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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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5Schoolteacher 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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7The 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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