The first time we see Vera Yelnikov, she is hanging from a rope and pressing a 25 Kilogram barbell. We are in the Cold War 1970s, and Vera is the top intelligence agent in the USSR. She is not a super-hero. The only superheros on her earth are in the comic books that the Americans love so much. Or are they?
There is a costumed vigilante killing people in Hollywood, because he believes that movies are corrupting the population. And Comrade First Secretary Brezhnev has decided that Comrade Yelnikov will be sent to the United States undercover. As Jane Alabama she is to pose as a hero and report any useful information to Moscow.

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