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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}} The latter was due to the influence of Senator [[Miles Brickman]], a recurring thorn in Machine Man's side who sought to demonise him in order to gain victory in the U.S. presidential election.<ref name=Brickman/> {{storylink|Byte of the Binary Bug!}} {{storylink|The Man Who Could Walk Through Walls}}
After trying to help a [[Ion|metamorphosed scientist]], {{storylink|Kill Me or Cure Me}} Machine Man encountered [[Baron Brimstone]] in '''May'''. Brimstone perpetrated a crime spree over subsequent weeks before finally being apprehended. {{storylink|Baron Brimstone and his Sinister Satan Squad!}} Immediately after their final bout, Machine Man discovered his arm had been stolen, leading him into the web of [[Madam Menace]]. {{storylink|Arms and the Robot!}} Barely a week later, he faced her once again, concurrent with an [[Alpha Flight]] investigation that saw Senator Brickman's presidential ambitions 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 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 the Halloween adventure "[[Jolted by Jack O'Lantern!]]", but maybe the robot universe's nomination race ended a little later than the real world's August 1984
[[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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