The Meteor Man is a 1993 American superhero comedy film written, directed, co-produced and starring Robert Townsend with supporting roles by Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume, James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby and Another Bad Creation.

The film also features special appearances by Luther Vandross, Sinbad, Naughty by Nature, Cypress Hill and Big Daddy Kane.

Jeff soon discovered that the meteorite had left him with spectacular superpowers, such as flight, x-ray vision, laser vision, superhuman strength, speed and hearing, invulnerability, healing powers, the ability to absorb a book's content by touch, super breath, telepathy with dogs (which he uses to communicate with his own dog Ellington) and telekinesis.

He shuts down 15 crack houses, stops 11 robberies, brings peace between the police, the Crips and the Bloods, and they begin to work together to rebuild the community that they destroyed, and plants a giant garden in the middle of the ghetto.

As the violence gets out of hand and the Golden Lords continue their attacks, the community members plan to make a deal with them.

Marvin accidentally drops the meteor, and both Jeff and Simon grab the rock from both sides, gaining superpowers, and engage in a brawl.

[citation needed] Marvel Comics produced an adaptation (Meteor Man: The Movie) and a sequel in the form of the six-issue limited series titled Meteor Man written by Bert Hubbard and Dwight Coye, and illustrated by Robert Walker and Jon Holdredge.

In the comic, set in the mainstream Marvel Universe, Meteor Man meets Spider-Man and Night Thrasher.

[7] Stephen Holden of The New York Times opined that "the movie collapses on its own confusing and contradictory impulses.

"[9] Ty Burr gave it a "C" grade in Entertainment Weekly, and said that it was "very much like its writer-director-star: self-effacingly funny, kind of confused, but really, really nice".

[10] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4, writing, "The movie contains big laughs and moments of genuine feeling, but it seems to be put together out of assorted inspirations that were never assembled into one coherent story line....Kids may like the film and anyone can enjoy the moments of inspiration, but 'The Meteor Man' could have been better if it had tried to do less, more carefully.