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Automan was an ally of the late 21st Century detective Star Hawkins.

In 1965, Automan, the Automatic man was created by Professor Miller Sterling as the first independent-thinking automation.[1] At RobotTech he was fed a wealth of information via intricate teaching computers. Though he had a successful career as a robot-for-hire, he will became the bodyguard for Sterling's great-great-granddaughter, Stella Sterling.

In 2092, he will encounter the intergalactic detective, Star Hawkins, and his faithful robot-secretary, Ilda.[2] It will be during this adventure, where the two robots will work together, that they also fall in love. The two will became life-mates and afterward consider themselves married, and will teach at Hawkins-Sterling Academy of Robot-Detection, a place where robots can learn how to be detectives.

Powers

Abilities

  • Computer Operation: Robot #32198 can communicate and interact with other computer systems.
  • Mimicry: Robot #32198 is capable of replicating and mimicking the voices of other people enabling him to impersonate them and even create his own.
  • Pedagogy

Weaknesses

  • Fail-Safe: Robot #32198 has a fail safe switch, and if struck there with enough force he will shut down.
  • Reprogramming: Robot #32198 is susceptible to being mechanically reprogrammed as well as controlled.


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Footnotes

  1. Tales of the Unexpected #91; the appearance of people and buildings in the tale were clearly set on 20th Century.
  2. DC Comics Presents #33
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tales of the Unexpected #94


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