HUMAN COMPUTER

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Human technology user

Occupation: Criminal

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Spider-Man

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: "Mr. Chip" (as called by Spider-Man)

Base of Operations: Mobile

First Appearance: Hostess Cupcake ad "Spider-man vs. The Human Computer" from Man-Thing II#1 (July 1981) and other issues in that month

Powers/Abilities: The Human Computer wore high-tech, electronic armor which gave him an undefined ability to make all computers in the city go "haywire"; the suit also had an electronic brain which could increase the human operator's intelligence. It is unknown what other capabilities the suit may have had. The Human Computer was armed with a gun, specifications unknown.

History: ("Spider-man vs. The Human Computer") - The Human Computer was using electronic sabotage against all of the computers in the city, but when he interfered with the kids' video games, Spider-Man decided he had gone too far! Swinging to the arcade, Spider-Man encountered the Human Computer, whom he tricked by offering some milk and Hostess Cupcakes. The hi-tech hoodlum's logic circuits were distracted by the chocolatey cake and fudgy icing. Spidey pulled off the Human Computer's helmet, revealing him to be just a man, and left him webbed up for the authorities to take into custody.

Comments: Created by an unknown writer and and unknown artist.

The Human Computer's armor has a slight resemblance to the costume of "the Neutralizer"; perhaps it's the same guy with modified armor? Compare the unmasked images here with the ones on that other page; same guy, a little older? - Loki

And maybe the Human Computer decided to retire from a life of crime*, then sold the costume to the Tinkerer, who modified it himself and resold it to the Binary Bug.
--John Kaminski

(* NOTE: Let's face it, when you're reduced to stealing quarters from a video arcade, that's pretty much the end of your "super-villain" career.)

Of all the Hostess villains, only Icemaster has shown up in an Earth-616 title. He could have crossed over to Earth-616 from "Earth-Hostess, " but I say leave them on Earth-616 until proven otherwise. Nonetheless, until they do show up in regular continuity, they remain outside regular canon. Surely someone will write a story teaming them all together--Snood.

This is not true anymore as some Hostess ad villains were mentioned in the Fantastic Four Encyclopedia as natives of Earth-616. And lets not forget about Printout Man in the New Avengers Most Wanted Files.

I wonder if the Human Computer has some connection to Printout Man? They'd make a perfect team -- that is, if they're not the same person.
--John Kaminski

You can get the whole story, and some clever commentary from Seanbaby's The Hostess Page. It might not meet with the Comics Code Authority's approval, so kids, ask your parents before checking that out!

Profile by John Kaminski

Clarifications:

The Human Computer has no known connection to:

images:

Hostess ad, various comics, single page
    panel 3 (full body shot)
    panel 5 (armored head shot)
    panel 6 (unarmored head)

Last updated: 04/27/05

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