Spinning out of the pages of Captain Midnight - the recently revitalized franchise that began as a 1940′s radio serial - Skyman focuses on the titular character, after an embarrassing defeat at the hands of Captain Midnight, accidentally killing an innocent man while intoxicated. This leads to the Skyman Program needing a new face for their initiative, which they find in US Air Force Captain Eric Reid, a wounded and frustrated veteran seeking a new lease on life.