The Origin of Machine Man ☆ History of the Marvel Universe

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• JU

  @juliusbossman7280 · 1 year ago

  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.

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• DE

  @dexdavison1387 · 4 years ago

  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.

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• MA

  @MattMcIrvin · 3 years ago

  The Kirby &quot;2001: A Space Odyssey&quot; has to be one of the weirdest things ever done in mainstream comics.<br>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&apos;t actually stick with those proportions because he wanted his monoliths to look sleeker and thinner, almost like a Super Panavision movie screen.<br>But Kirby goes the other way and draws his as these squat, massive-looking things, maybe 1:4:6, more book-shaped. Because <b>of course</b> that&apos;s what Jack Kirby would do. Everything in his world had to be really robust.

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• GO

  @gokugoma3258 · 4 years ago

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

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• JP

  @JPTyler · 4 years ago

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

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• KE

  @keithdrummond1003 · 2 years ago

  It&apos;s so neat to see how the character evolved in appearance over the years.

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• GO

  @GodLovesComics · 4 years ago

  Machine Man and Devil Dinosaur sort of represented the nadir of Jack Kirby&apos;s art for me. While there was still power there, the skill and vision were nowhere near his awe-inspiring peak in the 60&apos;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&apos;s blocky, brutish figures, to Ditko&apos;s goofy, even more cartoony work between the 8 and 10 minute marks.

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• NI

  @NintendoPrincess1012 · 4 years ago

  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

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• LU

  @LukecagePowerman-1 · 4 years ago

  That was my favorite comic back in the day.

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• JI

  @jimmybiscuit · 4 years ago

  It&apos;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

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• RA

  @rafaelcotero3528 · 3 years ago

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

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• AN

  @andresmarrero8666 · 4 years ago

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

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