History ComicBook / QuantumAndWoody

* TimeSkip: Played metaphysically due to RealLife circumstances. The comic was delayed for eleven months after issue #17, so the next issue (#34!) starts off with some unexplained major changes to the characters -- Woody has become a villain and married Amy Fishbein, Quantum has a black girl called Woody as his partner, and Vincent Van Goat could fly. The issue after that resumed numbering at #18, building towards the events seen in #34. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Sadly,]] [[CutShort they didn't quite make it.]]

* WhamEpisode: Issue #32 of the original series, which was actually the eighteenth issue published and the first issue published after the book had been brought back after being uncancelled. The issue, described as being part 3 of 4 of a story arc called "Eclipse", was meant to be an early look at an upcoming story that the revived series would lead up to, and featured some shocking changes to the characters: [[spoiler:Quantum and Woody have split up, with Woody becoming a supervillain named Dr. Eclipse (an identity used by an EvilCounterpart to Solar in the original Valiant universe), and Eric, now sporting an eye patch, has partnered up with his previously unknown teenage daughter, who has assumed "Woody" as an alias]]. However, because Acclaim shut down the whole comic book line, the comic never got that far. Also, these developments were not reflected in the later ''Q2'' miniseries.

* SaltAndPepper: Inverted; Eric (who's black) is the straight-laced, middle-class serious hero, while Woody is the irreverent street-smart punk.

* TriangRelations: Eric, Amy, and Woody are a classic Type 4.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Technically, Woody is this; after the death of his father, he's inherited a fortune and a sizable stake in the company. Subverted in that a messy divorce settlement and several inheritor clauses means he has no ''direct'' access to his fortune, but must instead get regular payouts from the estate's executor -- Eric.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Done when Woody first reads the "Dark Kitty" comic book, an {{Expy}} of Creator/MarvelComics' ComicBook/BlackPanther (also written by Christopher Priest at the time). Woody badmouths the book with criticisms that are entirely applicable to ''ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody''...

* TheyFightCrime

* ILoveNuclearPower: Eric and Woody got their powers after they were accidentally bombarded with quantum energy.

* AngryBlackMan: {{Deconstructed}} with Eric, a child of uninterrupted privilege, who becomes instantly convinced he's in sync with the struggle of the inner-city ghetto after watching ''Series/{{Roots|1977}}''. Truth is, he's not even in sync with the ''suburbs''.

* TheCommissionerGordon: Joe Tomorrow, a police detective Eric and Woody sometimes come to for help, is also a DeconstructedCharacterArchetype, because repeatedly coming into contact with two vigilantes of limited competence like them hurts Tomorrow's credibility and damages his career, getting him demoted first to a uniformed desk officer and then to traffic duty.

* CostumeTestMontage: Appears when Eric and Woody are trying on costumes for their new crime-fighting identities. One of the costume pairs they try are ComicBook/{{Luke Cage|HeroForHire}} and [[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]], a ShoutOut to Priest and Bright's work on ''Heroes For Hire'' and the inspiration for ''Quantum And Woody''.

* FreakyFridayFlip

The comic chronicles the super-heroic adventures of Eric Henderson and his longtime friend Woodrow "Woody" Van Chelton. Though their childhood friendship was abruptly terminated fifteen years ago, the two were bitterly reunited when their fathers were killed in a suspicious helicopter crash. Named as the primary suspects, the duo attempted to clear their names, but instead fell victim to an industrial accident. They survived the accident with the ability to fire energy blasts, but with a caveat: every 24 hours, they must slam together a pair of metal wristbands to prevent themselves from discorporating into pure energy.

''Quantum and Woody'' is a comic book series created by Creator/{{Christopher Priest|Comics}} and Mark D. Bright. it was originally published by Acclaim Comics, and later folded into the Creator/ValiantComics label after Acclaim's buyout of the Valiant catalog.

The comic chronicles the super-heroic adventures of Eric Henderson and his longtime friend Woodrow "Woody" Van Chelton. Though their childhood friendship was abruptly terminated fifteen years ago, the two were bitterly reunited when their fathers were killed in a suspicious helicopter crash. Named as the primary suspects, the duo attempted to clear their names, but instead fell victim to an industrial accident. They survived the accident with the ability to fire energy blasts, but with a caveat: every 24 hours, they must slam together a pair of metal wristbands to prevent discorporating into pure energy.

* AngryBlackMan: {{Deconstructed}} with Eric, a child of uninterrupted privilege, who becomes instantly convinced he's in sync with the struggle of the inner-city ghetto after watching ''{{Roots}}''. Truth is, he's not even in sync with the ''suburbs''.

* NWordPrivileges[=/=]TWordEuphemism: The story "Noogie" begins with the characters introducing the issue by saying that they've been forbidden to use the "N-Word", and will use the word "Noogie" instead. The idea is later subverted when a poor black character repeatedly calls Quantum "noogie". Quantum demands to know how the man knows he's black, only to be told "You're '''black?''' S-Word!"

''Quantum and Woody'' is a comic book series created by Creator/{{Christopher Priest|Comics}} and Mark D. Bright. it was originally published by Acclaim Comics, and later folded into the ValiantComics label after Acclaim's buyout of the Valiant catalog.