...when all the prototype robots of a secret government project are ordered to be destroyed, Dr Abel Stack refuses to allow the model he was testing, X-51, to be blown up.
Dr Stack had programmed X-51 with the emotional capabilities of a human being and renamed him Aaron Stack.
Considering the now-sentient robot to be the son he hever had, Stack removes the self-destruct bomb from X-51/Aaron and...
Beyond the use of
the Monolith as a catalyst for change, this story arc bears no connection to the movie!
Written and penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Mike Royer, Marvel's 2001: a Space Odyssey #8 (1977) was the beginning of the end for the title.
(Note: John Verpoorten inked the cover)
From what I've been told, Marvel and MGM were at loggerheads over the book.
Ending their contractual obligation with a reduced run of 10 issues instead of the original 12, Marvel suggested Kirby come up with something that could be spun-off into it's own title.
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