Lightmaster

Lightmaster first appeared in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #3 and was created by Jim Shooter and Sal Buscema.^[2]

Edward Lansky was a physics professor and vice-chancellor at Empire State University who turned to crime in an attempt to gain money.^[3] As the Lightmaster, Lansky employed Kraven the Hunter and the Tarantula to help him kidnap several government officials. The three were defeated by Spider-Man, who foiled the plot and electrocuted Lightmaster, inadvertently transforming him into an energy being who required constant exposure to light to survive.^[4]

After accidentally causing a blackout, Lightmaster disappears into another dimension, and subsequently makes several attempts to regain a physical form.^[5][6] He later succeeds by harnessing Quasar's quantum bands and taking over his body.^[7]

Lightmaster was later released into the custody of Genetech, who conducted experiments that made him more powerful, yet unstable. He was defeated by Cloak and Dagger and taken back into custody by the Light Brigade.^[8]

In a fight with Cable, he had been hired by the "One World Church" to distribute the Façade Virus, which the OWC intended to use to turn everyone blue and eliminate racism. Cable subverted his control and instead turned everyone pink for two days, before publicly disabling the virus.^[9]

Lightmaster was present at the Bar With No Name in New York when lawyer Mallory Book confronted the villains there because nobody wanted to hire her.^[10]

He appeared in Brand New Day as one of the villains in the bar.^[11]

During the Secret Invasion storyline, Lightmaster appears as a member of Hood's crime syndicate.^[12] He accompanies Hood and other associates when his crime syndicate attacks Mister Negative; the dispute is that the man is in charge of all of Chinatown's criminal operations and resists handing them over to the Hood.^[13]

In Fear Itself, Lightmaster is among the villains seen as an inmate at an unnamed prison. He participated in a prison riot until he and the villains involved were defeated by Mimic and Rogue.^[14]

Lightmaster later works with the Wrecking Crew to steal an Alchemax device and battles the Superior Spider-Man.^[15] They join forces with Absorbing Man, Blackout, Mister Hyde, Titania, and Whirlwind to form a new incarnation of the Masters of Evil. During this time, it is revealed that Lightmaster is the father of Sun Girl II.^[16]

Lightmaster initially wielded powered armor that utilized "gravity-pump circuitry" to manipulate light. With it, he could fly; emit blinding flashes of light; create semi-solid, low-mass constructs, and absorb energy to a limited extent. As an energy being, he possesses these powers innately. Furthermore, he is a skilled scientist with a Ph.D. in physics.

• Spiderfan.org bio of Lightmaster (does not include his Cable & Deadpool appearance).
• Lightmaster at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe