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===Continuity errors===
*Aaron refers to Dr. [[Abel Stack]] informally and in a detached way, when "[[Introducing Machine Man]]" made it clear he referred to him in familial, paternal terms.
*When Machine Man collapses through the roof of the athletics centre, he gives his weight as 850 pounds. That's only ten percent of the weight he claimed to have in "[[Alone Against Alpha Flight!]]" which was 8501 pounds!
*Aaron concludes that his cerebral cortex is failing; Gears takes a look and discovers that the damage sustained to his head in "Alone Against Alpha Flight!" has been causing his raging blackouts. After Gears fixes him up, Aaron has a new lease on life... despite a) the attribution of his berserker periods to the damage to his head completely ignores the underlying possibility that his X series programming may one day cause him to go mad and b) the fact that he had a whole number of hot-tempered freakouts in "[[Where Walk the Gods!]]", and "[[Arms and the Robot!]]", both of which predate the dings to his bonce!
===Continuity notes===
*Is it ambiguous how much time has passed between the previous story and this one, though we pick up with Aaron's face still disfigured as it was in the closing moments of "Alone Against Alpha Flight!". He returns to work (late) the following day, and a time skip takes us to Halloween, later in the week. Most of the action takes place on the same day, with Aaron undergoing a nine-hour open brain surgical operation towards the story's conclusion.
*Machine Man recounts his origin story, including some illustrations of the events of "[[Introducing Machine Man]]". We explicitly find out that he became aware of Abel's death, something that has been only implied since "[[Where Walk the Gods!]]".
*Aaron was nearly introduced to [[Brock Jones]] back in "[[Byte of the Binary Bug!]]" before being interrupted.
*When Aaron is late contacting Peter, Gears suggests that he might have been grabbed by some hobgoblins, which is pretty funny given Jack O'Lantern's {{Marvel|Jason_Macendale_Jr._(Earth-616)|later criminal career.}}
===Real-life references===
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*The two trick-or-treaters are dressed as [[w:Batman|Batman]] and [[w:Superman|Superman]]; the latter is wearing a mirror-flipped insignia. Neither is named in dialogue, though on unmasking Aaron, Maggie quips that "Beneath one man of steel was another!"
*A foreign dignitary is dressed as [[w:Archie Andrews|Archie Andrews]].
*Maggie calls Pam "[[w:Cinderella|Cinderella]]".
*The "NEXT:" caption at the end of part 3 is "[[w:The Ballroom Blitz|BALLROOM BLITZ!]]".
*Gears says he'll bet his [[w:Harley-Davidson|Harley]] against a [[w:Tonka|Tonka]] truck.
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