Volume No. 1
Issue No. 5
May 1992
Quantum Leap ™ & © 1992 Universal City Studios, Inc
Published by the INNOVATIVE CORPORATION
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Terry Collins
Rob Davis
Vickie Williams
Scott Rockwell
George Broderick, Jr.
November 14,
1957
Vinton, North Carolina
Sam leaps into Henry Brisco, a boozing newspaper man. The Starbright and Quantum Leap projects are destined to be wiped from existence if Sam can't help a high school girl, who will later become an important figure in the NASA space program.
Summary by mshirley27
November 14, 1957 finds Sam leaping into down on his luck newspaper man Hank Brisco. Hank drinks. Sam is able to help Hank turn out a decent advice column. He's given an assignment to cover a spelling bee. There, he and Al discover the champion is future NASA, Star Bright and Project Quantum Leap contributor Katrina Young!
Ziggy theorizes that something important happens to Katrina in the next twenty-four hours for Sam to leap!
airdave's Quantum Leap #5 - Seeing Is Believing review
Up, Up and Away!
Let's just take a moment with the cover to Quantum Leap #5 - Seeing Is Believing. By series cover artist C. Winston Taylor, Sam is in a store room, with Al looking on. A plane is going down outside the window. Sam believes he should be changing from a newspaper reporter into a superhero. Unfortunately, there's no super suit under Sam's shirt and tie. The image is very comic book. an homage to The Man of Steel, switching identities in a store room and zooming off to the rescue.
It fits perfectly. Terry Collins' script has Sam leaping into newspaper man Hank Brisco. Hank looks a lot like Clark Kent. Unfortunately, like most people Sam leaps into, Hank is his own worst enemy. Hank has a drinking problem holding him back.
Given an advice column assignment, Sam manages to turn things around and is assigned to cover the school spelling bee. There he discovers that the champ will go on to become part of NASA and an important part of the Star Bright and Quantum Leap projects!
One of the staples of Quantum Leap is how the story continues to reveal and unfold with surprise twists and turns. Interviewing the spelling bee champ, Katrina Young, Sam stumbles across an even bigger story for both of them. He's also caught up in the middle of a family crisis. Sam has to walk a very fine line to resolve the problem and leap again!
This is a pretty fun, dramatic story. Four stars for Terry Collins script.