From the Archives: Machine Man Vs. Man-Thing

These are a set of sketches I did in preparation for a submission to Marvel Comics of Machine Man Versus  Man-Thing.  These were created during the period between Machine Man's last series, X-51, but before his appearances in Nextwave.  This short plot was an idea of Aaron Stack's return to earth after his time with the Celestials.

Machine Man returns to earth transformed into a spherical construct.  He crashes in the swampland containing the Nexus of all Realities and recognizing his home world, returns to a humanoid form.  He meets a young woman, Selina, who lives in the swamp.  Shortly after the two are attacked by the Man-Thing.  In the end, the true villain is revealed to be D'spayre disguised as the young woman and manipulating the two heroes for some dark purpose.

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