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====1984====
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>{{TF|Source:Soundwaves#Issue_29|Soundwaves, 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!}}
A recurring thorn in Machine Man's side was Senator [[Miles Brickman]], who sought to demonise Machine Man in order to gain victory in the U.S. presidential election. {{storylink|Byte of the Binary Bug!}} {{storylink|The Man Who Could Walk Through Walls}} Brickman's presidential ambitions were thwarted before he became his party's nominee.<ref>If we tie Miles Brickman to real-world politics, the nearest U.S. presidential election was [[w:1984 United States presidential election|in 1984]], placing all ''Machine Man'' stories pre-"[[Alone Against Alpha Flight!]]" before August '84 at the absolute latest. See [[Miles Brickman#Notes]] for more information.</ref> {{storylink|Alone Against Alpha Flight!}} Around '''[[Halloween]]''', 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}}
====1985====
On Saturday '''September 12''', 1985, the ''Bugle''{{'}}s headline news story was "GIANT ROBOTS ON RAMPAGE! Invasion from Space". By this point, the press was speculating that the Transformers were an alien invasion, or controlled by a foreign power. {{tfstorylink|The_Icarus_Theory|The Icarus Theory}} (By early 1986, {{TF|Intelligence_and_Information_Institute|Triple-I's}} {{TF|Walter_Barnett_(G1)|Walter Barnett}} would run the cover story that the Transformers were all controlled by Robot-Master, a supervillain played by [[Marvel Comics#In fiction|Marvel Comics]]' {{TF|Donny_Finkleberg|Donny Finkleberg.}} {{tfstorylink|I,_Robot-Master!|I, Robot-Master!}})
====1986====
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