#mister machine

Machine Man, circa 1978...

2001: A Space Odyssey (1977)

MACHINE MAN READING ORDER: AARON STACK/X-51 (1977-2003) Prototype war robot X-51 gains his own form of  humanity while pursued by the US Military who want him destroyed. One of the strangest heroes in the Marvel Universe, Machine Man goes on to become a reserve member of the Avengers before being turned into a mutant hunter...

BHOC: MACHINE MAN #3

The distribution of new comic books in the late 1970s wasn’t so wonderful. Only a couple of years earlier, it was possible to find comics in several local locations, and the number of titles available were plentiful. But somewhere along the way, comics began to lose their status, and disappeared from a lot of storefronts. Additionally, even the outlets that would stock new comics, such as my…

THE CAPTURE OF X-51 (1977-1978) While on the run from the US Military, the rogue war robot X-51 faces strange foes such as the Brotherhood of Hades and the invading robotic Autocrons. In the process, he becomes the unlikely hero Machine Man and strives to prove his own humanity...