Changes: Metal Men (New Earth)

The Metal Men are liquid metal robots made from various elements each with almost limitless shape shifting abilities. They were created by the brilliant robotics expert and Elementical genius Dr. William Magus. Doc Magnus was a student of super-villain T.O. Morrow and became the world's foremost authority on the new science of Elementics, a synthesis of chemistry and robotics. Doc Magnus developed the Responsometer, a small microcomputer capable of animating pure metals into humanoid robots capable of independent thought, initiative, and emotions. The Metal Men consist of six other robots Gold, Platinum, Mercury, Iron, Tin and Lead.

Together, the Metal Men embarked on a variety of adventures, their specialty fighting monsters spawned from weird science. Perhaps their most unusual and deadliest for is Chemo a walking stew of chemical waste in gigantic humanoid form. Among their other foes are the Missile Men, the Gas Gang, B.O.L.T.S., Doctor Yes, and the Plastic Perils.

Over the years, the Metal Men have been destroyed many times, but Magnus has always been able to salvage their Responsometers and rebuild them. Due to their shape shifting ability the robot can combine into a giant robotic form known as Alloy. Alloy has the combined might of all the robots along with their thoughts and skills, making him a formidable opponent.

Tin later created a robot himself an unofficial member of the team dubbed "Nameless". Shy and withdrawn, Nameless was Tin's "girlfriend" until her destruction in battle.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: Responsometer

Notes

Although these characters were originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the team's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.

Links and References

The Origin of the Metal Men at DC Comics Heroes and Villains page
Metal Men Website
http://sacomics.blogspot.com/2011/04/metal-men.html

Footnotes

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 | TeamLeaders             = [[Gold (New Earth)|Gold]], [[William Magnus (New Earth)|William Magnus]]
 | CurrentMembers          = [[Gold (New Earth)|Gold]], [[Iron (New Earth)|Iron]], [[Lead (New Earth)|Lead]], [[Tin (New Earth)|Tin]], [[Mercury (Metal Men)|Mercury]], [[Platinum (New Earth)|Platinum]], [[Copper (New Earth)|Copper]]
-| FormerMembers           = [[Nameless (New Earth)|Nameless]] (destroyed)
+| FormerMembers           = [[Nameless (New Earth)|Nameless]] (destroyed), [[Platinum Man (New Earth)|Platinum Man]]
 | Allies                  = [[Metal Women]], Substitutes
-| Enemies                 = [[Chemo]], [[Plutonium Man]], [[Missile Men]]
+| Enemies                 = [[Chemo (New Earth)|Chemo]], [[Plutonium Man (New Earth)|Plutonium Man]], [[Missile Men]]
-| Origin                  = Robot created by [[Doc Magnus]]
+| Origin                  = A team of robots created by [[William Magnus (New Earth)|Doc Magnus]]
 | PlaceOfFormation        = [[Magnus Labs]]
 | PlaceOfDefunction       =
 | Creators                = Robert Kanigher; Ross Andru
-| First                   = Showcase #37
+| First                   = Showcase Vol 1 37
 | Last                    =
-| HistoryText             = The '''Metal Men''' are liquid metal robots made from various elements each with almost limitless shape shifting abilities. They were created by the brilliant robotics expert and  [[Glossary:E#Elementics|Elementical]] genius [[William Magnus (New Earth)|Dr. William Magus]]. Doc Magnus was a student of super-villain [[T. O. Morrow]] and became the world's foremost authority on the new science of Elementics, a synthesis of chemistry and robotics.
+| HistoryText             = The '''Metal Men''' are liquid metal robots made from various elements each with almost limitless shape shifting abilities. They were created by the brilliant robotics expert and  [[Glossary:E#Elementics|Elementical]] genius [[William Magnus (New Earth)|Dr. William Magus]]. Doc Magnus was a student of super-villain [[Thomas Oscar Morrow (New Earth)|T.O. Morrow]] and became the world's foremost authority on the new science of Elementics, a synthesis of chemistry and robotics. Doc Magnus developed the [[Responsometer]], a small microcomputer capable of animating pure metals into humanoid robots capable of independent thought, initiative, and emotions. The Metal Men consist of six other robots [[Gold (New Earth)|Gold]], [[Platinum (New Earth)|Platinum]], [[Mercury (New Earth)|Mercury]], [[Iron (New Earth)|Iron]], [[Tin (New Earth)|Tin]] and [[Lead (New Earth)|Lead]].
+Together, the Metal Men embarked on a variety of adventures, their specialty fighting monsters spawned from weird science. Perhaps their most unusual and deadliest for is [[Chemo (New Earth)|Chemo]] a walking stew of chemical waste in gigantic humanoid form. Among their other foes are the [[Missile Men]], the [[Gas Gang (New Earth)|Gas Gang]], [[B.O.L.T.S.]], [[Doctor Yes (Earth-One)|Doctor Yes]], and the [[Plastic Perils]].
-Doc Magnus developed the [[Responsometer]], a small microcomputer capable of animating pure metals into humanoid robots capable of independent thought, initiative, and emotions.
+Over the years, the Metal Men have been destroyed many times, but Magnus has always been able to salvage their Responsometers and rebuild them. Due to their shape shifting ability the robot can combine into a giant robotic form known as Alloy. Alloy has the combined might of all the robots along with their thoughts and skills, making him a formidable opponent.
-The Metal Men consist of six other robots [[Gold (New Earth)|Gold]], [[Platinum (New Earth)|Platinum]], [[Mercury (New Earth)|Mercury]], [[Iron (New Earth)|Iron]], [[Tin (New Earth)|Tin]] and [[Lead (New Earth)|Lead]]. These robots were known as the [[Metal Men]].
-Together, Gold and the Metal Men embarked on a variety of adventures, their specialty fighting monsters spawned from weird science. Perhaps their most unusual and deadliest for is [[Chemo]] a walking stew of chemical waste in gigantic humanoid form. Among their other foes are the [[Missile Men]], the [[Gas Gang]], [[B.O.L.T.S.]], [[Doctor Yes]], and the [[Plastic Perils]].
-Over the years, the Metal Men have been destroyed many times, but Magnus has always been able to salvage their Responsometers and rebuild them.
-Due to their shape shifting ability the robot can combine into a giant robotic form known as Alloy. Alloy has the combined might of all the robots along with their thoughts and skills, making him a formidable opponent.
 Tin later created a robot himself an unofficial member of the team dubbed "[[Nameless (New Earth)|Nameless]]". Shy and withdrawn, Nameless was Tin's "girlfriend" until her destruction in battle.
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 * [[Metal Men Vol 3|Metal Men (Volume 3)]]
-| Notes                   = Although these characters were originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
+| Notes                   = *Although these characters were originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series [[Crisis on Infinite Earths]] remains intact. However, some elements of the team's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for [[Post-Crisis]] [[New Earth]] continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
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 | Wikipedia               = Metal Men

Changes: Metal Men (New Earth)

Revision as of 19:38, 14 January 2013

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