{"product_id":"machine-man-1988-first-printing-tpb","title":"Machine Man (1988 First Printing) TPB","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis limited series collection takes place in a distopian, corporate future, where a group of technology raiders, known as the “Midnight Wreckers” recover the disassembled remains of Machine Man from a Baintronics dump. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey reassemble him and reactivate Machine Man. He makes an immediate impact helping defeat the Baintronics agents sent to capture the Wreckers. Machine Man finds his older partner Gears Gavin alive and leading the raiders against Baintronics. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMachine Man joins their cause and confronts Sunset Bain, who pits Arno Stark, the Iron Man of 2020 after him. Machine Man defeats Stark and forces Bain to capitulate. He discovers that Jocasta is still alive, but serving Bain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection is notable in Bringing \u003cstrong\u003eBarry Windsor-Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e back to comics after years of being a fine artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollects:\u003c\/strong\u003e Machine Man Vol. 2 #1-4.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWritten By:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tom DeFalco (issue #4 co-plotted by Barry Windsor-Smith) \/ \u003cstrong\u003eArt By:\u003c\/strong\u003e Herb Trimpe (breakdowns) and Barry Windsor-Smith (finished art).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1998 \/ \u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96 \/ \u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e *** 3 Star. A Tight, Tidy copy with only light wear and tear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OOP Graphic Novels","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57427712737615,"sku":"OOP07042602","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/2979\/2847\/files\/IMG_4988_968a1cba-707a-4e92-ad77-b7337bebeb3a.jpg?v=1775712325","url":"https:\/\/oop-graphic-novels.com\/products\/machine-man-1988-first-printing-tpb","provider":"Out Of Print Graphic Novels","version":"1.0","type":"link"}