testing center for paranormals to military training ground.

(Psi-Force#17 (fb) - BTS) - Gregirova interviewed Rodstvow, who ultimately slew him.

(Psi-Force#17) <October 19, 1987> - Vladimiroff watched -- alongside Dr. Timor Besedin, Gennadi Shepalev, and Anya Zotov -- a video recording of Gregirova's interview with Rodstvow. Besedin subsequently started ranting about the "barbaric freak of nature." Telepathically hearing this, Rodstvow slew Besedin as well.
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(Psi-Force#17) <November 11, 1987> - - Vladimiroff enlisted Rodstvow to capture Stasi and her associates (now informally known as Psi-Force), although Rodstow interpreted this as killing the teenagers.

(Psi-Force#17 - BTS) <November, 25, 1987> - Arriving above the Sanctuary youth hostel  in San Francisco after exhausting himself in the transport, Rodstvow elected to blow up Sanctuary as the most expedient means to kill the Psi-Force teens.

(Psi-Force#20 (fb) - BTS) - Although multiple members were severely injured, the Psi-Force members survived Rodstvow's assault.

(Psi-Force#23) <April 4, 1988> - Vladimiroff returned to the Siberian Project where Gennadi Shepalev gave him updates on the Red Sun members as well as Rodstvow.

(Psi-Force#27 (fb) - BTS) <April 5 or soon thereafter, 1988> - After destroying the Psi-Hawk, Rodstvow teleported back to the Project grounds, bringing with him the four surviving teenagers whose parabilities had formed the Psi-Hawk mind gestalt: the adrenaline siphon Thomas Boyd, object empath Lindsey Falmon, telekinetic Kathy Ling and telepathic Wayne Tucker (Crawley had left the group, Jessup had remotely animated Psi-Hawk with his electromagnetic projection ("astral self"), and Inyushin had perished saving her teammates from enemies; while Boyd and Falmon had more recently joined the group).
    Boyd, Falmon, Ling and Tucker were comatose from the psychic damage they had suffered, and they were hospitalized

(Psi-Force#27 (fb) - BTS) <Early July, 1988> - Thomas Boyd's EEG (electroencephalograms) first showed renewed activity.

(Psi-Force#27 (fb) - BTS) <August 5, 1988> - Boyd leeched a doctor and nurse of all of their energy (perhaps fatally?) and immediately revived.

    Boyd then began fervently reconditioning his body to its finely honed athletic peak with a complete disregard for his surroundings or the conditions of his friends.

(Psi-Force#27 (fb) - BTS) <approximately August 21 (2 weeks before September 4, 1988> - Kathy Ling emerged from her coma.

(Psi-Force#27 (fb) - BTS) <September 3, 1988> - Ling began to speak and eat in a routine manner, although she remained extremely disoriented and weak.

(Psi-Force#27 (fb) - BTS) <September 4, 1988> - Lindsey Falmon had begun to show EEG activity but remained comatose. One of the male nurses repeatedly disrobed her.siberian_project-148611-pf27-beating2

    Although Tucker seemingly remained unconscious, his continuous flurry of mental transmissions kept most of the bewildered staff away from him.

(Psi-Force#27 (fb) - BTS) - (Presumably) Dehman Doosha's room went up 25 degrees in his room in the last two days.

(Psi-Force#27 (fb) - BTS) <September 4, 1988> - Acting Administrative Director Petrov Szymanski submitted a journal entry reviewing the progress of the Psi-Force youths. 

(Psi-Force#27) - At Gennadi Shepalev's request, Anya Zotov reported on Boyd's violent training and presumed desire to beat his captives. As an extreme solution for an extreme individual, she noted that the would put a bullet in his head while he was sleeping.

    Upon hearing of the nurse's disrobing of Falmon, Shepalev ordered that nurse to be shipped out immediately.

    When Ling began screaming upon seeing her mirror reflection showing her her shaved head, she telekinetically lashed out at nurse Bova. A doctor rushed in to give her a sedative injection, but she telekinetically bent the needle. Shivowtnoeh then arrived and restrained Ling, causing her to panic and lose control of her telekinesis, allowing the doctor to sedate her.

    Soldiers supervised Boyd's training, not understanding his English and his mocked threats to them.

    Dehman Doosha set aflame someone working with him, and Boyd observed the man running from the room and screaming. Despite the soldiers' efforts to force Boyd back to his quarters, he watched the soldiers futilely shooting at the boy, as his flames melted the bullets before they could strike him. Another soldier brought in a fire hose, the water of which extinguished the boy's flames, after which the soldiers began beating him with their truncheons/clubs/whatever. Boyd beat up the three soldiers and then learned that the boy was autistic.

siberian_project-148611-pf27-group(Psi-Force#27) - A Siberian Project meeting consisted of Gennardi Shepalev, Petrov Szymanski, Serge Vladimiroff, Anya Zotov, and Red Sun's Nadehzda (Coojeechiscue) and Leonid Vishnevetsky (Sillatochca). After Shepalev and Szymanski discussed the danger of the young Dehman Doosha to the project (with Szymanski suggesting terminating the youth), Leonid brought up seeing his family. Vladimiroff ridiculed his needs and performance, provoking Leonid to lash out with his explosive power, but Nadehzda contained him with powers.

    Boyd forced Fetisov to help him get into the computer system so he could learn more about the pyrokinetic youth. Fetisov revealed that there was a lobotomy planned for "Dehman Doosha."

    Touching her new nurse's tray, Lindsey Falmon observed memories and emotions of those who had touched it, including the nurse's affair with someone else in the facility as well as Leonid's concern for his family. When she fainted, the nurse pocketed Falmon's meds, considering that someone else would probably be willing to pay for her pills.

    During the planned surgery, however, the telekinetic youth overwhelmed the heavy level of anesthesia and set aflame not only the operating room but also shattered the glass to the observation room, threatening the observing Szymanski and Shepalev (+/- Nadehzda and Leonid...it was hard to tell who was there).

    Tohev and others arrived in flame-retardant suits, planning to try to use the carbon dioxide canisters to subdue him, but the boy generated an immense fiery dragon to threaten them. Boyd then rushed into the room and got the youth's attention, convincing him to stop. Calling the youth "Johnny," Boyd then reported to the Project leaders that he had taken control of the communications center and had terminated the procedure as well as that he would be taking care of "Johnny."

(Psi-Force#27) - To force the Project's compliance, Boyd threatened to erase every file in their system, but he also offered to let them kill him if he failed to make progress with Johnny. Vladimiroff and Shepalev accepted the deal, and Vladimiroff subsequently advised the others that if Boyd succeeded, they would have a pyrokinetic solider of limited intelligence and that, if he failed, they had resources with which to blackmail Boyd into submission, namely the other Psi-Force youths.

(Psi-Force#28 (fb) - BTS) <September 25, 1988> - In his diary, Serge discussed the compromise with Boyd, the efforts to control the "paranormal plague" brought on by the White Event, the paranormals at the Siberian Project (notably those from Psi-Force and Johnny Do/Dehman Doosha). He considered that if these children could be properly manipulated, the rewards would be innumerable, but questioned which buttons should be pushed. He further considered that he needed to find out quickly because he was not the only one there hoping to control these beings, and that he never felt that his desires matched those of his peers.

(Justice#28 - BTS) - With his daughter, Angie, having been injured during the battle between Rodstvow and Psi-Hawk, Justice joined forces with the Medusa Web to take down Rodstvow and liberate the Psi-Force youths, although Justice considered executing Psi-Force for their involvement.

siberian_project-148611-pf28-redsunttrain(Psi-Force#28) <October 3, 1988> - Vladimiroff watched from the observation booth -- critiquing Red Sun and confirming his assessment of Ling's limitations -- as Kathy Ling overpowered the rest of Red Sun but collapsed in fear when confronted by Shivowtnoeh.

    As he returned to his quarters, Leonid collided with Lindsey Falmon, who automatically projected images/feelings of his family and told him they were OK.

    Soon after, Ling used her telekinetic powers to force her way to visit her seemingly comatose teammate Wayne Tucker. Although she departed peacefully, Vladimiroff confronted her, bringing Shivowtnoeh to intimidate her.

    Tucker struggled to reach the autistic Johnny, achieving some satisfation when Johnny put a hand on his shoulder.

    At 12:30 AM, Ling confronted Vladimiroff in his room, noting that Tucker had telepathically told him that Vladimiroff had been lying to her about Boyd and other things. She telekinetically lifted him into the air, threatening to kill him if he continued to manipulate her or her friends. 

    Leonid visited Falmon, who used the necklace given to him by his wife, Zoya, to give him an update on her family. She assured him he would be reunited with his family if he helped her.siberian_project-148611-pf29-group

(Psi-Force#28) <October 4, 1988> - The next morning, Vladimiroff surprised Ling at a planned training session, having Shivowtnoeh leapt down and slashed her back. However, backed by telepathic guidance from Tucker, Ling defeated Shivowtnoeh and broke Vladimiroff's jaw and fingers. Vladimiroff presumably went into medical treatment and/or departed, as he was not seen again.

(Psi-Force#29) <October 5, 1988> - Alongside Gennadi Shepalev, Szymanski watched from the booth as Coojeechiscue, Shivowtnoeh, and Sillatochca engaged in "free-for-all" combat in the Combat Situation Room. Gennadi provided constructive criticism, but Szymanski interrupted, chiding the paranormals on a pathetic performance.

    Szymanski, Shepalev, Anya Zotov, and Coojeechiscue subsequently met to review the status of things, and Gennadi and Anya both expressed concerns with evidence of the awakening of the telepathic Wayne Tucker. After Szymanski stated that the Americans (Psi-Force) could escape any time they wanted and that no one could stop them. Anya and Shepalev noted that they still had Rodstvow.

(Psi-Force#29) - As Falmon and Leonid began gathering her allies, starting with Ling, the Medusa Web assaulted the Siberian Project, with Skybreaker first taking out the radar tower and then Justice and some of the Web's paranormals then entering the facility.

    Taking advantage of the distraction, Leonid took out the soldiers around them and they joined up with Ling. Tucker telekinetically guided Boyd (who brought Johnny with him) to his room, and Boyd took out Nurse Totev when she threatened him.

    Mistaking the situation and caring little for human life, Potiphar shot and killed Leonid, and Ling and Falmon fled with the Medusa Web as Coojeechiscue and Shivowtnoeh approached, flanked by multiple soldiers.

    Carrying Tucker, who was too weak to stand, Boyd and Johnny joined up with the Web and departed with them as well.
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siberian_project-148611-jus29-helicopter-explodesiberian_project-148611-jus29-helicopter-pursuit(Psi-Force#29) - As the Medusa Web helicopter took off, Petrov Szymanski instructed the soldiers and Coojeechiscue to scramble what remained of their defensive forces to hunt down and kill all involved with the escape.

(Justice#29) - As Soviet MI-24 helicopters closed on the Medusa Web, forcing them to a planned location, Szymanski noted that they were almost within range and ordered his troops to inform outpost six to be ready for them.


    With their helicopter under fire from the Soviet troops, Ling telekinetically blew up one of the Soviet helicopters.

     After the Soviets downed the Medusa Web's recon chopper, Soviet troops ambushed the Web operatives and Justice when they landed to rescue their associates.

     Another copter delivered Coojeechiscue and Shivowtnoeh (and more Soviet troops) to join the fight.
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siberian_project-148611-jus29-szycommand (Justice#29) - With some control room, Szymanski heard his name called out but was surprised that no one else had heard anything. Suspecting this to be Rodstvow speaking telepathically, he rushed out of the room, instructing his lieutenant to keep on top of things, and he would be right back.

    As he approached Rodstvow's quarters, he called out to the deadly and maddened paranormal, asking if it was him, but Rodstvow interrupted, asking where were the "Psi-Hawk children. I want them." Szymanski told him that they were gone, but that he had them pinned down in sector six, and Red Sun would be...but Rodstvow interrupted again, telling Szymanski that he need not worry about them and that when he (Rodstvow) returned, "you needn't worry about anything again."

    Hearing Rodstvow's telepathic laughter, Szymanski appreciated that Rodstvow meant that he would kill him.

(Psi-Force#30 - BTS) - Justice and the Medusa Web and Psi-Force members destroyed Rodstvow. Coojeechiscue noted that all those injured could be brought to the Project, and she gave her word that they would all be treated properly.



Comments: Created by Steve Perry, Mark Texeira and Kyle Baker.
    fleshed out by Fabian Nicieza, with Ron Lim, Graham Nolan, Alan Kupperberg, Peter David, Lee Weeks, Romeo Tanghal, Mike Witherby, Chris Ivy and Lee Weeks.

    The Siberian Project's location in the Yamal Peninsula is given in Rodstvow's profile in Psi-Force#23.
    However, in Psi-Force#27, Wayne Tucker apparently calls out to Babel of the Medusa Web, telling him that they were in the "Yalta Peninsula."
    The latter is apparently in error, as
per Wikipedia, at least, Yalta is a city in the Crimean peninsula in the Ukraine, while the Yamal Peninsula is confirmed as being in Siberia.
    I think the error lies with Wayne Tucker being a young American and just confusing the two somewhat similar names.

    I would really love it if the likes of Kurt Busiek, Mark Waid, Fabian Nicieza, or Saladin Ahmed would do a story that stayed true to continuity and followed the New Universe forward in real time over the last 40+ years.

    This profile was completed 8/14/2021, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the New Universe's 40th Anniversary celebration month.

    Thanks to HBK123 for providing scans while I was having scanner issues.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Siberian Project has no known connections to





Nurse Bova & unidentified doctor

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     <September 4, 1988> - After Kathy Ling recovered sufficient consciousness for nurse Bova to show Ling herself in the mirror, Ling flipped out upon  seeing that her head had been shaved.

      As Ling telekinetically cast various objects about the room, nurse Bova futilely told her (in Russian, which Ling could not understand) to relax, as her hair would grow back.

     Telling nurse Bova to stand back, an unidentified doctor rushed in, intending to inject Ling with some sort of sedative; however, Ling swiftly bent the needle into a useless curve.

     The monstrous Shivowtnoeh then rushed in and restrained Ling, whose terror rendered her unable to use her telekinesis and allowed the doctor to sedate her (presumably using a new needle).

--Psi-Force#27

Note: She may or may not have been unable to understand English to some extent, but she apparently only spoke English.

Fetisov

siberian_project-148611-pf27-fetisov-facesiberian_project-148611-pf27-fetisov-fullish     Fetisov apparently served as the translator to Thomas Boyd, among others. He was fluent in Russian and English, at least.

(Psi-Force#27) - Upset after having witnessed the soldiers/security beating on an autistic pyrokinetic paranormal, a frustrated Thomas Boyd broke out of his room and then crossed some wires in the rudimentary security system to break into Fetisov's room. Instructing Fetisov to take him to the communication center/central computer system, Boyd carried him through the hall, draining the energies of a guard they encountered en route.

     As they arrived at the communication center, Boyd instructed Fetisov to instruct the guard to open the door for him or he would drain them both, and Fetisov advised the guard to use his keycard to avoid being drained by the paranormal leech.

     Inside the center, Boyd considered the computer system to be like the one he learned in eighth grade, although he still needed Fetisov to translate. When he instructed Fetisov that he was going to call up whatever he was instructed to do, Fetisov asked why, and Boyd advised him because he (Fetisov) didn't want to die; Fetisov agreed that that was a good reason.

     Boyd then instructed Fetisov to bring up everything on the pyrokinetic youth, and Fetisov first noted how he had been called "Dehman Doosha," meaning "the demon within." When Boyd demanded to know if the boy's autism was genetic or because of the project's abuses, Fetisov searched the database and revealed -- under coersion of being leached a minute at a time -- that the Project's doctors were scheduled to perform a lobotomy on the boy in five hours. Boyd then asked if Fetisov could link them up to the operating room equipment, noting that they were going to "tear down this psycho-ward!"

(Psi-Force#27 - BTS) -Boyd subsequently reported to the Project leaders that he had taken control of the communications center and had terminated the procedure as well as that he would be taking care of "Johnny." To force the Project's compliance, Boyd threatened to erase every file in their system


--Psi-Force#27


Tohev

siberian_project-148611-pf27-tohev-flameretardsiberian_project-148611-pf27-tohev-burn-dragon(Psi-Force#27 - BTS) - Dehman Doosha was scheduled for a lobotomy to eliminate his uncontrolled pyrokinetic abilities.

    During the planned surgery, however, the telekinetic youth overwhelmed the heavy level of anesthesia and set aflame not only the operating room but also shattered the glass to the observation room, threatening the observing Szymanski and Shepalev (+/- Nadehzda and Leonid...it was hard to tell who was there).

(Psi-Force#27) - At least 3-4 firefighters arrived in flame-retardant suits, with the second-in-line instructing Tohev to go for the carbon dioxide cannisters and noted that "we" (himself and the others) could handle the boy..."I hope."

     However, Dehman Doosha apparently incinerated Tohev and then formed a fiery dragon, causing one of the other men to exclaim Tohev's name and another to express concern over the dragon. Their flame retardant devices were useless against the dragon.

     Thomas Boyd then rushed into the room and got the youth's attention, convincing him to stop.

     One of the fireman noted that the fires had stopped and the boy was calming down. He wondered how this was happening.

     Calling the youth "Johnny," Boyd then returned to the communications center and reported to the Project leaders that he had taken control of the communications center and had terminated the procedure as well as that he would be taking care of "Johnny."

     After the Project leaders agreed to Boyd's demands, one of the firefighters noted that they still had to get to Totev's body. Another firefighter wondered what if the boy started...but then he realized that the boy was sitting down peacefully.

--Psi-Force#27

Note: Only three men were seen to be rushing into the operating room/suite in their initial appearance, with one of them giving instructions to Tohev. When a man burst into flames and cried out, three men in flame retardant suits were seen as one cried out to/for Tohev.

     My interpretation is that Tohev was the man out front as they rushed into the room and the one who was incinerated. It makes sense that a fourth firefighter was just not seen when the others rushed into the room in the initial panel.

     Despite the name similarities, Tohev seemed to be one of the firefighters, while Nurse Totev was a completely different character.

Nurse Totev

siberian_project-148611-pf29-totev-uppersiberian_project-148611-pf29-totev-profileNurse Totev, at least, participated in the care of the telepathic Wayne Tucker. She was apparently somewhat proficient in combat or was just brave enough to put on such a front when confronted with a larger young man.

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Psi-Force#29 (fb) - BTS) - Presumably in mental contact with Babel, Wayne Tucker either helped coordinate or simply was aware of the Medusa Webs' impending assault on the Siberian Project.

(Psi-Force#29 - BTS) - When the assault occurred, Wayne directed Thomas Boyd and Johnny Do to his (Tucker's) room. Despite his telepathic abilities, Wayne had remained physically immobile and could not walk under his own power. Boyd took out a Project staff member and used his card to enter Tucker's room.

(Psi-Force#29) - As Boyd and Johnny entered the room, a doctor or someone else in the background told Nurse Totev to stop them. Speaking Russian, Totev confronted the larger Boyd, warning the "boy" not to make her hurt him. Tucker telepathically advised Boyd to watch out for her as she was like a truck with bad breath, and Boyd replied that he could not hit a woman her age..."too much!"

(Psi-Force#29 - BTS) - Boyd -- carrying Tucker -- and Johnny walked the halls of the Project soon after, joined up with Medusa Web members, and escaped with them.

--Psi-Force#29

     I believe it came be safely assumed that the extremely athletic and combat proficient Boyd indeed took down Nurse Totev.

Note: I had a note about Nurse Totev appearing in both Psi-Force#27 and 29. I am aware of Tohev being in #27, but I can't find Nurse Totev in #27, or #28 for that matter.
     Let me know if you find any reference to Nurse Totev in another issue beyond Psi-Force#29.

Lindsey Falmon's female nurse

siberian_project-148611-pf27-falmon_femnurse-uppersiberian_project-148611-pf27-falmon_femnurse-fulltinysiberian_project-148611-pf27-falmon_femnurse-makeout      This nurse was having an affair with someone (apparently male and presumably a doctor) in the Project.

(Psi-Force#27 (fb) - BTS) - The nurse apparently encountered Leonid Vishnevetsky, the paranormal Sillatochca of the Red Sun Paranormal Task Force, who touched the tray on which she carried medications.

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Psi-Force#27 (fb) - BTS) - The nurse made out with her boyfriend in what appeared to be a storeroom.

(Psi-Force#27) - The nurse visited Lindsey Falmon's room, greeting her and telling her it was time for her medication. Although the nurse knew of Lindsey's object empath powers and that she was not to let Falmon touch anything, the previously immobile Lindsey sat up suddenly and grabbed the nurse's tray.

     Via this contact, Lindsey glimpsed the nurse as she made out with her boyfriend in the storeroom, after which Lindsey glimpsed Leonid, feeling his love for his family, whom he missed very much. The intensity of Leonid's feelings overwhelmed the still weak Lindsey, and she passed out again.

     Briefly noting sympathy for the "poor dear," the nurse then pocked her medications and considered that someone would be willing to pay for her pills...

--Psi-Force#27

Note: Well, at least this nurse was a step up from Lindsey's previous nurse.

Lindsey Falmon's male nurse

(Psi-Force#27 (fb) - BTS)  - Either before or after Lindsey had begun to demonstrate EEG activity, but definitely before she had regained consciousness, one of her male nurses repeatedly disrobed her, although he did not do anything beyond that.

     Unbeknownst to this nurse, his activities were observed by Anya Zotov.

(Psi-Force#27) <September 4, 1988> - Zotov reported the nurse's disrobing of Falmon to staff psychologist Gennadi Shepalev, who ordered that nurse to be shipped out immediately.

--Psi-Force#27


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Psi-Force#1, pg. 10, panel 1 (Anastasia using healing powers at Siberian project)
    #17, pg. 1 (Gregirova skeleton);
        pg. 2, panel 2 (Besedin, Shepalev, Vladimiroff & Zotov);
            panel 3-5 (Gregirova interviewing Rodstvow and then combusting);

    #23, pg. 6, panel 1 (Siberian Project, external);
    #27, pg. 2-3, upper panel (project, external);
        pg. 4, panel 2 (Nurse Bova, Kathy Ling & unidentified doctor);
          panel 4 (doctor, needle curled);
        pg. 7, panel 4 (security beating Dehman Doosha);
        pg. 8, panel 3 (group at table);
        pg. 12, panel 6 (Fetisov; mostly full body, dragged along by Boyd);
        pg. 14, panel 5 (Fetisov; face);
        pg. 18, panel 1 (Tohev and others in  flame retardant suits);
          panel 3-4 (Tohev incinerated?; Johnny/Dehman forming fiery dragon against others);
    #28, pg. 2-3, upper panel (Red sun training against Ling);
    #29, pg. 9, panel 1 (group at table);

Justice#29, pg. 2-3 (Soviet helicopters pursuing the Medusa Web copters);
        pg. 8, panel 1 (helicopter exploding);
        pg. 11, panel 6 (Szymanski in monitor room);


Appearances:
Psi-Force#1 (November, 1986) - Steve Perry (writer), Mark Texeira (penciler), Kyle Baker (inker), Bob Budiansky (editor)
Psi-Force#13 (November, 1987) - Fabian Nicieza (writer), Javier Saltares (penciler), Al Williamson (inker), Bob Budiansky & Howard Mackie (editors)
Psi-Force#17 (March, 1988) - Fabian Nicieza (writer), Ron Lim (penciler), Romeo Tanghal (inker), Bob Budiansky & Howard Mackie (editors)
Psi-Force#25 (November, 1988) - Fabian Nicieza (writer), Graham Nolan (penciler), Mike Witherby (inker), David Wohl (assistant editor), Howard Mackie (editor)
Justice#28 (February, 1989) - Peter David (writer), Mike Gustovich (art), David Wohl (assistant editor), Howard Mackie (editor)

Psi-Force#27-28 (January-February, 1989) - Fabian Nicieza (writer), Alan Kupperberg (penciler), Chris Ivy (inker), David Wohl (assistant editor), Howard Mackie (editor)
Justice#29 (March, 1989) - Peter David (writer), Lee Weeks (art), David Wohl (assistant editor), Howard Mackie (editor)


First posted: 09/01/2026
Last updated: 08/14/2024

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