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*[[Machine Man|Aaron Stack/Machine Man]]
*[[Peter Spaulding]]
*[[Gears Garvin]]
'''Delmar Insurance'''
*[[Eddie Harris]]
*[[Maggie Jones]]
*[[Pamela Quinn]]
|h2=Antagonists
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*[[Sunset Bain|Sunset Bain/Madam Menace]]
**[[Madam Menace's henchmen]]
***[[Santelli]]
***[[Rollins]]
*[[Miles Brickman]]
**Goons
*[[Hulk]] (footage)
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*Cabby
|h4=Canadian government
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*[[Department H]] personnel
**Minister
**[[Agent K]]
'''[[Alpha Flight]]'''
*[[Aurora|Jeanne-Marie Beaubier/Aurora]]
*[[Northstar|Jean-Paul Beaubier/Northstar]]
*[[Sasquatch|Dr. Walter Langkowski/Sasquatch]]
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===Edits===
*All but the eighth (final) page of part 1 are printed in black and white. It seems an attempt was made for the third page, but see [[#Artwork and technical errors]].
*The opening paragraph on the first page changes "splendor" to "splendour".
*Nel Yomtov's "colors" credit is corrected to "colours". Jim Shooter's sign-off (see [[#Crazy credits|above]] reads "in issue 15's credits!" rather than the original's "in last issue's credits!"
*On page 2, "armorer" becomes "armourer". An attempt is made to mask an error from the U.S. printing using the wrong "it's" by covering the apostrophe by elongating the top stroke of the 'T'.
*On page 4, Madam Menace's fashion-themed quip about having a "Fall catalog" of designer armaments becomes the comparatively sauceless "full catalogue".
*On page 6, the U.S. English spellings of "meters" and "defense" are changed to the <s>British</s> ''Canadian'' spellings "metres" and "defence".
*Laughable attempts are made to obscure the footnotes on pages 7 and 8, which referred readers to titles and numbers of Marvel U.S. back issues. We say "laughable" because they look like someone scribbled over them with a black pen and didn't quite fill the whole box in.
*On page 8, "maneuvers" becomes "manoeuvres".
*All of part 2 is printed in black and white.
*On the first page, the brand of Sunset Bain's dress is changed (see [[#Real-life references]]).
*Also on the first page, Eddie's rather unfortunate choice of words – saying that bedding on high school girls' badminton matches is "virgin territory" – is changed to "unknown territory".
*In the U.S. printing, Sasquatch's cabby responds to his sudden change of mind with the inexplicable "It's pineapple-time again!" The UK printing re-letters this to "It's nutty season again!"
*Only the seventh (final) page of part 3 is printed in colour.
*On page 6, two instances of "maneuver" again become "manoeuvre".
*A footnote clarifying what Machine Man means about his "first meeting" with the Hulk is removed.
*On the penultimate page, K's thought bubble of "Alpha Flight must abort Mission: Machine Man!" replaces "abort" with "abandon", necessitating re-lettering "mission" as well.
===Artwork and technical errors===
*On page 2, a note from "Didactic Denny" clarifies that Machine Man discovered Menace's riverside hideout "last issue". In the TFUK printing, he actually discovered it at the end of the issue ''before'' that.
*The third page of part 1 is in a sort of half-colour. Comparison with the original U.S. printing reveals that any shade containing yellow is absent from the TFUK reprint, meaning all yellow, green, and orange elements are uncoloured or incorrect.
*On page 6, Brickman says he has taken steps to "insure" Machine Man's obliteration. In that context, the word is "ensure".
*In the same panel, the U.S. spelling "savior" is unchanged.
*On page 7, "neutralizing", "computerized", "hypnotized", and "authorized" are unchanged. On page 8, we have "jeopardize".
*On the first page of part 2, Madam Menace refers to Machine Man as her "antagonistic automation", in a context where "automaton" would fit better. On the same page, the spelling of "honor" is unchanged.
*On page 4 of part 2, the spelling "artifact" is unchanged; the word is traditionally spelled "artefact" in British English. In the same panel, we get "analyze".
*On page 5, because of two unfortunate line breaks, the words "identified and classified" are split into "ident fied and class-fied".
*On page 6, "armored" is unchanged, as are two instances of "realize". Page 7 gives us "civilization".
*"That raging robot is defeating everyone of my marauding mercenaries!" – that's the wrong "every one", Madam Menace.
*On page 3 of part 3, "colorful", "honor", and "defenseless" are all unchanged, in the same speech bubble.
===Continuity errors===
*Madam Menace's henchmen attempt to clear the pier warehouse hideout, calling it "a liability ever since Machine Man discovered its location!" In truth, Menace deliberately led Machine Man to the warehouse as part of a trap.
*Machine Man quips that he weights 8501 pounds – if true, it's hard to imagine how he was dragged back to Peter's apartment in "[[Xanadu!]]".
===Continuity notes===
*"Barely a week" has passed since Machine Man first encountered Madam Menace, in "[[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.}}
*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|''Marvel Super-Heroes'' issue 397}}).
*Machine Man implies having a second encounter with the Hulk, published concurrently 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!]]".
===Real-life references===
*Gears asks if Peter only wants Aaron so he can be a cover feature on ''[[w:Psychology Today|Psychology Today]]''. Gears lies to Aaron that their argument was whether to watch ''[[w:The Love Boat|Love Boat]]'' or ''[[w:Masterpiece (TV series)|Masterpiece Theatre]]''.
*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 Macie|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 [[w:Richard Nixon|Nixon]]'s butler.
[[Category:Machine Man comic stories]]
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