Machine Man #1 [Direct]
(October 1984)

Marvel, 1984 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.75 USD; 0.50 GBP; 1.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-06-05
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Larry Hama (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #49, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-06-26.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Machine Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith
Colors
Barry Windsor-Smith ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Machine Man
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He Lives Again (Table of Contents: 1)

Machine Man / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (breakdowns); Barry Windsor-Smith (finishes)
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith
Colors
Barry Windsor-Smith
Letters
Michael Higgins
First Line of Dialogue or Text
September 23, 2020...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Machine Man; Sunset Bain; Jocasta; Brain; Slick; Hassle; Swift; Abel Stack (in flashback); Peter Spaulding (in flashback); Gears Garvin (in flashback); Miles Brickman (in flashback); C-28
Synopsis
Machine Man is reactivated in the year 2020 by a group of young rebels. While he was deactivated, weapons dealer Sunset Bains used his technology to become the world leader in robotics. Robots are now a natural part of modern life. Sunset Bains sends killer robots after Machine Man, who is forced to flee together with his new friends.
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Keywords
robots
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Machine Man
  2. 1. He Lives Again
    Machine Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • David Haglund
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Roy Lyons
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
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