Was Electro in the FoxKids Spiderman series?

[Christopher N. Denner]

So I'm watching the Spidey-thon on ABCFamily, and the current 60s episode, "To Catch a Spider," features Electro. I got to thinking, was Electro ever in the FoxKids one? I can't for the life of me remember him in the series.

[grim15]

ive senn every fox kids episode and elctro never appeared in them

[Mad Monkey 7]

Electro did indeed apear in the 1990 versions, it was in the episode with the Red Skull and Captian America.

[Christopher N. Denner]

thanks.

[mbaker]

Now I have A question. Who predated who? Electro, or Shocker?

[Min S. Ku]

Originally posted by mbaker
Now I have A question. Who predated who? Electro, or Shocker?

Electro appeared first, as early as Amazing Spider-man #8 or 9, drawn by Steve Ditko. Shocker appeared in Amazing Spider-man during the Romita years (#40-something I believe).

[Anarky]

why would they create dangerously similar characters like that?

Electro is the original.
Why would they create the Shocker? Why have 2 villains who use elctricity as a weapon?

Spidey writers are guilty of making copycats:
Green Goblin-Hobgoblin-Demogoblin
Venom-Carnage-Scream, etc....
Electro-Shocker

no mas!!!

by the way: who's in the Electro vid game: i hear Sandman, who are the other bosses?

[CadaverousEyes]

They're not similar. Shocker's just a two-bit thug with vibro-shock armbands that generate highly pressurized air. Electro can control all electricity.

Besides Sandman, the Lizard shows up, but I think that's it.

[Mad Monkey 7]

Shocker also appears on the video game.

[slackermonkey]

Electro appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #9 and Shocker was in Amazing Spider-Man #46.

And the villains in the Electro game were Shocker, Sandman, Beetle (but you never fought him), Hammerhead, Lizard, and Electro.

[Borg4of3]

I'm not too sure about how Electro was in the comics, but in the 90s cartoon, they did a great job seperating him from Shocker. Like CE said, Shocker was just a two-bit thug with electric gauntlets. Electro was the result of Red Skull's greatest plan to create his own "Super-Soldier" against Captain America. Electro was pretty much invincible, kinda like Magneto except with electricity.