Issue
Synopsis:
Issue
#34:
Morgan
heads to the library, intent on creating a science related resume so
that he may find a new job.
After spending the day at the library doing different types of
research, Morgan heads home to have a romantic dinner with Monica.
After the dinner, Morgan sits down and begins to read the
newspaper.
He reads and relays a story dealing with the Strobe crime spree.
Monica begins to worry that Morgan will leave again for the
night, and asks him to stay in.
Morgan says that he wants to investigate who’s using her old
moniker and wants to go on patrol.
Monica then asks him who’s the dominant person inside of him,
Morgan or Spectre.
Morgan comments that they both know the answer as he summons his
costume around him.
As he leaves, Monica reminds him that she’s in love with
Morgan, not Spectre.
Spectre
begins his patrol by checking out some of the local jewelry stores, in
hopes of finding the Strobe copycat.
As he passes one jewelry store, he notices four guys sneaking
around the back of the building.
He watches them as they break in and decides to use his Psychic
Invisibility to follow them.
He enters the building and witnesses them stealing the valuables,
so he knocks one out with a roundhouse kick, still using his Psychic
Invisibility.
Unfortunately for Spectre, as the three remaining men watch their
friend fall to the ground, they see past his mental illusion and point
their guns at him.
Spectre uses his telekinesis to whip the guns from their hands
and gets ready to pound on the thugs.
Suddenly, Spectre hears a woman’s voice, and turns around to
see a very sexy woman dressed in a green and black costume.
Spectre demands to know who she is, but her only reply is a
comment on how ungentlemanly he is for not introducing himself first
when dealing with a lady.
Spectre introduces himself to her, as he begins to taunt her.
She uses Pheromones on Spectre, but they seem to have no effect
as she introduces herself as Lady Jezebel.
Not giving up, Lady Jezebel continues to use her Pheromones
against Spectre, while Spectre continues to unwittingly resist.
Instead of falling under her spell, Spectre uses his Telekinesis
to cause everything not bolted down to be hurled at her goons.
With all the remaining goons KO’d, Spectre turns his attention
back to Lady Jezebel.
However, due to the strain that his attack caused on him, his
resistance begins to weaken as he falls under Lady Jezebel’s spell.
She begins to lay it on thick, as she curls up in Spectre’s
arms and Spectre leans down and kisses her.
Issue
#35:
Spectre
acts as a watch out as Lady Jezebel continues her crime spree.
Lady Jezebel integrates Spectre into her plans as she leads him
back to their hideout.
Over the course of the next week, Spectre continues to act as a
lookout for his new-found love, even going so far as to Psychic Blast
Lt. Fox one night as she arrives on the scene of their crime.
Spectre is officially labeled an outlaw and a reward is offered
by the NYPD.
The first to answer the call for the manhunt is none other than
Bodycount, his law-enforcing tendencies still strong within him.
Bodycount catches up with Spectre at the scene of their latest
crime, which is yet another jewelry store (all they rob is banks and
jewelers).
As soon as Spectre sees Bodycount, he uses his Psychic Blast on
him, fearing that Bodycount won’t understand that what he’s doing is
for love. Instinctively,
Bodycount whirls around and blasts Spectre with his Doomblaster, which
Spectre easily deflects using a telekinetic force field.
Spectre then tells Bodycount to leave, in which he responds to in
typical cop fashion and threatens Spectre.
Spectre summons all his strength for a powerful telekinetic blast
which takes Bodycount out on the first hit.
As Spectre begins to approach the fallen Bodycount, a flash of
light blinds him momentarily as Starlight appears in front of him.
She confronts him about being gone for a week and turning to
crime, in which he responds that he’s met someone else and they are
deeply in love.
Starlight, hurt and confused, slaps Spectre, but he doesn’t
seem to snap out of it.
She hears the jewelry store’s alarm go off and warns Spectre
that if he doesn’t stop this crime, that she will.
Spectre asks Starlight to leave, and with much hesitation, she
disappears.
Spectre creates a telepathic link to Lady Jezebel to warn her of
the incident he just had, but he quickly realizes that Lady Jezebel is
under attack!
Rushing to the rescue, Spectre sees Starlight in the store
beating everyone up.
The sight of Lady Jezebel under attack infuriates Spectre, and he
attacks Starlight with a martial arts kick.
She anticipates his attack, however, by catching his leg and
punching Spectre down below.
The blow frazzles Spectre, and he senses that something is deeply
wrong, but he is still unable to fight of Lady Jezebel’s control over
him. While
Spectre is struggling with his emotions, Starlight finishes the battle
by taking Lady Jezebel out, freeing Spectre from her control.
Although free of her control, Spectre still feels like his heart
has been ripped in two as he realizes that he might have loved her for
real. Starlight
goes over to finish Lady Jezebel off permanently, but Spectre stops her.
Starlight pulls away from Spectre and moves away from everyone,
visibly upset while Spectre tries to contact Lt. Fox on her cell phone.
He informs Fox that he has Lady Jezebel, and that he was under
her control.
He also suggests that Lt. Fox is certain to bring and all female
force to bring her in.
After a short conversation, Fox tells him that he’s still a
fugitive, but if he can keep his nose clean, that she can eventually
forgive him.
She also warns Spectre no to be there when she gets there, as
she’s still pretty upset over being mentally attacked.
Regaining herself, Starlight volunteers to stay with Lady Jezebel
until the police arrive.
She asks Spectre if he really loved Lady Jezebel, and before he
can answer she tells him that she thinks he can only have relationships
with people behind masks, not real people.
She then continues by proclaiming that she loves Morgan, but
Morgan is only a shell for Spectre and a shell of a man is not enough to
keep her.
Starlight tells Spectre that it’s over between them and that
she never wants to see him again.
As Spectre walks away, silently, he never lets her see the tears
in his eyes...