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2 | [[caption-width-right:300:Lady Spectra & Sparky to the rescue!]] |
3 | [[http://ladyspectra.thecomicseries.com/ Lady Spectra & Sparky]] is a superhero comic created by J. Kevin Carrier. It began as a series of self-published minicomics in 1991, and began appearing as a webcomic in 2008. |
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5 | Schoolteacher Paula Carson and her daughter Jill are secretly Lady Spectra & Sparky, the costumed crimefighters of Apollo City. With their laser wristbands and other gadgets, they battle such supervillains as Repo-Beast, Black Sundae, and Skullduggery in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]]-style adventures. |
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7 | The comic stopped updating in June 2019 with no explanation. |
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10 | !!Lady Spectra & Sparky contains examples of: |
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12 | * ActionMom: Lady Spectra |
13 | * AppliedPhlebotinum: White Hole energy, which can be used as anything from a laser to a force beam to an invisibility field. |
14 | * CanonWelding: Sparky shared an adventure with Webcomic/{{Glorianna}}, when the latter was briefly transported to the 21st century. |
15 | * TheCape: Lady Spectra |
16 | * ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Spectra & Sparky's powers come from their wristbands and other gear. |
17 | * ComesGreatResponsibility: Lady Spectra was inspired by the exploits of other superheroes to become a crimefighter. |
18 | * TheCommissionerGordon: Lt. Bernie Kominsky, head of the Apollo City police department's "Super Villain Unit". |
19 | * EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion: In the very first story, Sparky fends off an angry alien UFO pilot by [[spoiler:offering him a bouquet of flowers]]. |
20 | * FindTheCure: Spectra seeks a cure for poisoned ice cream in "I Scream, You Scream". |
21 | * FishOutOfTemporalWater: Spectra is transported to a primitive world in "The Killer's Replacement" -- more specifically, the world of Glorianna, JK Carrier's other major comic character. As Spectra came from modern times, she tends to uphold ThouShaltNotKill by utilizing non-lethal weaponry made from mundane objects available in Glorianna's time. [[spoiler: In a more direct example, the storyline ended with the farmers' selecting their blacksmith as their new ruler while ignoring Spectra's suggestion of democratic government]]. |
22 | * GuestStrip: Other writers and artists have frequently pitched in. |
23 | * HellInvadesHeaven: In the "Ultra Squad: Demon War" storyline. |
24 | * HerosFirstRescue: Before becoming Lady Spectra, Paula Carson gets her first taste of action when she defends her laboratory against an intruder. |
25 | * HomeBase: A converted lighthouse. |
26 | * InvisibilityCloak |
27 | * KidSidekick: Sparky |
28 | * MamaBear: Lady Spectra, particularly in "I Scream, You Scream" when [[spoiler:Sparky is poisoned]]. |
29 | * MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The "Ultra Squad: Demon War" storyline featured guest-stars from several 1990s mini-comics, including Mister Mid-Nite, Doc Saphire, Cassiopeia the Witch, and Madame Boogala. |
30 | * PerilousPowerSource: The White Hole energy that powers Spectra & Sparky's equipment is potentially deadly at higher intensities. |
31 | * ReedRichardsIsUseless: Justified by Lady Spectra's promise to her husband not to let the military get hold of their technology. |
32 | * SecretIdentity: Schoolteacher Paula Carson. |
33 | * SuperheroesWearCapes |
34 | * SuperheroesWearTights |
35 | * TeacherStudentRomance: Paula and Prof. Carson. |
36 | * {{Thememobile}}: The Prismobile, a car shaped like a giant flashlight. |
37 | * ThoseWackyNazis: Sky Death, the White Knights and various other villains. |
38 | * TrainingThePeacefulVillagers: Spectra leads a peasant revolt against a cruel landowner in "The Killer's Replacement". |
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