If you want complete Silver Age insanity, the Metal Men are very very hard to top.
This is a retrospective of DC’s most dysfunctional and screwball shapeshifting robots.
Showcase 37
Showcase 38
Showcase 39
Showcase 40
Metal Men 1
Metal Men 2
Metal Men 3
Metal Men 4
Metal Men 5
Metal Men 6
Metal Men 7
Metal Men 8
Metal Men 9
Metal Men 10
Metal Men 11
Metal Men 12
Metal Men 13
Metal Men 14
Metal Men 15
Metal Men 16
Metal Men 17
Metal Men 18
Metal Men 19
Metal Men 20
Metal Men 21
Metal Men 22
Metal Men 23
Metal Men 24
Metal Men 25
Metal Men 26
Metal Men 27
Metal Men 28
Metal Men 29
Metal Men 30
Metal Men 31
Metal Men 32
Metal Men 33
Metal Men 34
Metal Men 35
Metal Men 36 (last Kanigher story)
Metal Men 37
Metal Men 38/39
Metal Men 40/41
Issues from #42 to #44 were reprints
Metal Men 45
Metal Men 46
Metal Men 47
Metal Men 48-50
Metal Men 51-53
Metal Men 54-55
Metal Men 56
also see the METAL AWARDS for the main series.
There are also a few appearances outside of the main series:
Brave And The Bold #55 (the Atom team-up)
Brave And The Bold #66 (the Metamorpho team-up)
Brave And The Bold #74 (first Batman team-up)
Brave And The Bold #103 (second Batman team-up)
Brave And The Bold #113 (third Batman team-up)
Brave And The Bold #121 (fourth Batman team-up)
World’s Finest #239 (reviewed after the end of the retrospective)
Brave And The Bold #135 (fifth Batman team-up)
Brave And The Bold #136 (sixth Batman team-up)
Published after the end of the main series:
Showcase #100 (cameo)
DC Comics Presents #4 (first Superman team-up)
Brave And The Bold #187 (last Batman team-up)
DC Comics Presents #70 (last Superman team-up)
Crisis On Infinite Earths
Planet of evil robots: 15
“Mercury is the only liquid metal at room temperature”: 19
Times Nameless has died: 6
Times Platinum has died: 22
Times Mercury has died: 23
Times Gold has died: 25
Times Iron has died: 28
Times Tin has died: 29
Times Lead has died: 30
Issues when not a single Metal Man dies: 32
Number of elements: 61
-The 6 original members
-6 from Metal Men #2 (Barium, Aluminum, Calcium, Zirconium, Sodium, Plutonium)
-5 from Metal Men #6 (Oxygen, Helium, Chloroform, Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide. Yes I know some of them are not elements.)
-Nameless from Metal Men #13
-5 from Metal Men #19 (the female versions of the originals)
-5 from Metal Men #21 (the Plastic Gang: Ethylene, Styrene, Silicone, Methacrylate and Polyethylene
-Balloon Man from Metal Men #24
-7 “Evil Metal Men” from Metal Men #28
-6 “New Metals” from Metal Men #31 (Cobalt, Gallium, Iridium, Osmium, Silver and Zinc)
-5 gender-bent robots from Metal Men #32 (Mercury Girl, Gold Girl, Iron Girl, Lead Girl, Platinum Man)
-Plutonium Man from Metal Men #45
-6 from Metal Men #47: Cadmium, Tungsten, Barium, Chromium, Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Helium
-2 from Brave And The Bold #55: Uranium and Agantha
-5 knockoffs of Iron, Mercury, Lead, Tin and Gold from Brave And The Bold #66