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The evil Gamesman
has a plan to hypnotize all the young people
and wreak havoc upon the city. He transmits an hypnotic signal via arcade
games using his ‘hypno-sound machine.’ Meanwhile Francis Byte, a teenage
video game prodigy, is doing so well on one particular game that it explodes.
This results in him transforming into the new superhero VIDEOMAN. The hypnotized
teenagers gather in Central Park where both the Spider-Friends and the
very inexperienced Videoman attempt to foil the Gamesman's scheme. The villian captures Louise, a girl whom
Francis is fond of. In exchange for her release Videoman agrees to take
control of a satellite that will give the Gamesman power to hypnotize the
world. Fortunately the Spider- Friends defeat the villian before Videoman's
mistake can be taken advantage of. Francis is taken to Professor Xavier’s
school for proper superhero training.
Flash Thompson, Cameos: Ariel, Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler
 Producer
Dennis Marks really pushed the Videoman character throughout this series with this episode
being the character's third appearance. Yet in this episode, The Spider-Friends
react as though this is the first time they have ever seen him. With
the video game craze of the 1980's, Marvel may have thought the character
had more potential as a hero instead of a villain. This episode set
up Videoman's introduction into the X-Men for their own series. (see the notes
in "The
X-Men Adventure" summary ).
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