The Man of Steel (comics) title of "Superman: The Man of Steel" Vol. 1, which would be the first in a series of trade paperbacks to collect some of the early post-Crisis adventures of Superman. The story has also been adapted in other countries. In 1995, Battleaxe Press comics in South Africa released the series under the name "Superman" as an introduction to the character before publishing newly released comics from DC. In 1990, the series was adapted into a radio play in England simply entitled "The Adventures of Superman" by Dirk Maggs for BBC Radio 4. It featured Stuart Milligan as Clark Kent /
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