Who Is Machinesmith? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Machinesmith is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Samuel Saxon, with over 164 comic issue appearances. A former criminal who became a cyborg after his death.

Who is Machinesmith?

Origin At the age of fourteen, Samuel Saxon discovered one of Doctor Doom 's robots abandoned in a subway tunnel, and took it piece by piece to his father's garage, where for months he studied its components until mastering its operating principles and building his own robot from scratch. Following his disapproving mother's death in an alleged laboratory accident, he used the insurance money to - over a few years - entertain himself by building a series of increasingly advanced robots and androids. When his funds ran low, he sent his android Demi-Men, led by an android duplicate of Magneto , to steal money while posing as mutant terrorists in cooperation with Mesmero . However, they were defeated by the X-Men , who did not learn that their main opponent had been an android until years later, when Magneto himself discovered the deception. Creation Machinesmith was created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan . He first appeared as Samuel "Starr" Saxon in Daredevil #49 , masqueraded as Mister Fear in Daredevil #54 , and appeared as Machinesmith for the first time in Marvel Two-in-One #47 . Major Story Arcs Daredevil Still a novice at crime, the young Saxon was taken under the wing of the aged .

Key facts

Machinesmith is of cyborg origin and first appeared in "Daredevil Drops Out". The character is published by Marvel. With 164 recorded issue appearances, Machinesmith ranks among the most featured characters in comics.