Nick Chopper (The Tin Woodman)

[Dave Monroe]

Thanks, Henry Musikar!

"In the books, the origins of the character are rather gruesome.
Originally an ordinary man by the name of Nick Chopper (the name first
appearing in The Marvelous Land of Oz), the Tin Woodman used to make
his living chopping down trees in the forests of Oz, as his father had
before him. The Wicked Witch of the East enchanted his axe to prevent
him from marrying the girl that he loved. The enchanted axe chopped
off his limbs, one by one. Each time he lost a limb, Nick Chopper
replaced it with a prosthetic limb made of tin. Finally, nothing was
left of him but tin. However, Ku-Klip, the tinsmith who helped him,
neglected to replace his heart. Once Nick Chopper was made entirely of
tin, he was no longer able to love the girl he had fallen for."

http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/7581/is-the-tin-man-from-the-wizard-of-oz-the-first-fictional-cyborg

Cf. not only ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Cool_Million

... but also ...

http://v.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=V#v