10 Superheroes The World Needs Right Now
9. The Pumaman
Black-garbed villain Kobras (Donald Pleasance) has acquired the Pumamask, which will allow him to take over the world (somehow), so it’s up to Aztec god Vadinho (Miguel Angel Fuentes) to find the latest incarnation of Pumaman, aka the Italian Superman.
This he does in the most disarming way possible – he throws people out of windows to see if they float. Thankfully, it’s not long before he meets Professor Tony Farms (Walter George Alton), who proves to be a dab hand at standing in front of rear-projected footage. He also gets the cheapest superhero costume ever: a red and black tunic, which means he has to provide his own trousers and shoes.
When Pumaman confronts his nemesis, however, he proves no match for Kobras’s mind-control techniques, so Vadinho takes him aside for further training, during which he dispenses such sound wisdom as, “Each man is a god, and each man is free.” Now given the strength to crush his enemies, Pumaman triumphs over evil and flies away with his girlfriend, who asks him, “Have you ever made love in the air?”