Quantum Leap #13 (Time and Space)

 Based on the cult favorite sci-fi show on NBC, the concept behind Quantum Leap is that the main character, Dr. Sam Beckett, travels through time by switching places with another person and trying to right parts of their life that went wrong. The past events usually ended tragically. For example, a famous episode has Sam switching places with a soldier in Vietnam in hopes of preventing his older brother from getting killed.

    In this issue, sub-titled 'Time and Space' takes Sam where no man has gone before. No, he doesn't become William Shatner. It's even better as Sam ends up on a UFO as little green man. His mission is to save a couple who've been abducted for experimentation and to prevent their deaths.
 
    I really had nothing wrong to say about this issue. It captured the spirit of the show and it's characters. The art did a fantastic job capturing the likenesses of Dean Stockwell, who plays the holographic observer from the future Al and Scott Bakula who is the main character Sam. I also enjoyed that some of this issue took place during Sam's time in the 1990s with Al and the rest of the Quantum Leap research team struggling to communicate with the alien whom Sam switched lives with.

    The issue I had had some serious printing problems. Some pages had huge ink splots, which thankfully didn't cover any important dialogue.  There were also some areas of smudging and what appeared to be phantom imaging of other pages. It's like the ink plates weren't properly cleaned or something to that effect. It didn't affect the quality of this work as so much as it probably helped doom the future of this title..

    The editor's page and the letters in this issue make claims of a long run of issues to come. Sadly, upon further research I learned that this is the last issue of the series. (There's even an ad for a subscription to this magazine that promised 18 more issues.) Hints of production delays, the aforementioned printing errors, the fact that Innovation was a little-known indy publisher, and that Quantum Leap was a cult classic that had recently been cancelled are all factors that led to this comic's demise. What a shame.

    Though this is the last issue, this will not be my only foray into the antics of Sam Beckett (hopefully.) Quantum Leap: The Comic is now a part of my wish list. With 12 more issues and a special to find, the adventures of Sam and Al will continue for a while (if only I can find it...)

  Worth Consuming

   Rating: 10 out of 10 stars.