| Francis Byte | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Real Name | Francis Byte | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alternate Identity | Videoman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Powers and Abilities | Transforms into Living Electronic Data | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Affiliations | X-Men | ||||||||||||||||||
| Allies | Spider-Friends | ||||||||||||||||||
| Family and Friends | Louise (Girlfriend) | ||||||||||||||||||
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- Francis Byte is from the Marvel Productions Universe series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends.
- For villain of the same name, see Videoman.
Francis Byte is a young man who can transform into a version of Videoman.
Biography[]
Francis Byte was just a normal boy who played video games at his local arcade. He particularly like one called Zellman Command.
When the villain known as Gamesman sent out a hypnotic signal, it entranced the people of New York City with the exception of Francis, his girlfriend Louise, Spider-Man and Firestar. Francis was spared because he was distracted by Louise and the game.
Soon afterwards, the various games exploded and he was transformed into a being of electronic data, similar to the supervillain Videoman. For whatever reason, he took on the name of that creature.
He tried to use his powers to help Spider-Man, Firestar, and Iceman but was inexperienced. The Spider-Friends refused his help.
He learned that the Gamesman captured Louise and went to save her. Gamesman then bribed him into manipulating a military weapons calculation system. Videoman agreed but was betrayed.
He then helps the Spider-Friends free Louise and reverse the damage done to the military computer. Afterwards, the X-Men ask him to join and he accepts. Louise also accepts him and his new powers.
Background[]
Francis was voiced by Frank Welker.
His last name is based on a byte, a unit of digital information.
Videoman and Francis Byte were original characters created for the series. Videoman was adapted into the comics but Francis has not.
According to Comics Scene #11 "The Education of a Superhero" was intended to be a backdoor pilot for an X-Men cartoon. The series would have featured Francis Byte, as Videoman, and Carol Danvers as members of the X-Men. In this series Carol Danvers would have gone by the codename "Lady Lightning". However, the X-Men series was never produced[1].
References[]
- ↑ Comics Scene #11 at Comic Vine
External Links[]
- Francis Byte (Earth-8107) at Marvel Database