Spectra #6

This spent a fair amount of time in the Random Stack of Unread Comics, but this is the sixth issue in this educational series that I picked up at the National Conference on Science Education.

Title: Spectra
Issue: 6
Publisher: American Physical Society
Date: 2014
Writer: Rebecca Thompson
Artist: Kerry G. Johnson

This issue begins with a nice bit of continuity, as laser-powered hero Lucinda Hene finds herself attending a new school, with her group of friends scattered as her previous school is repaired following the damage from the previous issue's mayhem (review is here) at the state swim meet.

Lucinda has a busy morning that involves going to the garage with her mom to drop off the family minivan for service. Enter the Quantum Mechanic. She's not really so much a villain. More like a person confused by their own superpowers. However, a quantum mishap results in a minivan that is appearing in random locations by way of quantum teleportation, and it's up to Spectra and her friends to trap the minivan in a "potential well". At this point, Spectra pretty much admits that we've gotten to the point where it is less about the science and more about the science puns.

The storyline here didn't have that much going on, but this was a good issue for character development, as we got to see more of Lucinda's home life and the consequences of the previous issue's events. The Quantum Mechanic was a fun character, and the suggestion that there could be a future team-up in the works had, well, potential.

Rating: 7/10