Meteor Man is a comic book

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 spin-off

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 of the 1993 MGM film The Meteor Man

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The Meteor Man is a 1993 superhero film written, directed, and starring Robert Townsend, and featuring an ensemble cast. Townsend stars as a mild-mannered schoolteacher, who becomes a superhero after his neighborhood in Washington, D.C. is terrorized by street gangs.Although the film is set in...

. Marvel Comics

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 produced a 6-issue limited series

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 where Meteor Man met Spider-Man

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 and Night Thrasher

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. The fictional

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 superhero

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 was created by director/actor/writer, Robert Townsend.

The Meteor Man is (formerly cowardly) schoolteacher Jefferson Reed, who witnessed a robbery by two kids who were trying to join the local gang, the Goilden Lords. After hiding in a dumpster to evade the pursuing members, he emerges and is struck by a chunk of green meteor that grants him superpowers. He eventually uses his newfound powers (with the help of the fed-up residents) to clean up the neighborhood and put the Golden Lords out of business.

This comic should not be confused with the Spider-Man

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villain, Looter

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, who later went by the name.