THE LIVING NIGHTMARE OF MICHAEL COLLINS (1990)

Years ago, a cyborg called Deathlok (aka Luthor Manning) was pulled from an alternate future (Earth-7484) and got messed about with a fair bit in the present before eventually returned to his own time where he finally defeated his nemesis, Hellinger (aka Harlan Ryker). But now, in the present day, Cybertek Systems, Inc are developing the soldier of the future. And, yes, it's a brand new Deathlok...

[DAY OF THE DEMOLISHER - Nick Fury first meets a Deathlok cyborg]

• Marvel Comics Presents #62[4/4]
• Deathlok #1-4

Marvel Comics Presents #62[4/4]
Harlan Ryker's Cybertek have a week to go before they demonstrate their new Deathlok cyborg to Roxxon in the hope of getting a fat contract. The cyborg houses the brain of volunteer Colonel John Kelly and is being tested against 12 mercenaries carrying live ammo, while Deathlok will be shooting paint pellets. The test goes awry when the computer fries Kelly's brain and takes over, killing all 12 soldiers and only stopping when confronted by Ryker who still sees the test as a success. With only a week to go before the big demo, the team are going to need to find someone else who'll be willing to volunteer their brain...

Deathlok #1
Days later, the fully-functional Deathlok cyborg is sent on its first mission for Roxxon, taking out Estrellan terrorists in South America. Harlan Ryker wonders if the cyborg stopped itself killing an armed child because of its new brain, once owned by employee Michael Collins who has 'woken up' and is changing Deathlok's programming from within. After returning to Cybertek, Collins takes full control of Deathlok, adds a 'no killing parameter and breaks out. He returns to his wife and child in this new body, which only succeeds in freaking his wife and son out. Michael Collins leaves them and decides to do what's right rather than what's easiest...

Deathlok #2
Deathlok rescues down-and-out tech-genius/amusement park prop creator Jesus Badalemente from a gang of muggers, and is taken back to his home in an unfinished condo. Nick Fury has joined the search for Deathlok as part of SHIELD's plan to shut Ryker down. Tracy Collins becomes suspicious when Ryker visits and tells her Michael is on a coma, while the Deathlok cyborg believes it's Michael Collins. Cybertek employee Mainframe tracks Deathlok down and sends a team to detain him, putting innocents at risk along the way. Deathlok takes a beating, but ultimately wins out. He decides to head to Estrella to find out what Roxxon and Cybertek are really up to...

Deathlok #3

Deathok uses one of Mainframe's Dragonfly drones to fly to war-torn Estrella, allying himself with a band of guerilla fighters and taking on Cybertek's Worker Ant robots. He destroys Roxxon's dam project and heads back to America to confront Ryker. Nick Fury intercepts Deathlok and asks him to help bring Ryker down. After smashing his way into Cybertek and beating all of their defense systems, the pacifist Michael Collins is ready to use the Deathlok cyborg to kill Harlan Ryker, only for Ryker his real body back...

Deathlok #4

Nick Fury discovers Collins has made a deal with Ryker and accompanied him to Japan where Ryker sells Cybertek's weaponry to upcoming Japanese warlord Yoritomo who plans to restore Japan's military greatness. Yoritomo betrays his ally, Shiro Yoshida (the mutant Sunfire), in a bid to start World War III. Ryker betrays Yoritomo by selling him junk weapons and Sunfire sides with Deathlok to defeat Yoritomo. Deathlok is hailed as a hero, SHIELD arrest Harlan Ryker and Fury offers Deathlok a job. Ryker's arrest prevents Michael Collins from getting his body back, but Nick Fury agrees to pass a message on to his wife to tell her he's on a secret mission for SHIELD and will return to her, some day...

Deathlok #1-2 (1991) 

Jim Dworman is giving the job of shutting Cybertek down, but still provides information for Deathlok; Billy Hansen is killed by his next sentient weapon, the Warwolf; Jesus Badalemente becomes a recurring ally of Deathlok.

Deathlok #8 (1992) 

Mainframe escapes from prison and teams up with Ben Jacobs to create a new war machine to use in yet another failed attempt to prove his superiority over Deathlok.

Deathlok #9-10 (1992) 

John Kelly's persona emerges and steals control of Deathlok from Michael Collins when the cyborg is trapped in Nightmare's realm.

Deathlok #13-14 (1992) 

It's revealed that Billy Hansen kept John Kelly's brain and uploaded a copy of his memories into the Deathlok cyborg, explaining how Kelly took over in Nightmare's realm.; John Kelly's brain grows into the creature called Biohazard (thanks Billy Hansen's nanotech fluid) and creates a version of Hansen in an effort to locate Deathlok.

Deathlok #17-21 (1992) 

Harlan Ryker and Clayton Burr try to reclaim Deathlok; John Kelly's uploaded persona briefly takes control of Deathlok from Michael Collins again; Johny Kelly's origin is revealed; Mainframe is employed by Harlan Ryker to build Cyberwarriors; John Kelly's consciousness is uploaded to a new cyborg body; Kelly takes the name Siege; Harlan Ryker and Ben Jacobs are apprehended by Deathlok; Ryker implicates Clayton Burr to reduce his sentence during CYBERWAR.

Deathlok #31-34 (1994)
Deathlok (Michael Collins) meets the original/future Deathlok (Luthor Manning of Earth-7484).

Spider-Man: The Power of Terror #3-4 (1995) 

Mainframe is employed by the Maggia and is ultimately defeated by Deathlok, Spider-Man, Daredevil and the Punisher.

Beyond! #2-6 (2006-2007) 

Deathlok is among the heroes fighting on the Stranger's Battleworld; it's revealed that Deathlok can change to his human 'Michael Collins' form at will; Collins is revealed to have been reunited with his family.

Marvel Zombies 3 #1 (2008) 

Siege (John Kelly) is bitten by a zombie, initiating his self-destruct sequence and killing him.

Deathlok: The Living Nightmare of Michael Collins

Collects Deathlok #1-4 and Marvel Comics Presents #62.