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Issue: The Metal Men Archives #2
Publication Date: August 2013
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Issues: #2 of 2 Issues
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Archive EditionsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 06/19/2013
Volume: 2
Pages: 408
ISBN: 9781401238674
UPC/EAN: 978140123867457500
Price: $85.00 CAD
$75.00 USD
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Content Items: 42 (21 stories, 2 covers)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
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Paper Stock: glossy paper dust jacket
Binding: hardcover with dust jacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Chemo
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was The Headless Robots! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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[untitled]

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Metal Men Archives Volume 2

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Table of Contents

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Foreword: I Never Metal Men I Didn't Like

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[untitled]

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The Day Doc Turned Robot!

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Character(s): Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Dr. William Magnus; Gas Gang [Helium; Oxygen; Carbon Dioxide; Carbon Monoxide; Chloroform] (first appearance, origin); comet being
Synopsis: Doc is changed to a robot by cosmic rays and invents the Gas Gang, which the Metal Men have to destroy in self defense.
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The Living Gun!

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The Living Gun!

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Playground of Terror!

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The Playground of Terror!

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Character(s): Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Platinum; Tin; Mercury; Lead]; Doc Magnus; Timmy; evil robots
Synopsis: The Metal Men put on a show for children, but Tina stops for one lonely boy who refuses to come. She discovers that Timmy is blind. His mother hopes that in the future chemical compounds will provide a cure. Timmy gets to spend the day with the Metal Men and Tina blurts out that Doc can probably cure his blindness. Timmy visits a rocket ready to launch and Tina insists on a short flight, but a cosmic turbulence hurls them through space. The Metal Men land on an eerie planet with a deserted amusement park where the "rides" are evil robots who killed their masters.
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The Robot Juggernaut!

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The Robot Juggernaut! Book Two of "The Playground of Terror!"

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Character(s): Doc Magnus [Dr. William Magnus]; Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Billy; robot juggernauts
Synopsis: The Metal Men and Billy escape from the planet of the Playground of Terror, and land on another planet where Robot Juggernauts try to melt them down. The Metal Men escape by alloying together and Billy's sight is returned by a comet shower on the way back to Earth.
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Revolt of the Gas Gang!

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Revolt of the Gas Gang!

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Synopsis: During the battle with the Robot Juggernauts, the Metal Men were fused together. They attempt to seperate themselves in the smelter but impurities alter their personalities. Doc has to activate the Gas Gang to capture them and restore them to normal.
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The Floating Furies!

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The Floating Furies!

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Character(s): Dr. Will Magnus; Iron; Lead; Tin; Mercury; Gold; Platinum [Tina]; Floating Furies; Neptune
Synopsis: The Metal Men encounter intelligent mines that want to capture Gold and Platinum.
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Shake the Stars!

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Shake the Stars!

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Raid of the Skyscraper Robot!

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Raid of the Skyscraper Robot!

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Raid of the Skyscraper Robot! Part 2!

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Raid of the Skyscraper Robot! Part Two! [sic]

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Raid of the Skyscraper Robot! Part Three [sic]

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The Headless Robots!

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The Headless Robots!

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The Revenge of the Rebel Robot!

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Robots for Sale!

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Robots for Sale!

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I Married a Robot!

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I Married a Robot!

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The Dinosaur Who Stayed for Dinner!

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The Dinosaur Who Stayed for Dinner!

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[untitled]

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The Man-Horse of Hades!

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The Man-Horse of Hades! Part Two

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The Man-Horse of Hades! [Part Three]

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The Man-Horse of Hades! Part Three [Part Four]

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Birthday Cake for a Cannibal Robot!

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Birthday Cake for a Cannibal Robot!

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Character(s): Doc Magnus; Metal Men [Gold; Platinum; Lead; Iron; Tin; Mercury; Nameless]; Dr. Yes's robot; Dr. Yes; unnamed friend of Doc Magnus'
Synopsis: The Metal Men reconstruct Dr. Yes's robot with a responsometer, to have it lead them to Dr. Yes. But Dr. Yes turns the tables and the Metal Men have to fight and destroy the robot again, and still do not find his lair.
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Biographies

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