| Issue | #3 |
| Published | October 1999 |
| Cover Price | 1.99 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Ralph Macchio |
| Characters | X-51 |
| Pencils | Brett Booth |
| Inks | Matt Banning |
| Characters | X-51 [Aaron Stack; Machine Man]; Peter Henry Gyrich; Sebastian Shaw; The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (cameo-flashback); Dr. Abel Stack (cameo-flashback); Todd and his father (1st appearance); X.E.R.O. (1st appearance); Tessa (Shebastian Shaw's confidante) |
| Synopsis | Machine Man (as Aaron Stack) takes some downtime on a Virgina beach, befriending a boy whose father runs a hotel there. Peter Henry Gyrich tracks down X-51 using X.E.R.O.--Xeno-Engramatic Robot Organism-- the prototype of the X-model robots. Attacking X-51 on the beach forces Aaron to drop his disguise. He defeats X.E.R.O. and Gyrich, then flies off for parts unknown. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Mike Higgins; Karl Bollers |
| Pencils | Joe Bennett |
| Inks | Bob Wiack |
| Colors | Mark McNabb |
| Letters | Benchmark |