WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Strikeforce #5, by Tini Howard, Germán Peralta, Guru-eFX, Max Fiumara, Marika Cresta, Stacey Lee, Dan Brown and Joe Sabino, on sale now.

The latest issue of the Marvel's Strikeforce explained why Monica Rambeau, currently going by the alias Spectrum, has been experiencing powerful seizures as of late. And now that they're done, Spectrum has gained one of her biggest power ups yet: the ability to control the spirits of the living.

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Monica is one of the most powerful Avengers, and previously held such titles as Captain Marvel and Photon before ultimately settling on her current identity. The recent power up puts her in a whole new league, however, and even heavy hitters like Thor and Hulk have never had the ability to manipulate life and death. This is a bold new direction for the former leader of the Avengers, and one she does not appear to be in complete control of.

The power up results from the machinations of villains Ghost and Moonstone. Despite the former's name, neither villain has previously been associated with much in the way of the supernatural. While Ghost was primarily a computer hacker with a technological suit empowering him with invisibility and intangibility, Moonstone was a psychopathic psychiatrist whose powers came from a Kree power stone. In line with both villains' more scientifically-grounded backgrounds and power sets, Strikeforce does well to couch Monica's recent power up in as scientific of terms as possible.

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Spectrum's power set primarily revolves around manipulation of energy, allowing her to sense, produce and become any variety of energy along the electromagnetic spectrum. After experiencing seizures and surges of powers in the previous issue, in Strikeforce #5 Monica discovers the "energy" produced by a body when it passes from life to death is just another kind she can sense and manipulate. When she does so, the consequences seem dire.

Monica tries to communicate with a spirit her newfound powers allow her to sense. In her haste, she tries to explain the powers as best she can to her teammates. As scientific as all the jargon surrounding the power up is, her teammate Blade is pretty uncomfortable with the whole thing. The vampire hunter famously dislikes the undead and reiterates such a sentiment in the issue. Even if it's just the manipulation of a person's life essence, he appears similarly wary -- and apparently for good reason.

The issue's end sees Monica return life to a morgue full of corpses, ominously sitting up with their death shrouds still over them. Moonstone says forebodingly, "Nothing comes back from the dead unchanged!" and the supernatural occurrence appears to be completely in line with the villain's plan. In addition to whatever Moonstone's endgame might be, the power up also raises the question of just how permanently Monica will retain this ability. The full consequences of Moonstone's scheme and Spectrum's power over life and death could end up being dire for the Marvel Universe as a whole, as nothing ever good comes from such horrifying powers.

Strikeforce #6 releases Feb. 5 from Marvel Comics.

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