In season 1 of Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends, we were introduced to a video game whiz named Francis Byte. Through an accident of fate caused by the Gamesman, Francis ultimately becomes Videoman. In season 3, Videoman returns, and now, he wants to be a hero. By the end of the episode, "The Education of a Superhero", Francis is directed by the Spider-Friends to a certain school in Westchester County..........
Regrettably, unlike Firestar, Videoman didn't make a transition into the printed page. Firestar starred in her own Marvel comics miniseries, which hit stores after Amazing Friends ended production, but Videoman, despite making another appearance or two, is lost to the mists of time.
Rating: C.
2 comments:
The problem is "Videoman" is stuck forever in the early 80s!
Sure I suppose one could upgrade the character to correspond to modern gaming, but he's still pretty forgettable.
Yeah, and he was a pretty weak concept to begin with.
I wouldn't even consider upgrading him to modern gaming, not with most of the games being of the excessively violent variety.....
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