So, the blog entry before the previous one I did, was about Machine mans first appearance-having-story, 2001: Space odyssey-comic TPB. It led directly to this one. Machine mans own ongoing.

The first nine issues were made by Jack Kirby, who apparently wanted to make more stories of the robot with feelings (the character isn`t that simple, of course).

The series is what you can expect from Kirby. Action filled stories that star golden age of comics-like characters, have high stakes, philosophy and alot of splashes. Whole thing filled with his art.

Guess what would be cool? If the stories would look exactly like they use to.

So, issues 1-9, in a neatly collected package. Would you buy it?

1-9 and the 2001 stories. All the Kirby Machine Man stuff in one place. The Ditko stuff might be better saved for a Marvel Visionaries book with his Shroud back-up stories for Marvel Premiere, Speedball, and other non-Spidey, Doc Strange work.

@misteranderson:

I did think of that...But decided not to make a post like that. An omnibus would be cool, though.

I always thought Machine Man was cool, but have really loved the character since the MM mini-series in 1984. I still want a sequel to that. :)

@cbishop: I agree, especially since Sunset Bain was made more relevant to the Marvel Universe following Heroes Reborn, and the resurgence of the Marvel UK line, which seems to have tenuous connections to that future.

@misteranderson: I always wanted to see a sequel, because at the end of the mini, Machine Man threatens Bain, and that was just ripe to pick up on.

@kfhrfdu_89_76k: They did this one as a full color Complete Collection! :)

.#24: Machine Man: The Complete Collection.

@cbishop:

Cool, hadn't noticed!

It's pretty cool. :)