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==Synopsis==
===Part 1===
A dark cloud drifts across the [[New York City]] skyline, and from it emerges [[Binary Bug]], who lands his jetpack on the roof of a luxury apartment building. Using various devices, Binary Bug infiltrates the high-security premises while avoiding all but one of its theft prevention measures. The burglar uses the computer on board his craft, still positioned on the roof, to crack the combination of the electronic safe of [[Byron J. Benjamin]], millionaire of note, but he is caught red-handed with Benjamin's paperwork by security guards Harry and Frank. Binary Bug blinds them with a smokescreen and disarms them by shocking their hands with electricity.
Meanwhile, [[Peter Spaulding]] and his friend [[Machine Man]] are in the lobby, early for a meeting with Benjamin. Peter is disturbed by the lack of security guards, and Aaron notices the alarm, using his computer powers to cancel the gravity equation and propel himself up the stairwell. He catches Binary Bug, but the thief is prepared for him, clamping him with a techno-breaker designed to scramble any machinery. Peter catches up, but is electric shocked by Binary Bug, who makes good his escape.
Peter struggles to his feet and unhooks the device from Machine Man. Byron J. Benjamin walks in on them, and is shocked to hear of the robbery – or ''attempted'' robbery, as Aaron reveals that he prevented the theft of Benjamin's bonds, worth millions. Peter and Aaron explain that the purpose of their meeting was to ask Benjamin to hire Aaron to his company, as part of Aaron's mission to learn to live among humans. Perplexed but grateful, Benjamin accepts.
Meanwhile, in [[Washington, D.C.]], Senator [[Miles Brickman]] rips up a poster from the [[Committee to Destroy Machine Man]], which have been exhibited nationwide. He explains to his goons that it was ''his'' campaign of hatred against Machine Man that got him elected into the senate, and these upstarts are jeopardising his political career – and his eventual bid for the presidency. He dispatches the two goons to discover the origins of these posters, promising that they'd better not fail him...
===Part 2===
===Part 3===
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==Featured characters==
*[[Binary Bug]]
*[[Harry Wilkins]]
*[[Frank Cirrado]]
*[[Peter Spaulding]]
*[[Machine Man]]/Aaron Stack
*[[Byron J. Benjamin]]
*[[Miles Brickman]]
*Brickman's goons
==Quotes==
"[You're] the one the papers call Machine Man."<br>
"I prefer Aaron."
:—'''Benjamin''' and '''Machi—''' er, '''Aaron'''.
==Notes==
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===Edits===
*The first page of part 1 re-letters "somber" to "sombre" and "gray" to "grey" (the latter again on page 5).
===Artwork and technical errors===
*Page 3 of part 1 has a panel in which Machine Man is coloured in the lilac of his undershirt rather than maroon of his regular suit.
===Continuity errors===
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