Comic Review: Spectrum #1

Spectrum #1
Written, Penciled, and Inked by Peter Simeti
Alterna Comics
Cover Price: $3

Dr. Glass. He's a scientist with a personal investment in the work on a revolutionary body suit that would help the paralyzed walk again. After 182 failures, Glass turns to a synthetic element, Translusium, that he believes that if bonded to the suit will finally make it work. His bold step works, and on try 182, he gets his success. Glass finds that the suit also has an unplanned side effect of being both flexible but incredibly tough, and has neural and nerve enhancement properties. But when the project's sponsors learn of the suit's properties, they immediately see the military functions for it and the profits it can bring. When Glass refuses to hand the suit over, the unnamed sponsors simply send their hired gunmen to retrieve the suit. Glass's two associates are quickly gunned down, and in an ensuing explosion, it is believed that Glass has died. Even Glass thinks so. But he is alive. In what condition he is in, and how he survived, is unknown to him, but he is still alive. And those responsible for tonight's attack will soon learn the true power of Project: Spectrum...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom