Speaking of the Appalachian Trail / Adventure Team connection I mentioned earlier, there is also the Steve Rude drawing of Machine Man / X-51 / Aaron Stack that also has the logo for something that I don’t otherwise recognise. (I usually think of him in an all purple jumpsuit and chrome look, or red with white stripes.

I have always liked Machine Man’s design, a sucker for a modular android. (See also ROM: Spaceknight or Cliff Steele) and generally prefer him with his human mask, but the face beneath is something lovely too, like Ultron or Dr Doom’s mask.

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