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==Synopsis==
===Part 1===
A dark cloud drifts across the [[New York City]] skyline, and from it emerges the [[Binary Bug]], who lands his jetpack on the roof of a luxury apartment building. Using various devices, the Binary Bug infiltrates the high-security premises while avoiding all but one of its theft prevention measures. The burglar uses the computer on board his craft, still positioned on the roof, to crack the combination of the electronic safe of [[Byron J. Benjamin]], millionaire of note, but he is caught red-handed with Benjamin's paperwork by security guards Harry and Frank. The Binary Bug blinds them with a smokescreen and disarms them by shocking their hands with electricity.
Meanwhile, [[Peter Spaulding]] and his friend [[Machine Man]] are in the lobby, early for a meeting with Benjamin. Peter is disturbed by the lack of security guards, and Aaron notices the alarm, using his computer powers to cancel the gravity equation and propel himself up the stairwell. He catches the Binary Bug, but the thief is prepared for him, clamping him with a techno-breaker designed to scramble any machinery. Peter catches up, but is electric shocked by
Peter struggles to his feet and unhooks the device from Machine Man. Byron J. Benjamin walks in on them, and is shocked to hear of the robbery – or ''attempted'' robbery, as Aaron reveals that he prevented the theft of Benjamin's bonds, worth millions. Peter and Aaron explain that the purpose of their meeting was to ask Benjamin to hire Aaron to his company, as part of Aaron's mission to learn to live among humans. Perplexed but grateful, Benjamin accepts.
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*[[Miles Brickman]]
*Brickman's goons
*[[Hiram Goldstein]]
*[[Patrick Gilroy]]
*[[James Anderson]]'s partygoers
*James Anderson's security
*James Anderson
*[[Maggie Jones]]
*[[Pamela Quinn]] (unnamed)
*[[Eddie Harris]]
==Quotes==
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===Edits===
*The first page of part 1 re-letters "somber" to "sombre" and "gray" to "grey" (the latter again on page 5).
*Pages 3-5 of part 2 are printed in black and white.
*On the first page of part 2, "colored" is re-lettered to "coloured". The third and fourth pages again change "gray" to "grey".
===Artwork and technical errors===
*Page 3 of part 1 has a panel in which Machine Man is coloured in the lilac of his undershirt rather than maroon of his regular suit.
*The first page of part 2 changes "colored" to "coloured", but leaves "dehumanizing" with a Z in it.
===Continuity errors===
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===Real-life references===
*Goldstein calls himself "the Picasso of men's wear", and asks if Machine Man plays quarterback for the Steelers.
*Footnotes define "RAM" and "bytes" using quotes credited to [https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Home_Computer_Book.html?id=ne8GAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y The Home Computer Book by Len Buckwalter].
*Peter tells Aaron of the expression "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." It's not a reference to The Shining, as that didn't come out until the year ''after'' this comic was first published!
*Anderson's collection includes a Ming vase and art by Monet, Goya, Manet, and Delacroix.
[[Category:Machine Man comic stories]]
[[Category:The Transformers issue 1]]
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