Holo-Man Episodes 1 & 2

Holo-Man is Dr. James Robinson, a leading laser physicist whose work on laser-induced thermonuclear fusion has brought a visit from United States President Jimmy Carter. Just before the first experiment is initiated, Robinson explains to the President that a special apparatus has been erected that would allow them to safely witness the fusion process: by simultaneous activation of two smaller lasers, which are not part of the demonstration, a three-dimensional image of the reaction will be projected onto two mirror plates, displaying the process while not endangering the spectators.

However, the night before, two foreign agents have infiltrated the institute in which the demonstration is conducted and wired the power systems to overload, in the hopes the resulting explosion will kill the President. As Robinson activates the reaction, the laser overloads and explodes. Robinson is destroyed by the blast, shielding the President, but his body's molecular structure is holographically recorded on one of the plates. In addition, a rift is torn through time and space, into a strange dimension where Robinson encounters a strange being called Laserman. Laserman explains to Robinson that the accident has turned the scientist into "the world's first living hologram", with the power to create and control holograms, including his now-converted body. He also presents Robinson with a "holodisc" from a "future time dimension" to recharge his "holo-energy" every 12 hours in order to maintain his powers.

Robinson reawakens in the devastated laboratory, where he finds his assistant, Dr. Hugo Petrovich, dying. Before expiring, Petrovich reveals his assistance in the sabotage because he was coerced by countrymen from his homeland of Surria, who hold his family hostage. He also reveals the reason for this assassination attempt on the President: Surria intends to invade the United States by first launching a fake attack with holographic missiles, upon which an immediate land-bound strike will follow immediately to exploit the confusion caused by the holograms; the President's death was intended to add to the resulting chaos.

By using his new-found powers to warp his body to Washington (in a process relating to lightspeed), Robinson/Holo-Man appears before the President and uses his powers to convince him of the seriousness of the situation. Right after delivering his warning, Holo-Man prepares to use the holodisc to recharge, but then a swarm of holographic missiles darkens the sky over Washington: the Surrian invasion has already commenced.