Superman: The Man of Steel Solitude in issue #100 (May 2000). From 1992 to 1997, DC published six issues of "Superman: The Man of Steel Annual". The stories tied into the crossover or themes that were featured in DC's annuals that year. These were: In December 1995, a special "Superman: The Man of Steel Gallery" #1 was published. It features 22 pin-ups drawn by several artists. The title, "Superman: The Man of Steel", would be used again for a series of trade paperbacks collecting the early adventures of the post-Crisis Superman. The first volume collects and retitles "The Man of Steel" limited series. Superman: The
Machine Man Machine Man Machine Man (also known as Aaron Stack, Mister Machine, and serial number Z2P45-9-X-51 or X-51 for short) is a fictional character, an android superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Jack Kirby for "" #8 (July 1977), a comic written and drawn by Kirby featuring concepts based on the eponymous Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke . Shortly thereafter, Machine Man spun off into his own Kirby-created series. He is a robot, the only survivor of a series, raised as a human son of scientist Abel Stack, who was killed