moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) (02/23/85)
In article <437@bunkerb.UUCP> mary@bunkerb.UUCP (Mary Shurtleff) writes: >BTW, >he was called Eighth Man because he was eighth in the series of advanced >robots created by the brilliant Professor Genius, and the only one that >was anywhere near successful. Yes, no subtlety here in the naming conventions. However, who was the evil professor (with a cane? This is all on the outer boundaries of my memory...) who was always after Tobor? >Also, let us not forget the other marvelous characters, the unrequited >Jenny Heartsweet (Tobor's secretary) I seem to remember a "last issue" where Jenny found out Tobor was a robot (oh well, there goes the average 2 1/2-kid suburban family, Jenny). I seem to remember some type of happy resolution, but again, I need help from somebody with a better memory. "Scotty, I need Warp Drive in three minutes or we're all dead!" Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. UUCP: {cornell,decvax,ihnp4,sdcsvax,tektronix,utcsrgv}!uw-beaver \ {allegra,gatech!sb1,hplabs!lbl-csam,decwrl!sun,ssc-vax} -- !fluke!moriarty ARPA: fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPA