[2] Edward Lansky was a physics professor and vice-chancellor at Empire State University who turned to crime in an attempt to gain money.

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.

[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.

[15] They join forces with Absorbing Man, Blackout, Mister Hyde, Titania, and Whirlwind to form a new incarnation of the Masters of Evil.

With it, he could fly; emit blinding flashes of light; create semi-solid, low-mass constructs, and absorb energy to a limited extent.