The Origin of Machine Man ☆ History of the Marvel Universe

[@dexdavison1387]

Machine Man would be an interesting character to add to the MCU. Thanks for this fascinating history of one of the most intriguing lesser known characters from the Marvel Comics Universe.

[@robforasm]

Aways felt John Barrowman could play him...

[@Dimensioneer88]

I imagine the 2001 connections will be omitted mainly because of that movie's weird legal issues and the story connections are just convoluted in general.

[@megaultradamn]

Instead, we get intricate characters like Darr-Ben and the Mads Mikkleson sorcerer that nobody remembers!

[@JPTyler]

YES! YES! YES! THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS! I absolutely love this character and the numerous storylines that accompanied it throughout the marvel universe.

[@TheTiger2311]

That was my favorite comic back in the day.

[@NintendoPrincess1012]

I had never heard of this character till Marvel zombies so I’m so glad you included that in this video! It’s always amazing how marvel can write around their older works into a larger origin

[@ervinhoward9806]

I would like to see Machine Man appearing in the MCU or perhaps in Dr. Strange 2.

[@larryfoulkeofficial8609]

Same

[@vincentfranklin17]

I've always liked Machine Man, but didn't know much about him. Great video! I learned a lot!

[@gokugoma3258]

To make a long story short.. machine man has been through hell and back! He is always been one of my favorite marvel characters

[@mattwilson8298]

Wow, I knew Machine Man had been around for a while but I didn't realize how much he had done. Thanks for enlightening me!

[@keithdrummond1003]

It's so neat to see how the character evolved in appearance over the years.

[@MattMcIrvin]

The Kirby "2001: A Space Odyssey" has to be one of the weirdest things ever done in mainstream comics. Those monoliths... In the books, Arthur C. Clarke describes them as having proportions 1:4:9 (the first three perfect squares, a sequence that, he adds, continues into higher dimensions). Kubrick didn't actually stick with those proportions because he wanted his monoliths to look sleeker and thinner, almost like a Super Panavision movie screen. But Kirby goes the other way and draws his as these squat, massive-looking things, maybe 1:4:6, more book-shaped. Because *of course* that's what Jack Kirby would do. Everything in his world had to be really robust.

[@jimmybiscuit]

It'd be cool to see this guy in the MCU, his saw arm would be so sick, I love seeing lesser known characters get more recognition like Shuma Gorath even tho his name was changed sadly, and I wanna see Orb and Rocket Racer

[@rafaelcotero3528]

Machine man sounds like an interesting character, he would be a great addition to any marvel heroes and stories

[@pauljohnson3442]

This was a great summary of the history of Machine Man. A lot of this I was already aware of,(Old guy here), but there were sections that were surprisingly new to me. You learn something new everyday. Great content and narration. It looks like I got a new channel to follow. Kudos to you, my good man.

[@kalvindotcom]

Picked up Earth X at a comic shop a few days ago which starts off with The Watcher talking to X-51 and had no idea who this was. The origin and subsequent story sounds so interesting!! Although if comparing to MCU, sounds a little bit like vision (robot created by scientist to think individually) but without the infinity stone. Still very cool!!

[@songsbydae]

That MODOK design at 20:20 is the ONE. Wow. So cool.

[@christopherulichney]

Great video. I hope you have a deep dive on Jocasta planned for the future. After seeing her involvement with Machine Man and previously in the War Toy video she needs her own dedicated video.

[@TheRealVicSage]

Video just started but I’m hyped for this

[@josephel4292]

In my youth I'd managed to collect a few issues of Machine Man. Interesting reading.

[@GodLovesComics]

Machine Man and Devil Dinosaur sort of represented the nadir of Jack Kirby's art for me. While there was still power there, the skill and vision were nowhere near his awe-inspiring peak in the 60's nor certainly his subsequent Fourth World stuff after he left Marvel. I always find it ironic that just as Ditko replaced Kirby on Spider-man, that surprisingly he was tapped again to replace him on Machine Man. You can see the somewhat jarring shift of Kirby's blocky, brutish figures, to Ditko's goofy, even more cartoony work between the 8 and 10 minute marks.

[@TheOne5872-n3n]

Wow I read this comic in the early 80s both Kirby and Ditko drew and wrote for Double M in his series, just a great summary of his origins and adventures and yes he was a spin-off of the film 2001. I just forgot how cool he was , heres hoping someone at the MCU studios watches your podcast and brings Mr stack to the big or small screen someday, thanks for profiling this incredible forgotten tech hero.

[@megaultradamn]

My first introduction to him was in Marvel Zombies. Suffice to say i was both confused and intrigued by this character. Thanks for the in depth break through! Without channels like yours, I would've dropped the book and never touched another comic book again

[@CoolerGuy121]

Machine man is perfectly underrepresented and perfectly underused, would positively love to see them represented in modern media.

[@spencersholden]

Truly an underrated hero. He had a cameo in Episode 8 of X-Men ‘97 and hopefully it will bring new people to learn about him.

[@elikash8951]

your narration is superb, helps me get my day started and transition into my illustrations (=

[@michaelhughes8057]

Thanks. I was always wondering about Machine Man"s origin.

[@andresmarrero8666]

The heavy metals seem to be an interesting team and I wish they did more with the concept.

[@quentinfogger5755]

Thanks for doing this origin video about the Machine Man. I didn't even know about this character

[@juanvelez514]

I truly enjoy listening to your origin stories. Great content !! I would like to request the origin and of course the adventures that come with your origin stories of "The Hood" and "Mr Sinister" ive requested these villians backstories on another youtube channel (wont say the name)that im ready to drop. I like your channel better.

[@juliusbossman7280]

Not going to lie, the Super Adaptoid being Machine Man's nemesis would be a cool one shot. A street gang having Celestial tech is hilarious.

[@theofficialqueenofthebling]

Hmmmm, one of them kinda looks like a Terminator…I’ve always liked Machine Man so I’m glad to see this here.

[@Monkismo]

I was never really a collector, but I have most of the Jack Kirby issue of MM, plus the "2001" comic that featured him. Great scifi action and some of my favorite Kirby art.

[@v.r.m.891]

I just discovered this character thank you for the video

[@kimbelsimpson7535]

I remember Aaron Stack's first appearance in 2001 a Space Odyssey back in the 70s and I always wondered where the Monoliths came from.

[@TheVetoSkreeemer]

I am still wondering that.

[@kimbelsimpson7535]

@@TheVetoSkreeemer I recently found out that the Monoliths are a creation of Marvel Comics Celestials created and programmed to go to alien worlds in their primal stage and speed up their evolution.

[@kimbelsimpson7535]

@@TheVetoSkreeemer Marvel took credit for this because of their comic version of 2001 A Space Odyssey back in the 70s.

[@ninjabadmon]

The fact that this guy hasn’t got 100k subscribers in insane, Stay on the grind you comic god , And keep pushing out the incredible work

[@Modokmadness]

@MerryMarvelite 2 ideas… 1. Please make a history of M.O.D.O.K. Since he’ll be in ant man 3 and plus I really love the character 2. Make a history of the entire marvel universe, like the whole timeline and lore. Although i do know that might be a little much. Keep up the great work!!!!

[@bulgom182]

How about an adjunct video about the dystopic 1984 series limited series, Machine Man (aka Machine Man 2020) by Tom DeFalco, Herb Trimpe & Barry Windsor Smith? It holds up really well & introduced Iron Man 2020(Arno Stark).

[@luiszuluaga6575]

This was great! I think I even have most of the original comics from my childhood. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Malik58st]

Awesome

[@trexadvent4726]

Are you going to do history of lesser known characters like Rom_the_Spaceknight, Stingray, Ultimo, Inferno, Victorious, Flerken, Blacklash, Deathlok, Elematrix, Vertigo, Titanium_Man, Crimson Dynamo, Dreadknight, Hypnotia, Blizzard, Quasar, Starbrand, Nightmask, Night_Trasher, Starhawk, Fixer, Whirlwind, Chemistro, Whiplash, the Controller, Madam_Masque, Count_Nefaria, Ava Ayala the White Tiger, Century, Lore and Technovore?

[@robmarconi6758]

I always liked Machine Man

[@mpullano]

A cool story is needed to abridge the Machine Man as the an Origin Story to the Sentinels

[@Kenneth-nc3qy]

Marvel has made Machine Man of this day into an online world type of character. I miss the 80's/90's Machine Man with the "hand weapons system".

[@marvelpg]

one of the most underrated hero ....

[@chancepaladin]

I had all his original comics but idk what ever happened to them, what a read!

[@Blofeld001]

Thank you!!! I love X-51!!!

[@legomech1946]

I'm sad you didn't cover the mini-series where he wakes up in the future. That was a great series.

[@JDaDifferon]

Can you do Darkhawk please?

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of the Living_Brain, the Elementals, Cyclone, Hydro Man, Molten Man, the Spot, Sandman, Century, Lore and Technovore?

[@charlescrawford7152]

Hey I have a question what ever happened to Captain ultra. He was kind of a poor man's superman but I wanted to see more development even maybe him and other not so popular other heros doing a kind of journey to the east of some kind. Marvel has revamped other hero bringing them back from the dead so why not him and maybe a viklian or two looking for redemption or s new focus

[@ericupchurch2967]

Iron Man vs Machine Man!!!

[@trippytimesjosh355]

Awesome! Man can you do Death's Head 2? I don't have Patreon but I love what your doing and have been preparing on making a channel myself for months. That's how I found this!

[@michaelsergejhelgesson1637]

Fun fact: the very first appearance of Iron-Man ( in Tales of Suspense ) had the job number X-51 down in the corner of the splash page!

[@kylecarter1599]

The best thing about Machine Man is Batman and Superman make an appearance on the cover of issue 19, drawn by Frank Miller.

[@johnnyagregaard5873]

Can you talk about origin of Big Bertha please

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

Machine Man's origins, a failed sentient military humanoid robot turned into a yellow-eyed purple-wearing robotic superhero in part by one of the scientists who worked on his initial construction, is quite similar to that of Tokusou Robo Janperson.

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

Also I'm surprised that his lore is so complicated. He actually fought someone with the same name as Darth Vader's suit actor!

[@petertomshany]

Impossible Man? Loved him!

[@dragonballtalk8527]

My boy shaw right there

[@MrFox64057]

Did you do machinesmith yet?

[@arkinyte13]

I love when you explore the more obscure characters, it’s more fun then covering characters we already know.

[@jackieanderson9408]

Sweet 👍

[@ricardozavala8474]

Yes!!!! Never gets attention

[@ivane5110]

Really liked the video and character. I was a fan of his in the 70's and 80's. But what I need to look into is the 2001 Space Odyssey connection to the Marvel universe; I mean, if the movie is set in 2001, but Machine Man was since the 70's, so did he have any connection to the Earth-616 H.A.L.? And for that matter did the movie's events or a version if them ever happen when the comics in that year came out?

[@GreatBowlsAfire]

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[@ivane5110]

@@GreatBowlsAfire Thank you! And the icing on the cake is that I'm a recently a subscriber to that channel. Wow, I really need to look at their catalogue of older episodes.

[@juniortism]

Loved the video I would like to know the complete history of doctor doom

[@Always_on_Cue]

Thanks happy you did machineman

[@GreatBowlsAfire]

Excelsior! 💕

[@jackychang9148]

I remember first seeing him in Marvel Zombies. And how he was making dirty jokes to Jocasta because of her repairs.

[@Puka04]

Love the new ending!

[@allenlovell1604]

I used to read the later series mini-series drawn, I think 🤔 by Barry Smith ? Having seen this video for the first time, I noticed two things most fascinating about MM ! One, there's an almost eerie prescient similarity to the " Terminator Robot / Android ; and more than passing reference to a question raised on StarTreks : The Next Generation Data [ See the episode : The Measure of A Man. StarTrek Headquarters wants the android officer, Data , dismantled, studied carefully, and then reassembled into a virtual army of Datas . Captain Picard mounts a brilliant counter-point defense where he exposes StarFleet's real goal to create a race of mindless, robotic slaves . He then points out that such an idea violates their own laws ! ] Whew, that was exhausting to type 😴 !

[@theverminator4219]

Look at my pfp, you just made my day

[@Modokmadness]

Oh cool!

[@morrinsville23]

Hey, ahhhh In that group shot with domino and hit monkey, thats Massacre not deadpool right?

[@adamsifford6228]

I used to have some of his original comics in the 80s's, the were 75 cents apiece originally, but I bought them from a flea market a quarter apiece.... Wish I still had them tho.

[@donkirkpatrick1681]

OOO... How about Pixie and maybe Armor in a New Mutants origin issue?

[@trexadvent4726]

Can you do history of the characters mentioned in this video?

[@SarcasticChef83]

Wow that's actually a really cool story. I

[@Progen77]

I have the original Machine Man 1-19 series and the early timeline seems off.

[@Johnny_Bea_Good]

I now know about Machine Man!

[@scinnyc]

I've been a fan of Machine Man for years. But I didn't care for his depiction in the Tony Stark: Iron Man comic. He should definitely be introduced in the MCU and play a more prominent role in modern comics

[@MikelWash]

MM I am appalled I cant believe you skipped the BWS book

[@trexadvent4726]

Can you do history of Master Pandemonium, Sleepwalker, D'Spayre, Chthon, Mephisto, Dormammu, Clea, Shuma-Gorath, Nightmare, Baron Mordo, the Ancient One, Agamotto and Pkzkrfmknna along with Firestar and Vance_Astrovik AKA Justice?

[@coreyano]

Barry Windsor Smith's limited series. Great series

[@trexadvent4726]

Can you do history of the Elementals(Hellfire, Magnum, Hydron and Zephyr), Bastion, Master Mold, Nimrod, Inferno, Victorious, Gambit, Moondragon, Phyla_Vell and Genis-Vell along with the Supreme Intelligence, Mole_Man and Angel/Archangel along with Exodus and Ex-Nhilo?

[@jonathandavis2506]

Nice

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of Ironheart, Jane Foster Thor, Eric Masterson_AKA_Thunderstrike, Amadeus_Cho, the Griever, Pepper Potts AKA Rescue and the Agents of Atlas along with Crescent, Morgan_Le_Fey, White Fox and Luna Snow?

[@landminenetworks]

Machine Man

[@antonissa8345]

In my marvel universe series show Jocasta is considered Vision’s sister so that makes Machine Man Vision’s brother-in-law.

[@detectiveandspynovels7140]

Machine Man is fantastic

[@briandaleske5139]

I wonder when this character (Machine-Man) will be added into MARVEL cartoon shows?

[@trexadvent4726]

What would happen if someone like the Super Adaptoid, White Vision, Bastion, Master Mold, Nimrod, Awesome Android or Jocasta fought against the Machine Man? Can you do history of these machine characters?

[@quentinfogger5755]

What would have happened if we saw the Machine Man along with Jocasta and the members of Heavy Metal in all the movies and Shows where Ultron appeared? Can you do history of Jocasta and the Heavy Metal team?

[@trexadvent4726]

What do you think is the best thing about Machine Man in the comics and which one of his powers and abilities do you think is the best?

[@deshawnedwards6412]

Could you do The Origin of Thursday Rubinstein, aka "Ruby Thursday"? She's one weird as crazy supervillain. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Thursday

[@Janzer_]

did you not see the last video?!?!?!

[@nickmeara5323]

Avengers Vol.1 #231 had the funeral for Jocasta.

[@jcaseyjones2829]

I was so sad for him in Earth x

[@jamesmoss3424]

Machine man will be in the mcu one day. 😀👍

[@FleccaRobinson]

Also Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson’s first comic appearance

[@Canoby]

TIL the Fantastic Four wasn't always based in Manhattan

[@MerryMarvelite]

Yeah, in their first appearance they made their public debut in the generically named Central City. Years later, Machine Man's origin took place in Central City, California. As a clever little nod, in the Hulk issue where he fought Machine Man, it showed a sign outside Machine Man's city declaring it the birthplace of the Fantastic Four.

[@redwoodd1]

16.17 who is stack....????

[@MerryMarvelite]

Aaron Stack is the name Machine Man was given by his father, Abel Stack.

[@MrQdiddy85]

Wait biker gangs utilizing celestial technology!?! Why don't we see more of this

[@Alteringrealitystudios]

So🤔 Hal 9000 is in the marvel universe you say.... Is Ultron his cousin 😅

[@johncole015]

He started off as Mr.Machine until he got his own spinoff title.

[@jmjones683]

They should bring him into the MCU!