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==Notes==
{{MarvelWiki|Miles_Brickman_(Earth-616)|Miles Brickman}}
*Brickman's actually a pretty big signifier for fitting the [[robot universe]] into a single cohesive timeline. When ''Machine Man'' was first published in the U.S., Brickman's political ambitions synced up with the real-world [[w:1980 United States presidential election|1980 presidential election]] and primaries thereof, with him specifically mentioning [[w:Jimmy Carter|Carter]] and [[w:Ted Kennedy|Kennedy]] as political opponents in "[[The Man Who Could Walk Through Walls]]". The TFUK printing removed the reference to Carter, who had no interest in running again after getting ''bodied'' by [[w:Ronald Reagan|Reagan]], to reflect a more contemporary understanding of American politics. The nearest real-world U.S. election to its UK publishing was
*Incidentally, Brickman's political party is never explicitly specified; Carter and Kennedy could be rivals for the nomination as much as for the presidency, and only "his party" is mentioned in "Alone Against Alpha Flight!". A charitable reading of ''Machine Man'' could interpret Brickman as a Democrat... a very, ''very'' charitable reading.
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