Spider-Man saves Seattle, with help of Electron Boy!

[Drakon]

Thursday was shaping up to be just another school day for 13-year-old Erik Martin, but then something extraordinary happened: Spider-Man called.

 

[E-Man]

That's a damn good way to make a kid's wish. They went all out there for a good cause.

 

[Prison Mike]

Spider-Man: Everybody gets one!

 

[CashforStash]

This reminds me of that episode of family guy where a cancer patient kid wishes for a cure for cancer and all he gets is a 50 dollar gift card to sears by a guy in a spider man costume

 

[The Squirrel]

That's great.

 

[OctaviusINC]

That whole ordeal sounds pretty amazing.

If I were him I'd want some hot damsels thrown in there for good measure. I mean, saving a locker room of male athletes and male electric workers is *ahem* cool and all, but couldn't they get him a supermodel for good measure?

 

[Hotwire]

That is very, very cool!!! This is great organization. I'm a member of another board where we all make custom toys. We are currently putting on our second charity auction on ebay. Please check the links and bid to help out the wonderful folks over at The Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Decepticons Set 1

Decepticons Set 2

Decepticons Set 3
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290429067493&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

 

[Scourge2099]

He should've asked for a chick dressed up in a Ms Marvel costume to.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Moonshine Maid

 

[Motown Marvel]

god, dan didio just keeps cramming that silver age down our throats! geez!

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

Eat that Shadow Hare.

 

[Rumpy Bulge Dubz]

interesting

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Yeah so, that made my day.

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

That was AWESOME! He said it was the best day of his life. Good for him.

 

[Abraham]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011740342_electronboy30m.html

Thursday was shaping up to be just another school day for 13-year-old Erik Martin, but then something extraordinary happened: Spider-Man called.

Spider-Man happens to be one of the few people who knows that Erik, too, has a secret identity — he's Electron Boy, a superhero who fights the powers of evil with light.

And Spider-Man needed Erik's help.

Erik, who is living with liver cancer, has always wanted to be a superhero. On Thursday, the regional chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation granted him that wish with an elaborate event that involved hundreds of volunteers in Bellevue and Seattle.

The local chapter, which serves four states, grants more than 300 wishes every year to children with life-threatening medical conditions, but only a few of them involve so many participants.

Pulling off a wish like this one required a big story, and a lot of heart. And so, with a note of panic in his voice, Spider-Man explained the dilemma: "Dr. Dark" and "Blackout Boy" had imprisoned the Seattle Sounders in a locker room at Qwest Field. Only Electron Boy could free them.

Erik got into his red-and-blue superhero costume, and called on the powers of Moonshine Maid, who owns a DeLorean sports car. For good measure, more than 20 motorcycle officers from the Bellevue Police Department and King County and Snohomish sheriff's offices escorted Electron Boy to Seattle.

"They shut down 405 — they shut down I-90," marveled Moonshine Maid, aka Misty Peterson. "I thought it would just be me, in the car."

At Qwest Field, Electron Boy was directed by frantic fans to the Sounders locker room, where the entire team was shouting for help behind jammed doors. With a little help from Lightning Lad, the alter ego of local actor Rob Burgess, Erik opened the door with his lightning rod. The Sounders cheered.

"Thank you, Electron Boy," said defender Taylor Graham.

"You saved us!" exclaimed forward Nate Jaqua.

"Good job, big man," said defender Tyrone Marshall. And forward Steve Zakuani mutely bowed his thanks.

Like any good superhero, Electron Boy kept his innermost thoughts to himself. But he did have one important thing to say:

"This is the best day of my life."

 

[The Geek Vault]

The Make-A-Wish foundation gave a Seattle boy a chance to live out his wish to be a superhero!

http://io9.com/5529877/childs-final-superheroic-wish-is-†hê-greatest-thing-youll-read-today

 

[Ipodman]

How cute his costume!

 

[Harls]

Aww, that's just great