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M.A.N.T.I.S.

Television
NameM.A.N.T.I.S.
FormatScience fiction
Created bySam Raimi
Sam Hamm
StarringCarl Lumbly
Roger Rees
Christopher Gartin
Galyn Görg
Country of originVancouver, B.C., Canada
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes22
Production
Running time44 min.
Production companyWilbur Force Productions
Renaissance Pictures
Broadcast
Original channelFox (1994-1995)
Sci-Fi (1997)
First airedAugust 26, 1994
Last airedSeptember 14, 1997

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'M.A.N.T.I.S.' is a TV series that aired for one season on the FOX Network between August 1994 and March 1995. (Two unaired episodes were broadcast for the first time on the Sci-Fi Channel in September 1997.) The original two-hour TV pilot was produced by Sam Raimi and developed by Sam Hamm. It stars actor Carl Lumbly. The show is unique in that it depicts an African-American superhero.

Lumbly's character, Dr. Miles Hawkins, is a wealthy, mild-mannered doctor who is shot in the spine during a riot while helping a kid. He claimes he was shot by a cop and files a lawsuit but loses the suit. He decides against appealing. Paralyzed from the waist down, he uses his company's resources to invent a powered exoskeleton that not only enables him to walk but gives him superhuman abilities. He utilizes a vast array of technology, including a large underwater lab and a hovercraft called the Crysalid to fly around the city. With his newfound power, he vows to fight crime and assumes the hidden identity of the vigilante "M.A.N.T.I.S." (Mechanically Augmented Neuro Transmitter Interception System).

There were a few differences and inconsistencies between the pilot and the series. For example, in the pilot, Hawkins wore a suit over the exo-skeleton, it lacked a skullcap, and the headpiece was larger. The setting was changed from Oceania City to Port Columbia, and some characters were changed. The pilot featured Gina Torres as pathologist Dr. Amy Ellis, Bobby Hosea as reporter Yuri Barnes, and Wendy Raquel Robinson and Christopher M. Brown as a pair of African students studying under Hawkins. In the series, the supporting cast was changed to John Stonebrake, Taylor Savage and Lt. Maxwell.

The bulk of the series' run depicted the M.A.N.T.I.S. operating in a vigilante role, frequently pursued by police, and battling industrialist Solomon Box (Brion James / Andrew J. Robinson). Poor ratings led to an extensive retooling of the concept. Midway through the show's run, minor characters were jettisoned, and more fantasy adventure elements were incorporated into the premise, including parallel universes, super-villains, and monsters. In the series' final installment, Miles Hawkins (and Lt. Maxwell) meets his death disposing of an invisible prehistoric dinosaur.

The series was released on Amazon's Digital Download service Unbox on April 2, 2008. A DVD release of the series was released on January 27, 2009.

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