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The '''February 7''', 1984 edition of the ''[[Daily Bugle]]'' reported a "stop press" story on the sudden eruption of {{TF|Mount_St._Hilary|Mount St. Hilary}} in {{TF|Oregon|Oregon}}–an eruption which, unbeknown to the general public, had reawakened the ''{{TF|Ark_(G1)|Ark}}'' and restarted the conflict between the dormant Autobots and Decepticons.<ref>[[Soundwaves]], {{TF|Source:Soundwaves#Issue_29|issue 29}}</ref> Once word of the giant rampaging robots in Oregon spread, ''Bugle'' editor-in-chief [[Robbie Robertson]] dispatched photographer Peter Parker to the scene, leading to his alter ego [[Spider-Man]] becoming involved in the Transformers' conflict. {{tfstorylink|Prisoner_of_War!|Prisoner of War!}}
1984 was a busy year for Machine Man. His civilian identity, Aaron Stack, gained a job at [[Delmar Insurance]] in [[New York City]]. Throughout the year he stopped the [[Binary Bug]]'s crime spree, {{storylink|Byte of the Binary Bug!}} created the [[Ethical]]s, {{storylink|Where Walk the Gods!}} defeated the mad crime lord [[Khan]], {{storylink|Xanadu!}} and cleared himself of a crime he didn't commit,. {{storylink|The Man Who Could Walk Through Walls}} and triedThe latter was due to helpthe ainfluence metamorphosedof scientist.Senator {{storylink|Kill[[Miles MeBrickman]], ora Curerecurring Me}}thorn in InMachine Man'''May'''s andside subsequentwho weekssought afterwards,to hedemonise clashedhim within [[Baronorder Brimstone]]to gain victory in the U.S. presidential election.<ref name=Brickman/> {{storylink|BaronByte Brimstoneof andthe hisBinary SinisterBug!}} Satan{{storylink|The Squad!Man Who Could Walk Through Walls}}
AAfter recurringtrying thornto inhelp Machine Man's side was Senatora [[MilesIon|metamorphosed Brickmanscientist]], who{{storylink|Kill soughtMe toor demoniseCure Me}} Machine Man encountered [[Baron Brimstone]] in order'''May'''. to gainBrimstone victoryperpetrated ina thecrime U.S.spree presidentialover electionsubsequent weeks before finally being apprehended. {{storylink|ByteBaron ofBrimstone theand his Sinister BinarySatan BugSquad!}} Immediately after their final bout, Machine Man discovered his arm had been stolen, leading him into the web of [[Madam Menace]]. {{storylink|TheArms Manand Whothe CouldRobot!}} Walk ThroughBarely Walls}}a week later, he faced her once again, concurrent with an [[Alpha Flight]] investigation that saw Senator Brickman's presidential ambitions were thwarted before he became his party's nominee.<ref name=Brickman>If we tie Miles Brickman to real-world politics, the nearest U.S. presidential election was [[w:1984 United States presidential election|in November 1984]], placing all ''Machine Man'' stories pre-before then. This doesn't quite gel with him still hoping to become the party's nominee in "[[Alone Against Alpha Flight!]]", which takes place shortly before Augustthe Halloween adventure "[[Jolted by Jack O'84Lantern!]]", atbut maybe the absoluterobot universe's nomination race ended a little later than the real world's August 1984 latestdate. See [[Miles Brickman#Notes]] for more information.</ref> The encounter with Menace's henchmen left Machine Man's face heavily damaged. {{storylink|Alone Against Alpha Flight!}} AroundMechanic [[Gears Garvin]] fixed him up a suitable replacement around the time of '''[[Halloween]]''', when Machine Man came into conflict with [[Jack O'Lantern]]. {{storylink|Jolted by Jack O'Lantern!}}
[[Matt]] and [[Humph]] were kidnapped by alien robots {{storylink|The Transformers issue 7/Matt and the Cat|''Matt and the Cat'' issue 7}} {{storylink|The Transformers issue 8/Matt and the Cat|Issue 8}} on a Friday evening {{storylink|The Transformers issue 5/Matt and the Cat|Issue 5}} presumably in 1984. Though the duration of their space adventure is unknown, they were eventually returned to the same night they left by [[Octus Alpha]]'s time disc. {{storylink|The Transformers issue 72/Matt and the Cat|Issue 72}} {{storylink|The Transformers issue 73/Matt and the Cat|Issue 73}}
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