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activated to overload status, the generator
would flood Doctor Destroyer’s armor
with power and make him
virtually invincible.
The energy waves emitted while the
generator was warming up alerted dozens
of heroes and super groups that a dastardly
plan was afoot, and they made an
immediate assault on the VIPER base. The
base was guarded by battalions of VIPER
agents and dozens of Mechanon’s Killbots;
soon, a pitched battle raged as the heroes
raced against time to penetrate the base
and stop Doctor Destroyer before the
generator reached overload. But the final
defense was a group of hostages, taken
from a hijacked plane, ringing the energizing
chamber of the Dimensional Interface
Generator. Sure that no hero would risk
the life of an innocent, even to stop a
villain from gaining ultimate power, Doctor
Destroyer planned for victory.
Wendy Lee, a second-generation Chinese
American, was one of the hostages. She
had previously heard the mad Doctor gloat
over his plans and sarcastically thank the
hostages for their help. Wendy struggled
to escape throughout her captivity, but as
the Doctor’s plan came to its conclusion,
she was still shackled to the generator.
As the Dimensional Interface Generator
reached overload status, a squad of heroes
blasted through the floor and into the
generator room. Over the whine of the
generator, Doctor Destroyer boomed,
“Disturb this generator and all of the
hostages die a horrible death!” The heroes,
caught in a dilemma, hesitated.
whelming. Quantum’s power is fully But the heroes’ entrance had damaged
determined by the Game Master, while the energy shackles holding Wendy Lee.
giving the player a chance to do extraordi- She struggled free, grabbed a large
nary things! wrench which had been left in the hurry
to complete the generator, and rushed at
Physical description: Wendy is a the vulnerable energy channels that were
5’9” tall, 130-pound Oriental female. She hidden from the befuddled heroes. Willing
has long, straight, black hair and green to sacrifice herself to stop the mad Doctor
eyes. When functioning as Quantum, she Destroyer, Wendy struck. The Dimensional
wears a shiny gold-and-red body suit that Interface Generator burst with its overincludes
gold boots and red mask and load pulse, enveloping both Doctor
gloves. Destroyer and Wendy in blinding power.
Personality: Wendy is quick to anger, Doctor Destroyer received some of the
but also quick to forgive all but herself. energy, and his powers were temporarily
She is an idealist, easily offering a com- supercharged. But Wendy took the brunt
ment, a laugh, or a suggestion on any of the blast — the blast which destroyed
subject. Wendy often accepts blame when the Dimensional Interface Generator,
things go wrong, even when she was not forever tied Wendy to the vagaries of the
at fault. Because of this, she carries a lot of unseen Dimensional Interface, and gave
guilt about her past mistakes. her the powers of Quantum.
Origin: Quantum’s history crosses those Wendy then battled the supercharged
of many villainous forces, including Doc- Doctor Destroyer to a standstill, while the
tor Destroyer (CHAMPIONS Adventure #1, other heroes saved the hostages. Seeing
The Island of Dr. Destroyer), Mechanon reinforcements arriving, and realizing that
(CHAMPIONS game book, page 79), and his supercharging was temporary, Doctor
VIPER (VIPER’s Nest adventure for boxed Destroyer used the last of his power to
CHAMPIONS set). escape, declaring that he would have his
Doctor Destroyer had assembled the revenge on the heroine who had thwarted
resources of VIPER and Mechanon, along him.
with his own mad genius, to create the After the battle, Wendy’s powers
awesome Dimensional Interface Generator decreased tremendously but did not disapat
a secret base in the Rockies. When pear. Some heroes who had witnessed the
92 JULY 1986
battle figured that Wendy’s extra power,
like the Doctor’s, was gone forever. Confused
but enthusiastic, Wendy went to
New York with some of the heroes to sort
out her abilities and her life. There, testing
her new-found powers again and again,
she found the results were often wildly
different. It became obvious that Wendy’s
powers fluctuated among several discrete
power levels, each level many times more
powerful than the one before. The fluctuations
were seemingly random; sometimes
Wendy’s emotional state seemed to have
an effect on her powers, and other times
not.
After careful consideration, Wendy
decided to use her powers as a costumed
hero. She borrowed her fighting name
from a principle of atomic physics, in
which electrons jump from one quantum
energy level to another, each jump producing
photons, or particles of light. Because
of her variable energy levels and lightbased
powers, Wendy called herself
Quantum.
Quantum has had a long history of crimefighting
in and around New York City.
Her career has been a varied one, with
fantastic victories over seemingly impossible
odds to inexplicable losses against
inferior foes. Some high points in Quantum’s
life include the Skullfleet invasion, in
which she held an entire invading armada
of starships in its warp gate while other
heroes successfully destroyed the warp
generator, and the attack of the Supervillain
Army, in which she destroyed
Mechanon XII in a climactic one-on-one
battle.
Quantum has joined super-teams twice,
but has voluntarily left each time, believing
her teammates could never depend on
her fluctuating powers. She is still willing
to work with other heroes on a case-bycase
basis. Quantum is basically gregarious,
but won’t make a long-term
commitment to any group.
Current status: Wendy Lee now keeps
an apartment in Manhattan. She lives with
her roommate, Doris Jones, a computer
programmer and amateur detective, who
still doesn’t know of Wendy’s double identity.
Doris is a confirmed snoop and often
finds herself in the middle of important
cases by accident.
Wendy uses the income from Quantum’s
toy, book, and poster licensing to support
her modest lifestyle. Wendy’s cover for
her income is that she is the beneficiary of
a trust fund from a rich uncle. A helper by
nature, she spends her days doing volunteer
work for the Asgard Foster Childrens’
Center and the Storefront Legal Defense
Group in Hell’s Kitchen. No matter how
much she does for the community, as
either Wendy Lee or as Quantum, she still
doesn’t feel she’s doing enough.
When Wendy isn’t doing volunteer work
or patrolling as Quantum, she spends time
with her boyfriend Sam Lui, a reporter for