Was originally Machine Teen in the old Marvel RPG. He was created in 1984. So he is literally 25 years old this year. His original background was a alternate person as Animal Teen just from a different dimension.
His Powers have remained exactly the same through the years. At the core he is who he is. With only minor changes to his powers.
His Looks on the other hand got ALTERED due to City of Heroes. BEFORE City of Heroes, he was more in Skinny CYBORG (The guy from DC) looking guy. I remember seeing Justice League on Saturday morning cartoons when they introduced Firestorm and Cyborg. I thought thats how I want the body for Machine Teen to look like. His eye piece and head have always looked like it has though. I always imagined him with a CYCLOPS eye piece. He has always had Green armour.
When I turned 21 MACHINE TEEN turned into MANCHINE. Literally in the RPG's MANCHINE became a mentor and not a player character. Always helping new heroes start up there base on Earth.
A QUICK ORIGIN OF MANCHINE
Manchine parents both died weeks before Manchine got his powers. His mother was an EMT and his father was a Policemen.
Manchine got his powers from a spaceship that crashed on Earth Brian saw it and decided to investigate. After he entered the ship he was bombarded by radiation. Minutes later the radiation destroyed his entire nervous system. The ship being self aware and programmed to save lives, saved Brian by replacing his nervous system with parts of itself, it's core. It decided to merge its core consciousness with Brian's and thus saving his life. Before too long Brian woke up began to learn how to wield his new-found powers.
Manchines Powers
Manchine has the ability to absorb any energy except kinetic energy. He can release the energy in any form he wishes. Usually kinetic blast which does the least permanent damage to a living target. The exact amount of energy Manchine can absorb is unknown.
Manchine can create force fields by absorbing specific energy that will energize him or repelling energy of any given area. When Manchine was first testing his powers he could only produce a force field that was 25 feet in diameter. He can produce a bigger force field now as he was told as his body got use to the metal that is his nervous system his powers would increase in strength.
Manchine can also fly by causing negative gravity ions to form under him. This allows him to fly in space. He can also open hyperspace hole to travel faster then the speed of light. It is known that opening a single hyperspace hole takes a lot of energy out of Manchine.
Manchine also has a vast array of sensors located in his visor. The computer handles most of the sensor readings allow Manchine to filter what he wants to use.