 In Fabian Niciza 's stories for Red Robin , Lonnie Machin 's abilities as Moneyspider were revamped , with the character taking on the persona of an " electronic ghost . " Comatose , Moneyspider was free to act through his mind via connections to the internet , and interacted with others via text messaging and a speech synthesizer . In this condition , he acts to " create an international web that will [ access ] the ins and outs of criminal and corporate operations . " Within virtual reality , the character 's augmented intelligence was described as a " fused bicameral mind " , able to maintain a presence online at all times , while another part of his mind separately interacted with others offline . 
