{eomies ALL NEW! ALL DIFFERENT! wy, uy om, YeThis is the story of X-5!—a thinking computer in the form of a man. As Aaron Stack, he tries to find a place in & world that's not quite ready for his kind—but will he find it as friend, foe, anean ice oa ae Oe Stan Lee 1M) /A\(CIIINIS MIA 7 OBCT! WOLFMAN STEVE DITKO TOM ORZECHOWSK! JIM SHOOTER. We! WRITER f/EGOITOR ARTIST LETTERER CONSULT, ED, WES BEEN CALLED EVERYTHING FROM 4 PUSH: BUTTON TO A SOULLES S ALACHINE, BUT WHAT HE [5 NOW IS A LIFELESS: UNMOVING ENTITY. - Pr he ae a MACHINE MAN is published by MARVEL COMICS GROUP, tomes E. Galton, President. Stan Lee, Publisher, OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 575 MADIBON AVENUE, NEW YORK, N.¥. 10022. SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT NEW YORK, N.Y. AND AT ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES Published bi-monthly, Copyright 1978 by Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation. All rights reserved, Vol, 1, No 10, August, 1979 issue, Price 40¢ per copy in the U.S, and Canada, Subscription rate $6.00 for 12 ixsuet. Canada, $6.00. Foreign, $7.00. No similarity be- twrate any of the names, charactent, persons, and/or inttitutions in this magazine with those af any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any wich similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. Printed in the U.S.A. This periodical may not be sold except by authorized dealers and is sold subject to the conditions that it chall not be sold or distributed with any part of its cover or markings removed, nor in 9 mutileted condition, MACHINE MAN Jincliding ol) prominent characters featured in the issud), and the distinctive likenestes thereo!, are trademarks of the MARVEL COMICS GROUPSOMEHOW, IN HIS BATTLE WITH THE HULK*®, HIS INTERNAL COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS REPROGRAMMED. +- AND IF THAT HAPPENS, AGRON CAN NEVER BE RE- WHEN I FIRST HIS ROBOT LOGIC CONSTRUCTED aan: WHAT MADE HiM ERENT MET HIM, HE LETS HIM PIERCE eles THE F * . . Hi a wpe s HAT PRECEDED WAS AN CARE THE LAYERS OF yA, L BE lost INTERESTING CONFUSION WE 5 QURSELVES InN. a WONDER — WE iF A OURSEL : ING... KY 4 EACH MUMANS STABBING A ’ HOW 7O BE BETTER PEGRLE ?Al MEMORY (5 RERINDILED IN DOR. BROAOHLIRNST S MIND. HE RECALLS A SECRET UNDERGROUND COMPLEX... AND ANOTHER ROBOT. THIS OVE GONE MAD. Y WAS I My PURPOSE ? Bist, in FROM HARA, A. ELD DERLY OE Foo oa y Oerows Teo A MALL, LY PLANTED EXPLOSIVE NK CUM sabe Be” Vl AGEL STACKS LABORATORY WAS IN THE COTTAGE BEHIND HIS SMALL, TED FARMHOUSE. THERE, AMIDST PASTORAL SPLENDOR AND SILENCE, THE BEDIGATED PROFES. D HIS LLIQNT AND. Ta i U'VE GOT 1O REMOVE nt ee IRCUIT-- BUT 1 | GUARANTEE YOu'LL BEALL R WE'VE TYPED OUT A NEW ALGORITHM, SIR. HE'LL TART? ane. al = 75 CONTINUED AFTER NEAT PAGEEXCELLENT! T WISH “IN TIME,” FATHER 2 WOL'VE BEEN TALIGHT EVERY- "= A MORE I COULD HAVE I DON'T QUITE YoU : THING 1 KNOW ABOUT THE HUMANIZED REDUCED THE SIZE UNDERSTAND. WORLD, BUT ITS TWWE YOU. FACE WILL OF THE EVES, BUT T COULDN'T DEVELOP A MICRO-CHIP BUT TUL NEVER FORGET YOu FATHER. HOW CAN [2 QUIETLY, INE TWO STEPPED OUTSIDE, AND ABEL AS AA FINALLY DISAPPEARED STACK SUPPRESSED A TEAR AS AARON SOARED UP- OVER THE HORWON, THE WARD AND AWAY. A SON LEAVING HOME AS DEDICATED SCHNTIST COUNTIESS SONS HAVE DONE BEFORE. HS HAND... .. AND STARED MUTELY AT THE SMALL DEVICE CRADLED iV WES PALM. HE SMILED EVER SO RRIEFLY...THE PAST 1S NOW LONG GONE, AND IT 1S ANOTHER PEOPLE ARE STILL FRIGHTENED OF \) SCENTIST WHO PRAYS FOR AARON idem. MACHINE MEN-- NOW, WITH DARK / GLASSES, HELL LOOK IT'S OVER... IF | H-HE LOOKS DIFFERENT. HIS MOS GOOD FORTUNE | EYES ARE SMALLER. IS WITH US, AIL PA. tha 5 oi 71 Ada, ee C ‘ AARON WILL | , esa tasei ho. yr Live ASAIN | 1 “1 / duet i \ : ‘ he of} a , 5 a | AARON WILL f FINALLY GET WHAT i ety YES... I REPLACED HE'S ALWAYS WISHED ‘4. ER SCANNERS WITH | | FOR+-AWOMYMITY-/ 4ER SENSOR. HE'LL BE _——— _ A — — —_— ia ai Ee WET SOHENTIST THE &-Si NAMEPLATE ' “el ie \ FiMSECF IF HE NE 1D. ow MON Stes Poniae ae i “J Yi Mf FeeI'M SORRY, PETER TOUR PO CELLS WEREN'T THERE WASN'T TMi F 5 SIOnED rok TOO NS Your na | TRY TO UNDER- THE Pee Nite ‘Stun rf LESSENED, YO HAVE SUFPERE 4 THE WOULD SOK EQUIVALENT OF 4 WERVDUS BREAKDOWN. WHAT | DID WAS REMOVE SOME OF THE EXCESS STRAIN SUCH AS TOUR eer FLAME, AND a pe 1 ALSO REMOVE D SOME E AASCHINERY TO LIGHTEN YOUR OurT- PUT. BUT LOOK HERE-- THIS DIAGRAM SHOULD EXPLAIN WHAT YOu STILL GAN DO. PE, MODEL OVERLOADED WITH EXTRANEOUS TESTING DEVICES. LEGS: TELESCORC EXTENSIONS iV BOTH LeGS CONTINUED AFTER 2ND PAGE FOLLOWINGTHEN, SUDDENLY, MACHINE MAN TURNS TOWARD THE WINDOW, AND... —illl I HAVE THINGS TO THINK OVER, DR. BROADHURST. | AS AARON STACK FLIES UPSTATE, HIS THOUGHTS, BROADHURST TAMPERED WITH MY BASIC PROGRAMMING... AND HE CAN'T REALIZE WHY THAT MAKES ME SO. NERVOUS, SORRY, DOCTDR:-- BUT I WANT TOBE MIONE JUST NOW... HIGH ATOP MOUNT VASCO... If BROADHURST CAM ALTER ME, THEN WHAT CAN F MAKING ME INTO THING OF EVILS ECOME A , > FRANKENSTEIN oo MENACE TO HUMANITY? CONGICERED, WHAT EXACTLY AM IFT OAhone Beer tance ae Ra Conon cTED. ONCE YOUR INTERMAL ae Ramee eee ate or B ANOTHER HUMAN 16 HELE FOUND & FRIENO.. AST RNEW YOU AARON, THERE ARE NO OTHE INSIDE AND ue se THe DEVICE WAS INTERNA. PROGRAMMING-~ Aedes ft gal —— = 7 — CONTINUED AFTER 2ND PAGE FOLLOWINGMEANWHILE. IN THE MEW YORK OFFICE OF THE NEWLY - NTED SENATOR BRICHALAN EL KRAGG-- EITHER YOU'RE A TURNCOAT AND A TRAITOR -- OR IT'S EVEN MORSE -- Mitta 2 FT THEN IT'S TRUE--THAT OERING ROGOT'S DONE SOMETHING TO YOU, ; pO How WOU AN JAWOCENT ALAM © ALL ‘I SEE 1S HE POSES A THREA W YOUR POLITION AMBITIONS. YOU USED rae FEAR OF AARON TO ADVANCE YOU F CONGRESS - MAN TO SENATOR. WHATS NEXT, BRICKALAN-- THE WHITE ¢ LISTEN, YOU KNOW I HAD ONCE TO.S7OP THEM T Lost MANY MEN: \ AND A DAMNED GOOD EYE. IF HE DOESN'T, SENATOR, I'L SE T-THAT * AND WHEN IT COMES TO ISHTING IT OUT IN PUBLIC, T REMEMBER... COUP, COLONEL -- MACHINE MAN'S 7 )6=— DESTRUCTION--AND ™ Jit BE HERALDEDAS p annino Rom THE ROBOT SCOURGE ! A OVER A UNITED STATES SENATOR.AAEANWHILE... BUT I L/VE IN THe word T OF HUMANS... CORRECT AND INCORRECT. FORCE IM NOT A ROBOT... ee 1M ‘oe AVORE ABOUT THEM CERTAINLY NOT AN. 1m ff — SOMETHING Bi THOSE TWO EXTRE NES. H I'VE GOT 70 BE ABLE TO WALK AMONGST MEN... AND 70 DO.THAT I'LL NEEO A --eh? WITH COMPUTER SPEED, MACHINE MAN SWOOPS LOW AS i a zea ce SURELY IT CAN'T Fee SPALLDINGSS \ ¥ T DESTRUCTION WILL 7” BETTER USE My IMPROVE HIS a FLAME THROWER POLITICAL FUTURE , os ee IT OUT OF SHOCK JARRED My CIRCUITS... CAN'T COMPUTE THE NEXT MOVE... THAT POWER FROM MY EQUIPMENT. FEEL WEAK... DVZZYS MY VISION - LENSES Buu. A POWERELUL MECHANICAL HAND | [TELESCOPES OUTWARD, ANO... a kl) er CONTINUEDALL RIGHT... I'VE GOT A HANOHOLD, — NOW... WHAT? HE'S PA cone, Yoo. iLE | CAN =— THEN MAKE Ady Wily’ SAFELY BACK TO THE CLIFF. SOMEHOW I've GOT Hrs... A" TELESCOPING TO GET AAS ADE ‘THAT. ARM SEEMS STROWGEP JET AND FIND OUT THAN IT USED TO... POSSIBLY WHY BRICKMAN SENT BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER ORAIN OWN IT. IT AGAINST ME. THAT GIVES ME ONLY A MOMENT TO REACH HIM-- Hmmm, JUST REALIZED THEN BRICKMAN DOESN'T SOM ING-- HE'S NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO ;- WEARING STANDARD WITH THIS ATTACK! _4 | U.S. GOVERNMENT ARMY aire ISSUE CLOTHING,,.NO = ) POCKETS BEEN OPENED AGAIN! WHAT IN THE WORLD? HE'S ) AARON... 1 KNOW VOUR TEMSILE EXTENDING HIS LEGS -- 74 WHAT YOU'RE THINK: STRENGTY ISN'T ING... DON'T DO IT. NEATLY ENOUGH AND HOPE I CAN | MOVE ENOUGH ROCKS AT LEAST LET IN GOME AIR. BRICKMAN! FOR ONCE IN YOUR CLOSE-MINDED LIFE... GYuT ues I'D RISM THAT, S DON'T DARE TOUCH WUST TO GET IN © ME, KRAGG...OR I'LL GOOD SEE TO IT THAT YOURE | — BUSTED TO PRIVATE! j——— ee aFOR ALMOST AN HOUR, MACHINE MAN WIELDS HIS AMAZING STRENGTH, BUT FIMALLY.... (T'S DONE. ) if 1M A Bit RDIER COLONEL-- WE'RE FREE! — THAN Dg. BROADHURST > SIVES ME CREDIT | HOW ARE | a FoR. NOW WE HAVE THE TIME TO THE REST OF WAY, WEL BE ALL RIGHT, BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT Tou. CONTINUED AFTER 2ND PAGE FOLLOWNO! GET VILL WAIT FOR THAT SLIMY, | A LADDER TO pha 9 TENTACLE BE LOWERED. ACTUALLY, YOU'RE RIGHT,’ BUT IF L WERE OALY THE SENATOR... BECAUSE I MACHINE YOU Savy 1 AM, I CARE ABOLIT LIFE... WOULDN'T WASTE A MOMENT WORRTING ABOUT YOU, HERE, SENATOR, TAKE MY HAND... me S\ AND I'LL TAKE Bou TO Sarery. we AND, A. MOMENT LATER... |) 5 WHAT DO! THINK, YOU KNEW I WOULD NEVER | : : : Ne 3 Ah." COLONEL? I THINK CHANGE MY MIND ABOUT i) eh ee “Hid Uf i ne on Ro FRANRENSTEIN CREATION » AS A Oe at =a a( Om WAS SO YOU FIGURED IF HE CON- A in” ee cs Th a Waite r WAS A S7UV7 YOU AND ee Ey SAVED ME... . WELL, io yo LM, Was Se THAT WALKING TINMER- WHO KNOWS. RIGHT? WY DREAMED UP. AND THAT, COLONEL, is HOW MY REPORT IS GOING 10 READ! (fe ba ad bat ts co C i] cif I i STILL ALIVE, SENATOR... THANKS TO MACHINE AAAN THIS... THIS THING KS TOO eee ee TO BE ALLOWED TO WALK FR AT ANY MOMENT, 7 AND, COLONEL, I. HE COULD TURN FOR ONE, WON'T AGAINST MAN - ALLOW Lays T | SO HELP ME -- ; LL SEE HIM. OL ALL-NEW TREATS AWAIT YOU AS MACHINE MAN GEIS A VOB MEETS A BRAND-NEW CAST, AND HIS MOST FEARSOME NEW FOE-- the [B i tes tse Bu oe 30