Board:   [DoveNet] Entertainment
Subject: Mantis
From:    MRO
Date:    Fri Jun 12, 2026 21:08

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  Re: Mantis
  By: FCpt Dallas Vinson to MRO on Fri Jun 12 2026 08:27 am


 >  MR> wasn't mantis the black dude one  that was in the 2000's?

 > Yes, was shot in the back and paralyzed from the waist down. Built
 > an exoskelaton so he could walk again, but used it has his crime
 > fighting costume and spent the rest of his time in his wheelchair
 > to hide his identity.

well manimal and automan was 80s after the tron movie.
that's when they started those super hero shows.

m.a.n.t.i.s was 1994.
as i recall mantis started out decent but was too 'black'  but they changed a
lot of the show format and didn't do well with that either.


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