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After [[X-35]] became the latest of the X series to become plagued with existential questions and go on a violent rampage, project head Dr [[Oliver Broadhurst|Broadhurst]] reluctantly activated the protocol to detonate all of the remaining robots. Becoming aware of the detonation order, Abel removed the bomb from Aaron, who was confused by his father's unusual behaviour. Abel insisted that he had taught Aaron everything he can, and that it was now time to go out and explore the world. He gifted Aaron with a humanised mask to help him blend in, and, as a final request, had Aaron scan a photograph of him to conserve forever in his memory bank. Aaron flew the nest, and was too far away to notice that the failsafe circuit had detonated, taking Abel with it. {{storylink|Introducing Machine Man}}
Outside of his father's care, Aaron faced ostracisation from humanity due to his uniqueness in the face of conformity and the circumstances of his creation. {{storylink|The Man Who Could Walk Through Walls}} {{storylink|Kill Me or Cure Me}} In times of extreme duress, he would state that he had been hunted, hounded, and hated since the very first day of his existence. {{storylink|Baron Brimstone and his Sinister Satan Squad!}} {{storylink|Alone Against Alpha Flight!}} Though something of an exaggeration, anti-robot sentiment nonetheless caused him to distrust a species that made repeated attempts to dismantle him; {{storylink|Where Walk the Gods!}} the peoples' fear of Machine Man was so great that congressman [[Miles Brickman]] was elected to the senate off the back of a campaign based solely around demonising the living robot. Separately, a group called the [[Committee to Destroy Machine Man]] rose up to oppose him. {{storylink|Byte of the Binary Bug!}}
Machine Man once battled the [[Hulk]]. After defeating the green meanie, Machine Man threw the Hulk into space, attempting to remove him from civilisation; in his damaged and dazed state, he did not realise that he had apparently thrown him towards Canada.<ref>Machine Man faced the Hulk in {{Marvel|Incredible_Hulk_Vol_1_235|''The Incredible Hulk'' issue 235}} to {{Marvel|Incredible_Hulk_Vol_1_237|237;}} this story led into {{Marvel|Machine_Man_Vol_1_10|''Machine Man'' issue 10,}} the issue that was adapted into "[[Introducing Machine Man]]" and immediately followed by "[[Byte of the Binary Bug!]]".</ref> {{storylink|Alone Against Alpha Flight!}}
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*Though the September 1984 release of [[The Transformers issue 1|''The Transformers'' issue 1]] saw the first UK printing of comics from ''Machine Man'', the living robot had previously appeared in stories from outside his book on this sceptred isle, including {{Marvel|Hulk_Comic_(UK)_Vol_1_35|''Hulk Comic'' issues 35}} to {{Marvel|Hulk_Comic_(UK)_Vol_1_40|40}} in 1979, and {{Marvel|Thing_is_Big_Ben_Vol_1_1|''The Thing is Big Ben'' issues 1}} to {{Marvel|Thing_is_Big_Ben_Vol_1_4|4}} in March-April 1984.
*"[[Baron Brimstone and his Sinister Satan Squad!]]"
*In "[[Alone Against Alpha Flight!]]", Machine Man quips that he weighs 8501 pounds. For reference, this is about as heavy as a fully-loaded [[w:Oshkosh NGDV|USPS truck]], or just less than the [https://www.ford.com/trucks/super-duty/models/f450-limited/ biggest Ford Super Duty]. In "Jolted by Jack O'Lantern!", he instead claims to weigh a more reasonable 850 pounds, about as much as a small adult moose.
*Machine Man was included as part of a competition in [[The Transformers issue 21|issue 21]] which required readers to pair characters with their opposites.
*Machine Man was one of the many robot and cyborg characters pictured as part of the ''[[Techno-X]]'' pitch.
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