M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994)
Anybody who seems to be at M.A.N.T.I.S. now wonders how followers of the ’90s let it disappear. M.A.N.T.I.S. was created by Sam Raimi and Sam Hamm, one of many principal screenwriters on 1989’s Batman. Even higher, it starred Carl Lumbly, who voiced Martian Manhunter in Justice League Limitless and performs Elijah Bradley within the MCU.
Lumbly starred as scientist Miles Hawkins, who was paralyzed by a policeman’s bullet. After studying in regards to the deep anti-Black sentiments within the police division, Hawkins develops an exoskeleton that enables him to not simply transfer, but additionally have unimaginable powers, which he makes use of towards the cops. Regardless of that unbelievable premise, the collection struggled to search out an viewers on Fox and moved to the Sci-Fi Channel for its final two episodes, the place it didn’t get renewed.
Mighty Geese: The Animated Sequence (1996)
Regardless of a hip teal sweater and superstars akin to Teemu Selänne, the hockey crew The Mighty Geese of Anaheim had hassle getting respect from the remainder of the NHL, due to the kiddie motion pictures that gave the crew their title. Mighty Geese: The Animated Sequence in all probability didn’t assist issues both, including one other, weirder layer to the title.
Unsurprisingly, Mighty Geese: The Animated Sequence featured a hockey crew known as the Geese. However this crew consisted of precise geese, who lived on a frozen planet known as Puckworld. Led by Wildwing (the hockey crew’s mascot, voiced within the present by Ian Ziering) the Mighty Geese fought evil overlords through the facility of hockey. The present didn’t final previous 22 episodes, and it at least enforcer Stu Grimson to beat the reminiscence of the present out of the true crew’s opponents.
Nightman (1997 – 1999)
Nightman got here from Malibu Comics, one of many extra bold publishers to observe within the footsteps of Picture Comics. When Malibu launched its personal superhero line with the Ultraverse, it not solely introduced over top-level creators akin to Steve Englehart and Barry Windsor-Smith, but additionally had multimedia plans. Exterior of a direct-to-video transfer starring Firearm, nevertheless, solely Nightman made it off the web page.
Nightman starred Matt McColm as Johnny Domino, jazz saxophonist by evening and superhero by later evening. Created by Glen A. Larson, Nightman earns factors for giving its hero a comics-accurate costume, foolish because it seems to be. By leaning into the cheese, Nightman earned two seasons, however rapidly fell from reminiscence.
