—Michael CollinsYou have to do what's right, boy, not what's easiest.
Appearing in "The Brains of the Outfit"
Featured Characters:
- Deathlok (Michael Collins) (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Nick Collins (First appearance)
- Tracy Collins (First appearance)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Cybertek Systems, Inc.
- Dr. Hu (Name revealed) (only surname)
- Stanley Cross (Name revealed) (only first name)
- Ben Jacobs (Name revealed)
- Billy Hansen (Name revealed)
- Jim Dworman (First appearance)
- Dr. Kimble (Name revealed)
- Laurie (First appearance) (Ryker's secretary)
- Roxxon
- Estrellan General
- Estrellan Guerrillas
- Emilia Verdugo (First appearance)
- Pascal
- Mary (Invoked)
- God (Yahweh) (Referenced)
- John Kelly (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
Races and Species:
Realities:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Cybertank (First appearance)
Synopsis for "The Brains of the Outfit"
After the events of Marvel Comics Presents #62, John Kelly’s brain is no longer viable and the Deathlok program is at a standstill. Michael Collins had been working as a software engineer for a cybernetic division of Roxxon when he discovers the true nature of his work. Creating and maintaining a prototype cybenetic soldier. In a crisis of conscience Michael, a family man with a son, decides he can’t continue working on the project but when he tries to quit, his boss, Harlan Ryker drugs him, removes his brain and Michael wakes up inside the very weapon he helped create. Deathlok. But thanks to his talents as a software engineer he has more control than Roxxon knows.
