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===Part 3===
Joseph Rambo – removed from Delmar after being discovered tampering with their computer records and stealing from their clients, he promised to destroy the company, and with a little technology from the [[Tinkerer]], he set himself up as the Binary Bug! Now, he contemplates one last score – a dangerous one, but one that will guarantee Delmar's destruction!
Machine Man begins his investigation in earnest: firstly, he communes with Compucord, getting the low-down on Delmar's clients and personnel; then, he heads to Rambo's Lower West Side loft, learning through interrogating [[Calvin C. Bryer]] that Rambo has moved up in the world; and lastly, in Rambo's new apartment, he analyses all of the crook's notes, finally learning the Binary Bug's next target is Delmar's richest client...
''[[Xanadu]]'' – an airship stronghold and home to the elusive crime lord known only as [[Khan]]. Currently in a "business" meeting with Mr [[Gianelli]], Khan is interrupted cutting the gangster out of the profits by the arrival of the Binary Bug. The Bug disarms Gianelli, and threatens Khan to hand over his ten million dollars worth of insured valuables.
Machine Man arrives on the scene, and the Binary Bug blinds him with a smokescreen long enough to destabilise his balance with a sonic blaster. Knowing that Khan's unconscious guards will soon come to, the Binary Bug makes his escape, but as he flies from the dirigible, he reflects that it felt like Khan had had the upper hand.
Having somehow shaken off the effects of the sonic blaster, Machine Man pursues the Binary Bug, who turns to fire missiles at the android – and, not listening to Machine Man's warnings, the Binary Bug crashes into a power line, filling the air with a blood-curdling scream. Aaron laments on the waste of human life.
On ''Xanadu'', Khan talks with Gianelli on the apparent fate that keeps Machine Man and himself intertwined. A few days ago, he endangered Machine Man by creating an earthquake, and is amused that in turn, Machine Man rescued him from the Binary Bug. He declares that he wants Machine Man to serve his will – and what Khan wants, he always gets!
==Featured characters==
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*[[Miles Brickman]]
**Brickman's goons
*[[Toy]]
*[[Khan]]
**Khan's scantily-clad dancers
**Khan's suits
*[[Gianelli]]
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**Anderson's party guests
**Anderson's security
*[[Calvin C. Bryer]]
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'''Pamela:''' "His name's Aaron Stack. Hired as an investigator Monday... to replace Rambo."<br>
'''Maggie:''' "Mmmm, I wouldn't mind investigating '''him!'''"
'''The Binary Bug:''' "So you're '''safe''' for now, Khan... but only for now. I'll be back."<br>
'''Khan:''' "I trust you will. And trust that Khan shall be waiting for you."
==Notes==
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*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".
*Pages 3 and 4 of part 3 are printed in black and white.
*On the first page of part 3, "meager" is changed to "meagre".
*A footnote on the final page of the original issue notes that Khan's attempt at destroying Machine Man by earthquake occurred in {{Marvel|Machine_Man_Vol_1_10|the previous issue.}} Since the majority of that story wasn't printed in TFUK – excepting the three pages used for "[[Introducing Machine Man]]" – the footnote is removed.
===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.
*Khan is misspelled as "Kahn" five times, at least twice in the same panel as it being spelled correctly!
*Page 4 of part 3 again leaves a Z in "stablizers", which is on top of the word being misspelled in the first place.
===Continuity errors===
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===Continuity notes===
*Under Kirby, Peter's surname was written as Spalding. Wolfman seems to have deliberately altered the spelling to Spaulding.
*Benjamin is interrupted before managing to introduce Aaron to his vice president, [[Brock Jones]]. The two eventually meet in "[[Jolted by Jack O'Lantern!]]".
*Khan is introduced here. He has a more central role in "[[Xanadu!]]"
===Real-life references===
*Goldstein calls himself "the [[w:Pablo Picasso|Picasso]] of men's wear", and asks if Machine Man plays quarterback for the [[w:Pittsburgh Steelers|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 "[[w:All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy|All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy]]." This was a year before ''[[w:The Shining (film)|The Shining]]'' hit cinemas and made the phrase its own. (And, incidentally, a few years before the name "[[w:First Blood|Rambo]]" would become synonymous with action movies.)
*Anderson's collection includes a [[w:Ming presentation porcelain|Ming vase]] and art by [[w:Claude Monet|Monet]], [[w:Francisco Goya|Goya]], [[w:Édouard Manet|Manet]], and [[w:Eugène Delacroix|Delacroix]].
*Calvin Bryer watches the [[w:New York Mets|Mets]], but has never seen ''[[w:Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''.
*In universe, ''Xanadu'' takes its name from the poem ''[[w:Kubla Khan|Kubla Khan]]'' by [[w:Samuel Taylor Coleridge|Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], which describes [[w:Kublai Khan|Kublai Khan]]'s home of [[w:Shangdu|Shangdu]].
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