Volume No. 1
Issue No. 8
December 1992
Quantum Leap ™ & © 1992 Universal City Studios, Inc
Published by the INNOVATIVE CORPORATION
Bill Spangler
Mike Deodatto, Sr.
Vickie Williams
Andy Price
George Broderick, Jr.
Excerpt from this issue
Next issue leap-in page
Project
Quantum Leap, 1999
Western Pennsylvania, 1958
This issue
takes place at Project Quantum Leap, and in 1958 where Sam has taken the
place of a bank robber whose partner will shoot a woman out of
jealousy. Back at the project, the Leapee tries to escape and Al must
convince him to help Sam stop the tragedy going on in the past.
Summary by mshirley27
It is a rare opportunity. Through Vic Starkey comes an opportunity to see 1999 and Project: Quantum Leap! Meantime, Sam is at Vic's parents' farm after robbing a bank with his partner Luke Willis. Things get complicated, when Luke shoots a policeman chasing them; and later when Vic's old girlfriend shows up at the farm unannounced!
airdave's Quantum Leap #8 - Getaway review
Escape Tomorrow
Quantum Leap was a smart time travel series. It focused more on being an anthology, set in the recent past and present. Brilliance came in not focusing too much or giving away too much detail on the future, where Same leaped from - prematurely testing the Quantum Leap Accelerator. Less was more there.
Bill Spangler's Quantum Leap 8 script, "Getaway", finds Vic Starkey in the Nevada Desert, where Project: Quantum Leap is located. He's cuffed down in a chair in a high-tech room in a high-tech above-ground facility. Mike Deodato Sr.'s art has Vic looking very similar to Arnold Schwarzenegger.
It's a delight that the story is split between a view of the future, followed by the resolution in the past.
Sam, as 1958 Vic, is holed up at Vic's parents' Western Pennsylvania farm. He and his partner in crime, Luke Willis, robbed a bank. Things got complicated when Luke shot a policeman chasing them. Then Vic's ex-girlfriend showed up unannounced.
The focus in Spangler's script is not so much the leap or the resolution; it's how Vic reacts to a new path his life is being set on. He wants to remember what caused the change.
That right there, is the best part of the story. Vic's awakening and realization.
There is an error in the beginning as a caption reads, "The Nevada Desert, 1999..." This of course should have been "The New Mexico Desert."
This story was written prior to the televised episode, Killin' Time. However, it was published afterwards, causing an inconsistency.