Will Magnus
Will Magnus is a comic book character that first appeared in Showcase #37
Doctor Will Magnus is a human scientist and creator of the Metal Men.
Will Magnus has an amazing intellect, having a good knowledge of mathematics, engineering, and physics. By a young age, he had already become a wealthy and respected inventor. He invested most of his money in his own research in robotics, and after a few years, had created a platinum robot that he called Tina. A responsometer inside of the robot gave it human characteristics. After the initial success of his works, he invented a whole team of metal robots powered by responsometers. They called themselves the Metal Men. The Metal Men called Will "Doc", and referred to him as their leader. However, Magnus found himself becoming more pressed into his work, and would spent days on end in his lab. After Gold, one of his robots, was killed and Doc Magnus was mortally wounded, he transferred his mind into a body made of an alien alloy called Veridium. In this form, he became the strongest of the Metal Men, able to absorb heat and energy.After Identity Crisis, the comic was revisited and Gold was restored to life and Magnus was put into a cloned body of his original. He suffered from depression and bipolar disorder later on, and took Prozac to cope with his work. He is abducted by a a robot that takes him to Oolong Island and T.O. Morrow tries to force him to create a larger version of his platinum robot. However, his medication is confiscated and he begins to unravel. He manages to steal some gold, mercury, tin, and platinum from around his lab and constructs new Metal Men, but they were only a few inches high. These "Metal Men" help keep Magnus sane, and he eventually gets out of Oolong Island. He returns to his home a start fixing his original Metal Men, having found that they keep his misery and depression at bay.
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| Super Name: | Will Magnus |
| Real Name: | William Maxwell Magnus |
| Aliases: |
William Maxwell Magnus Doc Magnus Doctor Magnus Dr. Magnus Will Doc Tornado Veridium |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Human |
| 1st Appearance: | Showcase #37 |
| Appears in: | 163 issues |
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Justice League : The New Frontier
Adaption of the acclaimed graphic novel
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