Rodney Saulsberry. Similarly to the comics, he is J. Jonah Jameson's right-hand man who is always trying to convince him that Spider-Man is not evil as well as the former childhood friend of Lonnie Lincoln. In this continuity, Robbie and Lonnie accidentally threw a basketball through a grocery store window and the former abandoned the latter when the police arrived, leading to Lonnie's arrest. Years later, Robbie got a job at a local newspaper and investigates a chemical plant, where he re-encountered Lonnie, who had become a criminal. Lonnie attempted to have Robbie arrested like he was, but ended up falling into a chemical vat and presumed dead. Deciding to atone for his past, Robbie stayed behind to explain what happened to the police, who let him go. By the time he joined the Daily Bugle, he is horrified to discover his son Randy has joined a gang led by Lonnie, now operating as Tombstone. With Spider-Man's help, Robbie has Tombstone arrested and saves Randy. An alternate reality version of Robbie who shares Jameson's belief that Spider-Man is evil appears in the episode "I Really, Really Hate Clones". Robbie Robertson appears in The Spectacular Spider-Man, voiced by Phil LaMarr. Robbie Robertson appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode "Along Came a Spider", voiced by Troy Baker. Robbie Robertson appears in the 2017 Spider-Man series, voiced by Ernie Hudson. Film Robbie Robertson appears in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy, portrayed by Bill Nunn. Robbie Robertson was included in the original script for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). However, he was cut from the final screenplay. Video games Robbie Robertson appears in the Spider-Man 2 film tie-in game, voiced by Jeff Coopwood. Robbie Robertson appears in the Spider-Man 3 film tie-in game, voiced by Charlie Robinson. Robbie Robertson appears in Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighters "TV Studio" stage if Spider-Man is fighting in it. Robbie Robertson appears in Spider-Man's ending for Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds''. References External links Robertson's Profile at Spiderfan.org Robbie Robertson at Marvel.com Fictional African-American people Black characters in films Comics characters introduced in 1967 Fictional newspaper editors Fictional characters from Manhattan Spider-Man characters Marvel Comics film characters Characters created by Stan Lee Characters created by John Romita Sr. Fictional reporters Black people in comics