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First appearance
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Description
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| Will Magnus
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Showcase #37 (April 1962)
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Will "Doc" Magnus is the creator of the Metal Men, and one of the world's foremost authorities on robotic engineering. Throughout his career, he has also been an associate of the Doom Patrol, a member of the Science Squad, and an advisor on the White House presidential cabinet. The Leader and Creator of the team who heads his own Magnus Labs.
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| Gold
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Created by Will Magnus. The Metal Men field Leader who guides the others created by Will Magnus.
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| Iron
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Created by Will Magnus. Calm, focused and a dependable member of the Metal Men.
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| Lead
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Created by Will Magnus. Nice guy of the Metal Men, who despite his big size has a gentle attitude when it comes to other people.
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| Mercury
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Created by Will Magnus. Member of the Metal Men team who has a hostile and prideful personality, but who is nonetheless heroic and good-natured.
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| Platinum
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Created by Will Magnus. The first female member of The Metal Men who had feelings for Will Magnus despite being a robot, as she is confused and thinks she is human. Her advanced robotics are a scientific triumph for Will Magnus, but her affection for him causes him constant headaches. She later had feelings for her team leader Gold. She also goes by the nickname "Tina".
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| Tin
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Created by Will Magnus. The shy member of the Metal Men who has self-confidence issues, but always springs into action in spite of his doubts.
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| Doc Robot
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Metal Men #2 (July 1963)
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The Robots of Terror are duplicates of the Metal Men built by Doc Robot, himself a robotic duplicate of Doc Magnus created by Platinum. Platinum created him when she was fed up of being rejected by the Doc, and built herself a more attentive duplicate. But something short-circuited in the process, and the robot Doc, naturally an inventor also, decided to make its own set of Metal Men and attack humanity. The real Doc Magnus and the Metal Men battled one of the robots each and mutually destroyed each other. Platinum takes the Doc Robot and Plutonium robots to the Moon, where Plutonium is detonated.
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| Aluminum
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| Barium
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| Calcium
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| Plutonium
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| Sodium
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| Zirconium
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| Platinum II
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Metal Men #3 (August–September 1963) |
An unsuccessful recreation of Platinum (Tina).
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| Agantha
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The Brave and the Bold #55 (September 1964)
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When Uranium was accidentally reactivated, he built a "female" partner, Agantha (silver). She and Uranium were able to destroy the Metal Men and force Doc Magnus to build a Death Ray. When the Atom was able to undo the effect of Uranium weapon, Tina fought Agantha and was able to destroy her.
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| Uranium
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Uranium, one of the first robots created by Dr. Will Magnus, comes back to battle The Metal Men who team up with The Atom to defeat him.
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| Copper
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Metal Men #9 (September 1964) |
Introduced in the one-page excerpt "Metal Facts and Fancies," Copper was alloyed with Tin to make Bronze. Both Copper and Bronze were never referenced again until 2007 when Copper re-emerged as a full fledged member of the Metal Men.
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| Nameless
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Metal Men #13 (May 1965) |
Nameless is a robot created by Tin of the Metal Men to act as his girlfriend. Having no name she officially took "Nameless" as her own. At first rejected by the other Metal Men she officially joined the team after helping them on a mission. After several adventures, Nameless asked Doc Magnus to rebuild her into something beautiful. But something went wrong and Nameless was burned out and was left deactivated. Years later, Batman and the Metal Men found her as a prisoner of Platinum Man. They freed her, and Nameless and Tin were married. However, a Missile Man working with Platinum Man, attacked them right after the wedding ceremony was over. Nameless sacrificed herself to save her friends and was destroyed in an explosion. Both Tin and the Platinum Man were left with their robot hearts broken.
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| Cobalt
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Metal Men #31 (May 1968)
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Will Magnus created the Second Metal Men with the following analogues:
- Cobalt is the strong counterpart to Iron
- Gallium is a temperamental liquid, similar to Mercury
- Iridia (Short for Iridium) is a beautiful and rare metal, like Platinum
- Osmium is the only element denser than Lead
- Silver is the team leader and equivalent to Gold
- Zinc is the analogue for Tin
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| Gallium
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| Iridia
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| Osmium
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| Silver
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| Zinc
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| Gold Girl
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Metal Men #32 (July 1968)
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Will Magnus created the Metal Women as the Metal Men wished that they wish they had girlfriends, just like Tin had Nameless, but they're more independently minded than the Metal Men had hoped for. Additionally, Platinum (Tina) wished for a boyfriend to take her mind and feelings off of Doc Magnus at the same time.
The Metal Women certainly don't want to be slavishly devoted to their male counterparts. The Metal Women along with Nameless show they're just as good as the originals by smashing a runaway robot tank. The tank was the forerunner of invading Robot Amazons, who create a cute girl robot who's an alloy of all the Metal Men's metals. The robot girl lures the Metal Men into a trap, and the Metal Women have to rescue them. They defeat the Amazon Robots, but a lava vein opens and the Metal Women sacrifice themselves to save the Metal Men. Platinum Man proves he's more in love with himself than he is with Tina: he quickly turned into a bad guy and ended up working with the Missile Men holding Nameless hostage but was quickly defeated.
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| Iron Girl
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| Lead Girl
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| Mercury Girl
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| Platinum Man
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| Plutonium Man
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Metal Men #45 (April–May 1976) |
A rogue Metal Man created by Doc Magnus, but taken over by a Karnian agent for nefarious reasons.
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| Tungsten
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Doom Patrol (vol. 2) #60 (October 1992) |
Created by Will Magnus. He was Will Magnus' latest Metal Man, when he and Magnus himself made a visit to the Doom Patrol to help them against the enemy threat of the Candlemaker. Though he fought bravely he was ultimately melted by the Candlemaker dying a hero's death.
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| Tantalum
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Silver Age Secret Files #1 (July 2000) |
Helper robot created by Will Magnus for his School of Robots.
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| Copper
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Superman/Batman #34 (April 2007) |
When the team moved to Illinois, Copper was treated as the new member of the team. The other Metal Men and Doc Magnus often forgot she existed and could never remember her name. Copper constantly sucks up to Gold, the team leader, even when no one else takes him seriously. She has feelings for him, much to the disgust of teammate Platinum.
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| Fermium
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Metal Men (vol. 3) #3 (November 2007)
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The Death Metal Men, were created by Will Magnus' brother David Magnus during a time travel incident to stop a terrible future coming true where the Metal Men cause a worldwide catastrophe. Luckily, they were changed back to normal when Doc Magnus used a device called "Particularium" to restore them to their original forms.
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| Polonium
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| Radium
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| Strontium
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| Thorium
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| Aluminum
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Legends of Tomorrow #4 (August 2016)
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In The New 52 timeline, when Will Magnus was working for the military and created the Metal Men for them to use as weapons, Magnus quickly escaped their clutches along with the Metal Men to freedom. Determined to get the Metal Men back, the military managed to create their own Metal Men based on Magnus' work as the All-New Metal Men to battle and take back the original Metal Men to the military. All except Copper were destroyed.
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| Copper
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| Lithium
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| Magnesium
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| Silicon
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| Zirconium
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| Fluorine
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Metal Men Volume 4 #7 (August, 2020)
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The Metal Mammals were created as a replacement team modeled after animals when the Metal Men left Will Magnus. Their first showing was impressive as they easily defeated Z-1 and his Missile Men despite constantly arguing over which group were better elements, the standards or the nobles. When they next faced Chemo, he lured them in close by claiming he wanted to change, only to destroy them all by spraying the group with his hazardous chemical makeup. Fluorine is a king cobra, Helium is a hawk, Neon is a tiger, Nitrogen is a bear, Oxygen is a wolf, Rusty is a dog, and Xenon is a gorilla.
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| Helium II
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| Neon II
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| Nitrogen
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| Oxygen II
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| Rusty
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| Xenon
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