Writer – Jack Kirby
Artist – Jack Kirby
Inker – Mike Royer
Colours – Petra Goldberg
Letters – Mike Royer

X-51 continues to face off against Ten-For who has proven to be a most competent villain while still getting into trouble with the law.  As for Ten-For, after a quick tussle with the hero, he manages to fool the police with his nonchalant behaviour and blames the battle and all of the ensuing damage on X-51.  At this point, Machine Man breaks free and escapes from the police, seemingly cementing his outlaw status.  On the run, he ends up at a costume party while the Autocron fleet gets closer and closer to Earth.  This was a fairly action-packed issue that was at times, just a little wee bit silly.  The costume party that Machine Man joins served little aside from filling several pages and a little character development that could have been gained in some other manner.  If it was meant to be humorous, it failed in that regard and was probably one of the more ridiculous scenes to ever appear in this title, at least until this point.  To be fair though, comic books are made for those of a younger age and perhaps for those readers, all of this would seem like a very fun time.  One good thing about it all is that by the end of the story, Ten-For has finally been realized for the villain that he is as his invasion force gets ready to take the planet and Machine Man is recognized as the one in the right.  Taken altogether, this book would fail to be as good as the previous issues in the series, though the artwork by author and artist Jack Kirby would remain top-notch.  Hopefully, the current storyline ends sooner rather than later and moves on to something else as it is getting a little long in the tooth.  With all the craziness that has been going on in the title, one can only wonder what will happen next.

3 out of 5