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'''Machine Man:''' "Wake up, fleshy! Tell me how to find your sexy superior!"<br>
'''Henchman:''' "''No!'' I won't!"<br>
'''Machine Man:''' (I'll have to bluff him!) "Don't sakeskate around with me, human! My patience fuse -- is easily blown!"
 
 
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===Continuity notes===
*"Barely a week" has passed since Machine Man first encountered Madam Menace, in "[[Arms and the Robot!]]". "Alone Against Alpha Flight!" takes place over the span of four days.
*During the fight in the warehouse, Machine Man takes out a henchman by hitting him with an entire electro-magnetic generator. This is presumably a component to the electromagnetic stasis field he was held in during "Arms and the Robot!".
*Machine Man's fight with the Hulk occurred before "[[Introducing Machine Man]]", in Marvel U.S.'s {{Marvel|Incredible_Hulk_Vol_1_235|''The Incredible Hulk'' issue 235}} to {{Marvel|Incredible_Hulk_Vol_1_237|237}} (or Marvel UK's {{Marvel|Hulk_Comic_(UK)_Vol_1_35|''Hulk Comic'' issues 35}} to {{Marvel|Hulk_Comic_(UK)_Vol_1_40|40}}). Hulk then encountered Sasquatch {{Marvel|Incredible_Hulk_Annual_Vol_1_8|''The Incredible Hulk Annual'' #8}} (or Marvel UK's {{Marvel|Hulk_Comic_(UK)_Vol_1_52|''Hulk Comic'' issues 52}} to {{Marvel|Hulk_Comic_(UK)_Vol_1_56|56}}).
*Machine Man's weakness to sonic weaponry was previously demonstrated in "[[Byte of the Binary Bug!]]".
*The other half of Alpha Flight is on assignment in Northern Quebec, as seen in {{Marvel|X-Men_Vol_1_139|''The Uncanny X-Men'' issue 139}} and {{Marvel|X-Men_Vol_1_140|140}} (or Marvel UK's {{Marvel|Marvel_Super-Heroes_(UK)_Vol_1_396|''Marvel Super-Heroes'' issue 396}} and {{Marvel|Marvel_Super-Heroes_(UK)_Vol_1_397|issue 397}}).
*Machine Man's fight with the Hulk occurred before "[[Introducing Machine Man]]", in Marvel U.S.'s {{Marvel|Incredible_Hulk_Vol_1_235|''The Incredible Hulk'' issue 235}} to {{Marvel|Incredible_Hulk_Vol_1_237|237}} (or Marvel UK's {{Marvel|Hulk_Comic_(UK)_Vol_1_35|''Hulk Comic'' issues 35}} to {{Marvel|Hulk_Comic_(UK)_Vol_1_40|40}}). Hulk then encountered Sasquatch in {{Marvel|Incredible_Hulk_Annual_Vol_1_8|''The Incredible Hulk Annual'' #8}} (or Marvel UK's {{Marvel|Hulk_Comic_(UK)_Vol_1_52|''Hulk Comic'' issues 52}} to {{Marvel|Hulk_Comic_(UK)_Vol_1_56|56}}).
*The other half of Alpha Flight is on assignment in Northern Quebec, as seen in {{Marvel|X-Men_Vol_1_139|''The Uncanny X-Men'' issue 139}} and {{Marvel|X-Men_Vol_1_140|140}} (or Marvel UK's {{Marvel|Marvel_Super-Heroes_(UK)_Vol_1_396|''Marvel Super-Heroes'' issue 396}} and {{Marvel|Marvel_Super-Heroes_(UK)_Vol_1_397|issue 397}}).
*Machine Man implies having a second encounter with the Hulk, which was being published concurrently (with the U.S. printing, at least) in {{Marvel|Marvel_Team-Up_Annual_Vol_1_3|''Marvel Team-Up Annual'' issue 3.}}
*Machine Man last demonstrated his ability to become a living drill in "[[Xanadu!]]".
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*Brickman hasn't scored well in the primaries, which the TFUK Appendix takes to mean the [[w:1984 Republican Party presidential primaries|1984 Republican Party presidential primaries]].
*Agent K calls Alpha Flight "Canada's answer to the [[Avenger]]s!"
*In the original printing, Sunset Bain is said to wear a "[[w:Bob MacieMackie|Mackie]] original". TFUK edits this to a "[[w:Dior|Dior]] original".
*A former Brickman goon tells him that this latest scandal would leave him unable to even get elected as [[Nixon]]'s butler.