Machinesmith

Samuel Saxon was a criminal roboticist who, facing death, transferred his consciousness into one of his own robotic creations. He can inhabit and control virtually any mechanical device, making him a persistent technological threat to Captain America.

Born from the creative partnership of John Byrne and Roger Stern in 1980's Captain America #247, Machinesmith is a Bronze Age Marvel invention with staying power — a figure whose nearly four-decade publishing history stretches from the Reagan era all the way to 2019. With affiliations spanning both the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D., this is a character who moves in serious company, sharing pages with the likes of Captain America, Steve Rogers, and the Red Skull himself across the Captain America titles that define their corner of the Marvel Universe. Two key-issue appearances signal that collectors have taken notice, and with 39 catalog appearances anchored in some of Marvel's most storied runs, Machinesmith is exactly the kind of deep-cut figure that rewards fans who dig beneath the surface.