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Metal Men

    (DC, 1963-1978)
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The Metal Men are a group of robots created by Dr. Will Magnus. They take their names and their powers from the metals from which they are created. Lead is able to block bullets and radiation; Gold is able to stretch himself to incredible thinness; Iron is super-strong and nearly indestructible; Mercury can turn himself into a collection of liquid globules at room temperature; Tina (Platinum) also has amazing stretching and springing abilities—as well as a schoolgirl crush on Doc Magnus; and Tin, the coward of the bunch, seems mostly good for laughs.

This strange but lovable bunch debuted in Showcase #37 before beginning this, their first solo series. They appeared regularly throughout the sixties and seventies, but seemed to vanish afterward. That changed in 1993, when DC revisited this old favorite in a brand new series.
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  • 1
    #1
    May 1963
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    1st Appearance of the Missile Men; Versus the Missile Men
    1 copy for $70.00
  • 2
    #2
    Jul 1963
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    Death of Platinum (Tina/Metal Men); Death of Tina (Metal Men)
    2 copies from $19.00
  • 3
    #3
    Sep 1963
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    1st appearance of Tina (robot) II
    3 copies from $6.50
  • 4
    #4
    Nov 1963
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    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    Tin (robot) leaves Earth
    2 copies from $5.00
  • 5
    #5
    Jan 1964
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    1st Appearance of the Mammoth Mechanical Queen; 1st Appearance of the Mammoth Robots; Versus the Mammoth Robots
    1 copy for $14.50
  • 6
    #6
    Mar 1964
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    1st appearance of Doc Magnus (robot); 1st appearance of The Gas Gang; Death of Doc Magnus (robot)
    2 copies from $18.00
  • 8
    #8
    Aug 1964
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    Jun-Jul issue
    1 copy for $18.00
  • 9
    #9
    Sep 1964
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    5 copies from $6.98
  • 10
    #10
    Nov 1964
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    2nd appearance of The Gas Gang
    2 copies from $17.00
  • 11
    #11
    Jan 1965
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    Dec-Jan issue
    2 copies from $5.50
  • 12
    #12
    Mar 1965
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    2nd appearance of The Missile Men; 2nd Appearance of the Missile Men; Versus Missile Men
    1 copy for $9.50
  • 14
    #14
    Jul 1965
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    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    2nd appearance of Chemo
    4 copies from $6.98
  • 15
    #15
    Sep 1965
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    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    1st appearance of B.O.L.T.S.
    4 copies from $5.50
  • 16
    #16
    Nov 1965
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    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    4 copies from $4.75
  • 17
    #17
    Jan 1966
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    W: Robert Kanigher, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Schiff  ·  A: Ross Andru, Henry Boltinoff, Sheldon Moldoff
    Dec-Jan issue
    2 copies from $14.00
  • 18
    #18
    Mar 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    4 copies from $3.75
  • 20
    #20
    Jul 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, Henry Boltinoff
    1st appearance of Dr. Yes
    3 copies from $7.00
  • 21
    #21
    Sep 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    1st appearance of Ethylene; 1st appearance of Methacrylate; 1st appearance of Polyethylene; 1st appearance of Professor Bravo; 1st appearance of Silicone; 1st appearance of Styrene; 1st appearance of The Plastic Perils
    3 copies from $7.00
  • 22
    #22
    Nov 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    1st appearance of The Sizzler; Versus Sizzler; Doc Magnus transformed into a robot; Metal Men transformed into humans; Mike Friedrich L.O.C.; Oct-Nov issue
    3 copies from $13.50
  • 23
    #23
    Jan 1967
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    1st appearance of Lizard; 1st appearance of Profesor Snakelocks
    2 copies from $11.00
  • 24
    #24
    Mar 1967
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    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    1st appearance of The Balloon Man
    4 copies from $7.50
  • 25
    #25
    May 1967
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    W: Robert Kanigher, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Ross Andru, Henry Boltinoff
    Death of The Sizzler
    2 copies from $7.00
  • 26
    #26
    Jul 1967
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    1st appearance of The Metal Mods
    1 copy for $5.25
  • 27
    #27
    Sep 1967
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    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    Origin of Metal Men
    1 copy for $10.00
  • 28
    #28
    Nov 1967
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    1st appearance of The Leopard Mask gang
    2 copies from $10.00
  • 29
    #29
    Jan 1968
    Cover: $0.12
    W: John Braillard  ·  A: Ross Andru
    1st appearance of The Robot Eater of Metalas 5
    4 copies from $8.00
  • 30
    #30
    Mar 1968
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Otto Binder  ·  A: Gil Kane
    1st Appearance of King Dymond; Guy H. Lillian III L.O.C.
    3 copies from $9.98
  • 32
    #32
    Jul 1968
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Otto Binder  ·  A: Mike Sekowsky
    1st appearance of The Robot Amazons
    4 copies from $6.00
  • 33
    #33
    Sep 1968
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    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Mike Sekowsky
    1 copy for $4.00
  • 34
    #34
    Nov 1968
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Mike Sekowsky
    1 copy for $12.50
  • 35
    #35
    Jan 1969
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Mike Sekowsky
    2 copies from $9.50
  • 37
    #37
    May 1969
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Mike Sekowsky  ·  A: Mike Sekowsky
    1st appearance of Dr. Pygmalion; 1st appearance of Mr. Conan; Metal Men get human identites
    1 copy for $9.50
  • 38
    #38
    Jul 1969
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Mike Sekowsky  ·  A: Mike Sekowsky
    1st appearance of The Black Coven
    2 copies from $10.00
  • 39
    #39
    Sep 1969
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Mike Sekowsky  ·  A: Mike Sekowsky
    1 copy for $6.00
  • 40
    #40
    Nov 1969
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Mike Sekowsky  ·  A: Mike Sekowsky
    Doc Will Magnus comes out of coma
    3 copies from $5.75
  • 41
    #41
    Jan 1970
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Mike Sekowsky  ·  A: Mike Sekowsky
    Series put on hiatus; Last issue of original run
    1 copy for $12.50
  • 42
    #42
    Mar 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Ross Andru
    Series begins again (1973); Reprints Showcase #38; 1st appearance of Chemo
    4 copies from $3.50
  • 43
    #43
    May 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Robert Kanigher, Allan Asherman  ·  A: Ross Andru
    Reprints Metal Men #14; 2nd appearance of Chemo
    3 copies from $2.50
  • 45
    #45
    May 1976
    Cover: $0.30
    W: Steve Gerber  ·  A: Walt Simonson
    Series begins again (1976); 1st appearance of The Plutonium Man
    5 copies from $1.00
  • 46
    #46
    Jul 1976
    Cover: $0.30
    W: Gerry Conway  ·  A: Walt Simonson
    Versus Chemo
    4 copies from $6.00
  • 47
    #47
    Sep 1976
    Cover: $0.30
    W: Gerry Conway  ·  A: Walt Simonson
    1st appearance of Joanne Rome; 2nd appearance of The Plutonium Man; Versus Plutonium Man
    8 copies from $4.08
  • 48
    #48
    Nov 1976
    Cover: $0.30
    W: Martin Pasko, Walt Simonson, Gerry Conway  ·  A: Walt Simonson
    Versus Eclipso
    3 copies from $3.36
  • 49
    #49
    Jan 1977
    Cover: $0.30
    W: Martin Pasko, Walt Simonson  ·  A: Walt Simonson
    Versus Eclipso
    8 copies from $1.50
  • 50
    #50
    Mar 1977
    Cover: $0.30
    W: Martin Pasko, Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Joe Staton, Ross Andru
    Reprints Metal Men #6
    6 copies from $2.00
  • 51
    #51
    May 1977
    Cover: $0.30
    W: Martin Pasko, Jack C. Harris  ·  A: Joe Staton
    1st appearance of Vox; Versus Vox
    7 copies from $5.98
  • 52
    #52
    Jul 1977
    Cover: $0.35
    W: Martin Pasko  ·  A: Joe Staton
    1st appearance of Dr. Strangelove (Norman Technmo); 1st appearance of The Brain Children
    4 copies from $4.50
  • 53
    #53
    Sep 1977
    Cover: $0.35
    W: Martin Pasko  ·  A: Joe Staton
    2nd appearance of Dr. Strangelove (Norman Technmo); 2nd appearance of The Brain Children
    4 copies from $3.12
  • 54
    #54
    Nov 1977
    Cover: $0.35
    W: Gerry Conway  ·  A: Joe Staton
    1st appearance of M-1; Versus Missile Men
    4 copies from $2.50
  • 55
    #55
    Jan 1978
    Cover: $0.35
    W: Gerry Conway  ·  A: Joe Staton
    1st appearance of Z-1; Versus Missile Men
    5 copies from $1.50
  • 56
    #56
    Mar 1978
    Cover: $0.35
    W: Gerry Conway  ·  A: Joe Staton
    1st appearance of The Inheritor; Versus Inheritor
    4 copies from $5.25