Metal Men

The Metal Men were created by Doctor Will Magnus, a young, successful, and inventive genius. By the time of the Metal Men's creation, Magnus had already amassed a personal fortune through patent royalties - much of which he reinvested in his research. The result of one of his projects was a robot made of platinum, female in form, whom Magnus nicknamed Tina.

Unlike conventional robots limited to certain programmed tasks, Tina was powered by a responsometer, a nuclear powered microscopic activator. Not only did this device animate her body, but it endowed the robot with distinct and decidedly human intelligence and personality. It was due to the latter trait that Magnus decided to put Tina in the Science Museum; his activator was too perfect and Tina, to his mind, too much of an annoyance.

Before Doc Magnus could attend that chore, he was alerted to the menace of a monstrous prehistoric winged creation recently released from its glacial resting place. To combat this radioactive menace, Magnus created an entire team of responsometer- powered robots, each forged from a different metal, each with its own unique strengths. These robots he dubbed his Metal Men.

Like Tina before them, each of the new robots possesses very individual personality traits. Intelligent and analytical, Gold is the team's acknowledged leader. His golden form has all the physical properties of the metal from which he has been forged: he can stretch into a thin wire miles long, or flatten into a sheet 4 millionths of an inch thick.

Lead is rather slow, but big hearted and reliable. His ability to shield against harmful rays and radiation are a frequent and useful asset to the team.

Iron is the Metal Men's strongman. Good natured and friendly, he is the group's powerhouse. He is able to be shaped and formed into an infinite variety of objects to assist the team in its missions.

Mercury is proud, egotistical, and fond of telling anyone who will listen that he is the only metal that is a liquid at room temperature.

Tin is the smallest and weakest of the Metal Men, though he is possibly the bravest soul, and is always willing to risk his existence to aid anyone in danger. As a result of his feeling inadequate, Tin stutters, although this impediment often vanishes in the heat of battle.

A further unofficial member of the team was "Nameless", a robot built by Tin. Shy and withdrawn, Nameless was Tin's "girlfriend" until her destruction in battle.

In the course of their career, the Metal Men have fought a variety of foes, most of them robots created for evil. Perhaps their most unusual and deadliest for is Chemo - a walking stew of chemical waste in gigantic humanoid form, mindless and bent on destruction. Among their other foes are the Missile Men, the Gas Gang, B.O.L.T.S., Doctor Yes, and the Plastic Perils.

The Metal Men's exploits have brought them worldwide acclaim. Doc Magnus was constantly struggling with his desire to be rid of these human-like robots and their annoying squabbles and the world's need for their unique abillities. He watched as they were repeatedly destroyed and then brought back to life again.

Magnus eventually retreated into his vast, fully automated research facility and immersed himself in his work. However, the strain proved too much for him and he had a nervous breakdown.

While Magnus recovered, the Metal Men continued to fight as a team. When he was fully back to himself, Magnus rebuilt the body of Robotman, the only survivor of the Doom Patrol at that time.

More recently, Magnus has returned to the Metal Men and they continue to embark upon new adventures. The Metal Men are also seen in the New Doom Patrol series second feature. Dr. Magnus and his Metal Men moved out of California and the government put them in Illinois. The people of Illinois and the residents in the neighborhood hate the Metal Man and they want them to leave. Dr. Magnus is trying to get the Metal Men to drive a car and get their license for them but trouble still lies ahead for the Metal Men. The house where Will Magnus lived was destroyed by the TV actor Robot Hunter. He was going to kill the Metal Men by detonating a bomb placed inside. He was unsuccessful as Magnus and the Metal Men were outside of the house when the explosion occurred. The Metal Men and Will Magnus will have to start all over again to find a new house to live in. The Metal Men's whereabouts are unknown at this time. The Metal Men will be appearing in the new series called Justice League: Generation Lost. The Metal Men where mind controlled by Max Lord to attack Fire and Ice also Rocket Red while breaking in the robot factory to find what Max Lord wanted to do with robots. Fire and Ice also Rocket Red will have to battle them and bring them back to normal from their mind control power. The Metal Men there was Gold, Lead, Iron, Mercury, Platinum, Tin. The Metal Men battled the three heroes. Fire and Ice also Rocket Red. Back about a week ago Max Lord took the Metal Men and put them under metal poisoning and took them to China at a warehouse where the JLI found the tracking system. The Metal Men where forced by a mad scientist to be come Alloy when the JLI where in shock to see this they still attacked the giant monster and Ice froze Alloy it was destroyed in the attacked. There is no word yet that the Metal Men survived the attack or not. The Metal Men did survived the attack and Rocket Red took them to a safe place and to get them away from Ice when she was mind controlled by Max Lord to kill Fire by Ice is power of winter show. The Metal Men where seen again in the Justice League of America series in 2010 Issue# 51 they where helping Superman and the past old members of the JLA to fight and break the green wall in Washington DC to free the new members of the JLA. The Metal Man that where there to help out were Gold, Lead, Platinum,Tin, Iron, Mercury.

DC Relanch

In the events of Flashpoint in 2011 the Metal Men where not seen or heard from since DC did the New 52 Reboot. There whereabouts are unknown at this time in the new 52 DC. In Aquaman issue # 16 in January it was reveled that they where being made by Dr. Will Magnus called Project Metal Men. Dr Tomas Morrow told Dr. Stone in the Aquaman series when the city was being flooded in a Aqua Battle War. The metal Man where being built by Dr.Mangus in Justice League issue 18 and one of there robots where offline it was Platinum she was looking for the DR. Mangus and the Justice League stopped her from attacking the recruit new team. Dr Mangus said to the Justice league if her responsmetor is destroyed he can not rebuild her again.It was saved by the Atom girl. Dr Mangus is at the U.S Government base building his Metal man for the army can use. The Metal Man will be seen sometime in the relanch series when the project is done.

TV and Media

The Metal Men were also seen in Batman: The Brave And The Bold fighting the Gas Gang with Dr. Magnus and rescuing him from the Gas Gang with Batman. The Metal Men were also seen with Dr. Magnus and Batman dealing with Kanjar Ro about money in space and their cover was blown and Metal Men knocked out Kanjar Ro's plans also deals with space gangs. The Metal Men were also seen fighting Starro with half of the Justice League of America on their side. Booster Gold saw the Metal Men and Dr. Magnus they where mind control by Starro to attacked Booster Gold but Booster Gold skeets robot wipe the minds back to normal to fight Starro. The Metal Men combined together as Alloy and defeated Starro to save the world with Batman and Booster Gold's help.

The Metal Men where also seen at the end of Justice League: New Frontier about a new world of superheroes and events in the DC Comics timeline. In the film they where not in it because they where not introduced until 1962 only their creator, Dr. Will Magnus. The film takes place in the ending year of 1959 and early 1960's.