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62-490: Established as advanced artificially intelligent robots, the Metal Men were introduced in the comic book Showcase #37 (March–April 1962 ) as "last minute" filler. Created by scientist Dr. William "Will" Magnus , the six robots were field leader Gold ; strongman Iron ; slow-witted and loyal Lead ; hot-headed Mercury ; self-doubting and insecure Tin ; and Platinum (also called "Tina"), who believed that she

124-508: A retcon of the characters' origin story. A laboratory accident transfers the intellects and personalities of Doctor Magnus' brother Mike, his fiancé Sharon, laboratory workers Redmond Wilde and Randy Pressman, Thomas Tinkham and a pizza delivery man named Jack to blank robots (Gold, Platinum, Mercury, Iron, Tin and Lead, respectively). During a battle, Gold is killed and Doctor Magnus mortally wounded, being forced to transfer his personality into another robot named Veridium . Magnus then becomes

186-469: A 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe, the Metal Men were created by Doctor Magnus but subsequently disappeared. Cyborg locates Magnus and learns the scientist was tasked by the military with the creation of a rescue team that could enter toxic environments. Although successful, Magnus learns the military intends to use the Metal Men as assassins and the group flees and takes refuge in his apartment. When

248-538: A considerable readership of its own. The series ran from March–April 1956 to September 1970, suspending publication with issue #93, and then was revived for eleven issues from August 1977 to September 1978. Showcase featured characters in either one-shot appearances or brief two- or three-issue runs as a way to determine reader interest, without the financial risk of featuring "untested" characters in their own ongoing titles. The series began in March–April 1956 and saw

310-479: A crossover story involving Clock King fighting a series of temporal dopplegangers during "Zero Hour" while trying to obtain a powerful time travel artifact. With the 1995-1996 Showcase series, the focus switched from Batman centric characters to Superman centric characters. This included a story involving the Matrix Supergirl that led into her ongoing series written by Peter David ( Showcase '96 #8) and

372-558: A four-part limited series DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy . These first four limited series each had a special tie-in issue, released at monthly intervals during the Infinite Crisis event. As with many large-scale comic crossovers, Infinite Crisis featured a large number of tie-ins. Before the event was announced, books such as Adam Strange and Identity Crisis were being described as part of bigger plans. After Countdown , several books were identified as tie-ins to

434-408: A new female member, the sarcastic Copper . Employed by Lucius Fox as security for WayneTech, the Metal Men temporarily fall under the influence of Brainiac . The group starred in another eponymous limited series, running for eight issues ( Metal Men (vol. 3) #1–8 October 2007 – June 2008). David Magnus, another brother of Will and Mike Magnus, attempts to avert a catastrophic future and prevent

496-495: A parallel universe called Earth-Two . A major theme was the nature of heroism, contrasting the often dark and conflicted modern-day heroes with memories of "lighter" and ostensibly more noble and collegial heroes of American comic books ' earlier days . Infinite Crisis #1 was ranked first in the top 300 comics for October 2005 with pre-order sales of 249,265. This was almost double the second ranked comic House of M #7, which had pre-order sales of 134,429. Infinite Crisis #2

558-613: A perfect world, Alexander restores many alternate Earths. When Earth-Two Lois finally dies of old age, an aggrieved Kal-L and the younger Post-Crisis Superman Kal-El fight until Wonder Woman separates them. Bart Allen (wearing Barry Allen 's costume and aged to adulthood) emerges from the Speed Force, warning that he and the other speedsters were unable to hold Superboy-Prime, who returns wearing Anti-Monitor inspired armor that stores yellow sun radiation to empower him, making him even stronger. Batman's strike force destroys Brother Eye,

620-428: A previously untold story from earlier in the "Knightfall" storyline where Batman fought Two-Face. Showcase '94 #4-5 were part of a crossover with Robin, involving Tim Drake and Huntress fighting a masked priest/vigilante attempting to eliminate his evil mob boss sister's criminal empire. Showcase '94 #8-9 featured a prelude to "Zero Hour Crisis In Time" that featured Monarch's transformation into Extant and #10 featured

682-421: A robot enemy, and the government wanted to destroy the Metal Men and get rid of them as a threat to the people. During a run in with several other heroes, The Metal Men encountered three new Metal Men—Magnesium, Lithium and Silicon—who were created by the government in a plan to get the original Metal Men back in the military as assassins again. Despite their attempts' the three new robots are eventually destroyed in

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744-459: A satellite AI created by Batman that had gone rogue and begun transforming civilians into nano-infused robots geared to hunt down and exterminate supers. Alexander selects and merges alternate Earths, trying to create a "perfect" Earth, until Firestorm blocks his efforts. Conner, Nightwing , and Wonder Girl release the Tower's prisoners. Fighting each other, Conner and Superboy-Prime collide with

806-428: A similar editorial role. DC replaced its official decades-old logo (the "DC bullet") with a new one (the "DC spin") that debuted in the first issue of DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy . Aside from marking a major editorial shift within DC Comics, Infinite Crisis was a return to large company-wide crossovers of a sort that had been uncommon since the downturn of the comic industry in the 1990s. The story begins in

868-685: A similar journey of self-discovery, revisiting the training of his youth, this time with Dick Grayson , now healthier, and with Tim Drake joining him. Superman retires from super heroics until his powers return, focusing his career as a journalist in the meantime. Hiding in an alley in Gotham City and making new plans, Alexander Luthor is found by Lex Luthor and the Joker . The Joker mutilates Alexander by spraying acid onto his face, then electrifies it, and finally, kills Alexander by shooting him as Lex mocks him for making mistakes including not letting

930-491: A third series, Final Crisis , set immediately following the conclusion of the 51-issue Countdown to Final Crisis , began. Infinite Crisis was announced in March 2005. The event was kicked off with the release of Countdown to Infinite Crisis . Countdown to Infinite Crisis was followed by four six-issue limited series : The OMAC Project , Rann–Thanagar War , Day of Vengeance , and Villains United , as well as

992-578: A two-part story involving the Post-Zero Hour Legion of Super-Heroes (#11-12) which featured the first post-Zero Hour meeting of Brainiac 5 and his ancestor Vril Dox and the villain Brainiac, which ultimately served as the final storyline as the series was canceled with #12. In 2005, DC began publishing thick, black-and-white reprints of older material under the umbrella title Showcase Presents . Infinite Crisis " Infinite Crisis "

1054-444: A variety of villains such as Dr. Yes , Professor Bravo and his Plastic Perils, Vox The Bionic Bandit, Grid , The Chemical Monster Chemo , Uranium, Missile Men, Gas Gang , Darzz The Intergalactic Dictator, Radioactive Manta Ray Monster From Space, Alien Fly Monster Fferka, Volcano Man, Sizzler, Von Vroon etc. Many of the team's foes are fellow robots, aliens, evil scientists and other villains. Showcase (comics) Showcase

1116-589: Is Batman: Under the Hood , which features the return of then-dead second Robin Jason Todd as the antihero Red Hood . DC Comics executive editor Dan DiDio stated that Infinite Crisis was being hinted at in various stories for two years prior to its launch, starting with the "death" of Donna Troy . With Countdown to Infinite Crisis , Infinite Crisis began to visibly affect DC's editorial policy. Mark Waid signed an exclusive contract with DC, receiving

1178-443: Is a comic anthology series published by DC Comics . The general theme of the series was to feature new and minor characters as a way to gauge reader interest in them, without the difficulty and risk of featuring untested characters in their own ongoing titles. Showcase is regarded as the most successful of such tryout series, having been published continuously for more than 14 years, launching numerous popular titles, and maintaining

1240-497: Is a 2005–2006 comic book storyline published by DC Comics , consisting of an eponymous, seven-issue comic book limited series written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez , George Pérez , Ivan Reis , and Jerry Ordway , and a number of tie-in books. The main miniseries debuted in October 2005, and each issue was released with two variant covers: one by Pérez and one by Jim Lee and Sandra Hope. The series storyline

1302-803: The Atom , Metamorpho and Batman in The Brave and the Bold #55 (September 1964), 66 (July 1966), 74 (November 1967), 103 (November 1972), 113 (July 1974), 121 (September 1975), 135–136 (July–September 1977) and 187 (June 1982). This trend was repeated with Superman in DC Comics Presents #4 (December 1978) and 70 (June 1984), and an appearance in Showcase #100 (May 1978). The group returned in an eponymous four-issue miniseries ( Metal Men (vol. 2) #1–4 (October 1993 – January 1994)) that featured

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1364-528: The Green Lantern Corps , but he kills thirty-two Green Lanterns before Kal-L and Kal-El carry him toward what is left of Krypton that is now a debris field of kryptonite . The Supermen fly Superboy through Krypton's red sun, Rao , destroying his armor and causing all three Kryptonians' powers to diminish. Falling to the sentient planet (and Green Lantern Corps member) Mogo , they fight. Kal-El finally knocks Superboy-Prime out before succumbing to

1426-579: The James Bond novel and film Dr. No , which had been published in British Classics Illustrated , and published it as an issue of Showcase . It was the first American comic book appearance of the character. Showcase stood out from other tryout series in that it maintained its own readership; readers who liked a feature would buy the series when it came out, but would often continue buying Showcase as well. The series

1488-716: The O.M.A.C. cyborgs and acting as part of a superhero strike force assembled to protect the city of Metropolis from the Secret Society of Super Villains . Several of the Metal Men appeared in Justice League of America (vol. 2) #1 (August 2006), with the events of the limited series eventually revised and presented as a delusion suffered by Doctor Magnus in 52 , #22 (October 2006). The entire group reappeared in Superman/Batman #34–36 (May, July–August 2007), having been rebuilt and upgraded and including

1550-527: The Showcase title in 1993 when the 1950s retailer reluctance to order new, untested series had largely vanished, and was replaced in the 1990s with reader enthusiasm for the "#1" issues of new series. The new series was published as Showcase '93 , a monthly 12-issue miniseries , replaced yearly by Showcase '94 , '95 and '96 , each one also a miniseries lasting 12 issues. For the first two years (1993–1994), Showcase featured characters and concepts from

1612-405: The "One Year Later" jump. Some ended outright, like Batgirl , Gotham Central , and Batman: Gotham Knights , while others were suspended and restarted later with new volumes, notably JLA , JSA , Flash , and Wonder Woman . Additionally, Adventures of Superman returned to its original title of Superman , while the book that had previously been coming out as Superman since 1987

1674-542: The Batman family of titles with an emphasis on villain-centric one-off stories. The 1994 Azrael series launched out of Showcase '94 with #10 while a prototype story for what became the Birds of Prey ongoing appeared in Showcase '96 #3. The series also had a series of crossover tie-ins. Showcase '93 had a two-part crossover with the "Knightfall Saga" set while Batman recovered from having his back broken by Bane, which revealed

1736-574: The Earth-Two heroes transported there. Superboy-Prime attacks Conner Kent , this world's Superboy. Multiple super-teams intervene. Superboy-Prime accidentally kills several heroes before the Flashes and Kid Flash force him into the Speed Force , assisted by the speedsters already within it. Jay Garrick , the only speedster left behind, says the Speed Force is now gone. Seeking to create

1798-520: The Joker play in the Secret Society and underestimating Lex. The Green Lantern Corps imprison Superboy-Prime inside a red Sun-Eater. The series ends with him carving an S into his chest with his bare hands and declaring that he has escaped from worse prisons than this. The hardcover collecting all seven issues of Infinite Crisis included changes in coloring, as well as, more significantly, alterations in dialogue , most of which relate to hints to

1860-747: The Kryptonite is not native to Kal-L's universe, and Superman destroys it with his heat-vision. Afterward, Batman learns Superboy-Prime destroyed the JLA Watchtower. Alexander reveals to Power Girl that he and Superboy-Prime had been leaving their "paradise" for some time, manipulating events to help create an inter-dimensional tuning fork. Using the Anti-Monitor 's remains and captured heroes and villains specifically attuned to former universes (Power Girl among them after Superboy-Prime knocks her out), Alex restores Earth-Two, unpopulated except for

1922-406: The Metal Men are reprogrammed and believe themselves to be humans living in a magical fantasy world. At Lord's behest, the brainwashed Metal Men attack the members of the new Justice League International (thinking them monsters), and merge into their alternate universe persona Alloy (from the limited series Kingdom Come (#1–4, May–August 1996)), but are eventually defeated. In The New 52 ,

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1984-511: The Metal Men watch a Batman television series, and Dr. Yes is recognized by them as resembling an enemy of Wonder Woman — Magnus and the Metal Men even seem to know at times that they are comic book characters, referring to earlier issues and reader response). Then the Metal Men became part of the shared universe of the DC heroes, even though they continued to fight their own foes (such as Chemo ). The Metal Men co-starred with other DC heroes such as

2046-755: The assistance of the alien robot L-Ron , defeat his brother. The Metal Men also featured in a stand-alone story in the weekly publication Wednesday Comics (#1–12, September–November 2009), and co-starred in the first seven issues of Doom Patrol (vol. 5, October 2009 – April 2010). This series was later reprinted in DC Comics Presents: Metal Men 100 Page Spectacular (2011). The Metal Men appeared in Justice League: Generation Lost #10–11 (November–December 2010). Captured by villain Maxwell Lord ,

2108-624: The conflict. In the Watchmen sequel Doomsday Clock , the Metal Men are among the superheroes that head to Mars to confront Doctor Manhattan . Gold, Tin and Platinum are later seen as recruits of the League, to research a multi-verse ending threat. The Metal Men were seen again in a 12-issue miniseries in 2019, with a new metal member to the team that was found at a construction site and called for Magnus. The Metal Men were destroyed by Magnus for trying to rebuild them from scratch again, and again

2170-478: The creation of the group, and uses a device stolen from the villain T. O. Morrow to change the Metal Men into evil, radioactive versions based on other metals, called the Death Metal Men : Uranium (Iron), Strontium (Mercury), Thorium (Platinum), Radium (Gold), Lithium (Copper), Polonium (Lead), and Fermium (Tin). Doctor Magnus, however, is able to reverse the process and with the Metal Men and

2232-538: The end of Crisis on Infinite Earths . Kal-L seeks out his cousin, Power Girl , also a survivor of Earth-Two. Believing Lois' health will improve on her native world, he hopes to replace the current Earth with Earth-Two, which he considers perfect. Kal-L tries to enlist Batman's support, stating that the Post-Crisis Earth's inherent "bad" nature caused Batman's recent mistrust and hostility. Batman refuses and tries to use his Kryptonite Ring. This fails as

2294-553: The entity Chemo is created (on account of a prototype responsometer created by Magnus being thrown into a vat of chemicals by a thief), the Metal Men fought Chemo to protect Will Magnus and the local population, and while successful are thought destroyed before eventually reappearing in an issue of Swamp Thing . In 2016, the Metal Men were featured in Legends of Tomorrow , a six-issue anthology series. They were in Nevada fighting off

2356-1091: The first appearance of several major characters including the Silver Age Flash , the Challengers of the Unknown , Space Ranger , Adam Strange , Rip Hunter , the Silver Age Green Lantern , the Sea Devils , the Silver Age Atom , the Metal Men , the Inferior Five , the Creeper , Anthro , Hawk and Dove , Angel and the Ape , the Silver Age Spectre , and Bat Lash . In 1962, DC purchased an adaptation of

2418-480: The first issue, with the title then on hiatus until returning with original numbering in issue #45 (May 1976). The bi-monthly publishing schedule continued until issue #56 (March 1978), when the title and many others were cancelled during the DC Implosion . Until issue #21, the Metal Men appeared to be the sole super-heroes in a separate fictional universe, with no other DC Comics characters appearing (though

2480-463: The following three issues of Showcase (#38–40, June–October 1962) and proved popular enough to warrant a reappearance in their own eponymous title. First published in May 1963, the title ran on a bi-monthly schedule with original stories until Metal Men #41 (December 1969). The comic was unusual for the time, for having continued serialized storylines across issues. A second female robot (created by Tin)

2542-568: The four mini-series. Thus, although Infinite Crisis itself is only seven issues long, its plot elements appeared in dozens of publications. Some of these books were of direct and major importance, such as the Superman: Sacrifice and JLA: Crisis of Conscience storylines, the latter of which ended with the Justice League's lunar Watchtower being destroyed, leading directly into Infinite Crisis #1. Another notable tie-in

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2604-564: The imprint of the Berkley Publishing Group and published by the Penguin Group , released an October 2006 novelization adaptation of the series written by Greg Cox , with an introduction by Mark Waid , and cover art designed by Georg Brewer and illustrated by Daniel Acuña . The novel was primarily adapted from the seven-issues mini-series published by DC Comics (December 2005 to June 2006). Additional materials on

2666-605: The kryptonite radiation poisoning (but saved the Corps) and the older Superman Kal-L dies of his injuries in the arms of his cousin, Power Girl. Back on Earth, Batman, struggling with Superboy's death and Nightwing's severe injuries sustained during the Metropolis battle, contemplates shooting Alex. Batman is dissuaded by Wonder Woman. Alex manages to escape. Wonder Woman , Batman, and Superman later meet up in Gotham City . Wonder Woman plans to find out who she is. Batman plans

2728-709: The leader of the Metal Men. Lead later makes a brief appearance as a worker at a superhero bar, and is temporarily damaged while protecting civilians. A robot Tungsten with no personality that served as a personal aide to Magnus was introduced in a guest appearance in The Doom Patrol ; he was killed by a villain named the Candlemaker. The Metal Men then reappeared during the Infinite Crisis storyline ( Infinite Crisis #1–7, December 2005 – June 2006, Villains United #1–6, July–December 2005), battling

2790-435: The most part edited by Karen Berger (and for a short time by Sal Amendola ), the series gave new writers and artists their first professional opportunity in the comics industry. Notable creators who made their DC debuts with New Talent Showcase include Mark Beachum, Norm Breyfogle , Tom Grindberg , Steve Lightle , Mindy Newell , and Stan Woch . Per editorial policy, the series featured only new characters. DC revived

2852-598: The new Crisis with a one-shot issue Countdown to Infinite Crisis , followed by four six-issue limited series that tied into and culminated in Infinite Crisis . Once the Crisis was completed, DC used the One Year Later event to move the narratives of most of its DC Universe series forward by one year. The weekly series 52 began publication in May 2006, and depicts some of the events which occurred between Infinite Crisis and One Year Later . In June 2008,

2914-473: The new one saw a version of himself destroyed. Dr. Will Magnus just had had enough of making the Metal Men and he fell in love with a girl, leaving the Metal Men to fend for themselves after having flashbacks of how he had made them up to now. After getting the new metal that they found in Magnus' lab, he helped it out as it called his name. He introduced them to his Metal Man that he had made, and it became part of

2976-702: The original run of Showcase in a story co-written by Paul Kupperberg and Paul Levitz and drawn by Joe Staton . The series was cancelled again after issue #104 (September 1978), as part of what is commonly called the " DC Implosion ". Issues #105 and #106 saw print in Cancelled Comic Cavalcade and #105 was later published in Adventure Comics . Issue #106 was included in The Creeper by Steve Ditko hardcover collection published by DC in 2010. Two other series were announced before

3038-498: The re-emergence of the DC Multiverse . Also changed is the two-page spread near the end of the book, where a new George Pérez image is substituted. Four additional pages of art by Phil Jimenez were added, who also illustrated new cover art for the dust jacket of hardcover collection. An interview section included as an afterword explains the reasoning behind some of these alterations. A number of series were cancelled with

3100-553: The rescue, and they are joined by the National Guard. The battle results in multiple deaths on both sides, including many by Superboy-Prime himself, who kills villains and heroes alike. During the battle, Superboy-Prime takes off to destroy Oa , planning to collapse the Universe in a big bang event, and recreate it with himself as the only superhero. Superboy-Prime is slowed down by a 300-mile thick wall of willpower created by

3162-654: The series cancellation: The Huntress , which would have spun out of her feature in Batman Family ; and World of Krypton , which was published as DC's first miniseries in 1979. According to editor Paul Levitz, at the time of the cancellation there were still no Huntress stories in production, and the slated content for Showcase #107–109 was Gerry Conway 's Western adventure The Deserter . DC published New Talent Showcase , which ran for 15 issues (Jan. 1984 – March 1985), briefly changed its title to Talent Showcase , and then ended with issue #19 (Oct. 1985). For

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3224-424: The team. The new member enjoyed talking to Platinum and it fell in love with her. While there have been a number of different Metal Men members over the course of their history, the original and most common team line-up is Gold, Iron, Lead, Mercury, Platinum, and Tin led by their creator/mentor, scientist Dr. Will Magnus. Occasionally, the roster includes Copper as well. Over the years the Metal Men have fought with

3286-519: The tower, destroying it. The multiple Earths recombine into a "New Earth" as Conner dies in Wonder Girl's arms. Power Girl soon arrives and asks Kal-El what happened to Lois. The answer causes her to break down prompting her to ask Kal-L why. He answers her simply, telling her it was because he chose the wrong Superboy to condemn and the wrong Superboy to condone. When a horde of supervillains attack Metropolis, heroes, current and retired, fly off to

3348-447: The very same reason it was originally created, to have a place to experiment, and if [the feature] sold, great . If not, they were already on to the next idea".[emphasis in original] The revived Showcase , using the original numbering, began with issue #94 and published the first appearance of the new Doom Patrol and the solo adventures of Power Girl . Issue #100 (May 1978) had a cameo by almost every character that had premiered in

3410-544: The wake of the four lead-in limited series , with Superman , Wonder Woman , and Batman feuding, the JLA Watchtower destroyed, and the heroes of the world all facing a variety of menaces. Over this backdrop, Kal-L (the Earth-Two Superman), along with Earth-Two's Lois Lane , Earth-Three 's Alexander Luthor , and Superboy-Prime escape from the pocket universe where they had initially fled to at

3472-436: Was a sequel to DC's 1985 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths , which "rebooted" much of the DC continuity in an effort to fix 50 years of allegedly contradictory character history. It revisited characters and concepts from that earlier Crisis , including the existence of DC's Multiverse . Some of the characters featured were alternate versions of comic icons such as an alternate Superman named Kal-L , who came from

3534-560: Was a real woman and was in love with her creator. The group's personalities mirrored their namesake metals , being dictated by devices called responsometers. Each Metal Man also possessed abilities that reflected the traits of their namesake metal: Gold could stretch his form almost infinitely, Iron was super-strong, Lead could block harmful radiation by morphing into thick shields, Mercury could melt and pass through small spaces before reforming, while Platinum and Tin could stretch, flatten or spin into fine filaments. The characters reappeared in

3596-525: Was also the top seller in top 300 comics for November 2005 with pre-order sales of 207,564. The plot begins when, in Crisis on Infinite Earths , Kal-L (the Superman of pre- Crisis Earth-Two), the Superboy of Earth Prime , Alexander Luthor, Jr. of pre- Crisis Earth-Three, and Lois Lane Kent of pre- Crisis Earth-Two voluntarily sequestered themselves in "paradise". DC officially began leading up to

3658-432: Was canceled in 1970 with issue #93, featuring Manhunter 2070 . In 1992, DC Comics published a trade paperback reprint collection titled The Essential Showcase: 1956–1959 ( ISBN   978-1563890796 ). This collection reprints selected stories/characters from issues #1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, and 17 of the original Showcase series. Several other issues were included in other reprint collections. In August 1977, Showcase

3720-442: Was canceled, thus making the Superman line's two books, Superman and Action Comics , match the Batman lines Batman and Detective Comics (in addition to the shared title Superman/Batman .) In Dark Multiverse : Infinite Crisis , after Ted Kord takes over Checkmate when he kills Maxwell Lord , he manages to subvert most of Alexander Luthor's plans before confronting Luthor and Superboy-Prime directly. Ace Books , under

3782-531: Was introduced in issue #13 (April–May 1965), and was later (issue #15, August–September 1965) christened as "Nameless", last appearing in issue #32. With sales dropping, the series' tone darkened with issue #33 (September 1968), as the cover tagline changed to "The New Hunted Metal Men". Shortly after, the team adopted human identities in issue #37 (May 1969). The title was cancelled in mid-story with issue #41 (December 1969). Issues #42, 43 and 44 (March, May, and July 1973) reprinted earlier Showcase appearances and

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3844-406: Was revived for 11 issues after the cancellation of 1st Issue Special , which ran from 1975 to 1976. Writer Paul Kupperberg reminisced: "1977 was an expansionary time at DC, and Jenette Kahn was supportive of trying new things. There were a lot of new ideas being thrown around at that time. A lot of books came around, lasted a few issues, and then went away. [DC] decided to create Showcase for

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