Comic Title: Showcase Presents Metal Men Vol. 2 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2008
On Sale Date: September 24, 2008 Direct Market Date September 17, 2008
Source: Previews, #237

Direct Market Date September 24, 2008
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 528
Editor: Peter Hamboussi

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Metal Men Vs the Plastic Perils"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Metal Men (of Earth-1)

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Penciller: Ross Andru
Inker: Michael Esposito

Reprinted From:
Metal Men #21 (1966)

Feature Character(s)

• Metal Men (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #66; next appearance in Metal Men #22)
• Platinum (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #66; next appearance in Metal Men #22)
• Gold (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #66; next appearance in Metal Men #22)
• Mercury (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #66; next appearance in Metal Men #22)
• Lead (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #66; next appearance in Metal Men #22)
• Iron (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #66; next appearance in Metal Men #22)
• Tin (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #66; next appearance in Metal Men #22)
• Nameless (last appearance in Metal Men #20; next appearance in Metal Men #22)

Supporting Character(s)

• Doctor Will Magnus (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #66; next appearance in Metal Men #22)

Villain(s)

• Professor Bravo and his Plastic Gang: Styrene, Silicone, Methacrylate, and Polyethylene (no further appearances)
• A gang of motorcycle marauders and a group of gangsters (no further appearances)
• Paula Von Gunta (last appearance in Wonder Woman #163; next appearance in Wonder Woman #168)
• Paula's gang (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Flash (last appearance in Justice League of America #47; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #67)
• Batman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #159; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #67)
• Robin (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #159; next appearance in Detective Comics #354)
• Wonder Woman (last appearance in Justice League of America #45; next appearance in Aquaman #30)
• Steve Trevor (last appearance in Wonder Woman #158; next appearance in Wonder Woman #166)

Synopsis:
Tired of fighting robot menaces, the Metal Men seek out real criminals to battle. They travel to different cities around the country, but when the find crooks they are upstaged by other heroes including Flash, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Discouraged, the Metal Men return home.

A crook in a stolen armored car then approaches Metal Men headquarters. The robots try to stop the crook, Professor Bravo, but face off against Bravo's Plastic Gang instead. The team fails to stop the plastic men as a group and individually, so Gold and Tina research plastics in the library. Their research shows that plastic has a low boiling point, so they pour boiling liquid on the gang to destroy them. Once the Plastic Gang is defeated, the Metal Men apprehend Professor Bravo.