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 Startling Origin of the Metal Men"
Pages: 23

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

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

Reprinted From:
Metal Men #27 (1967)

Feature Character(s)

• Metal Men (also appear in flashback to Showcase #37; last appearance in Metal Men #26; next appearance in Metal Men #28)
• Gold (also appears in flashback to Showcase #37; last appearance in Metal Men #26; next appearance in Metal Men #28)
• Lead (also appears in flashback to Showcase #37; last appearance in Metal Men #26; next appearance in Metal Men #28)
• Mercury (also appears in flashback to Showcase #37; last appearance in Metal Men #26; next appearance in Metal Men #28)
• Iron (also appears in flashback to Showcase #37; last appearance in Metal Men #26; next appearance in Metal Men #28)
• Tin (also appears in flashback to Showcase #37; last appearance in Metal Men #26; next appearance in Metal Men #28)
• Platinum (also appears in flashback to Showcase #37; last appearance in Metal Men #26; next appearance in Metal Men #28)
• Nameless (last appearance in Metal Men #26; next appearance in Metal Men #28)

Supporting Character(s)

• Doctor Will Magnus (also appears in flashback to Showcase #37; last appearance in Metal Men #26; next appearance in Metal Men #28)

Villain(s)

• A barbarian (claims to be a reincarnation of Ghengis Khan; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Scientists of a foreign country (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A group of school children (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Colonel Henry Casper (in flashback to Showcase #37)
• A prehistoric flying creature (in flashback to Showcase #37)

Comments:
This story is a flashback to the Metal Men's origin from Showcase #37 with a new framing sequence.

Synopsis:
The Metal Men perform at a charity event for children. During the performance the robots are ambushed by a barbarian who claims to be a reincarnation of Ghengis Khan. The Metal Men are beheaded and left for dead. The children are worried, but Tina calms them by explaining that the Metal Men can be reconstructed. She then tells them about the Metal Men's first adventure.

After telling their origin to the children, the Metal Men recover their heads. A malfunction causes them to put the heads on the wrong bodies. They then return to Doc's lab where the barbarian is attacking. Five of the Metal Men are defeated, but Tina and Nameless succeed in stopping the barbarian. Doc then repairs the Metal Men and put the heads back on the correct bodies.