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Showcase Presents: Metal Men #2
Showcase Presents: Metal Men, Vol. 2
Written by Robert Kanigher and Bob Haney. Art by Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, Gil Kane, Mike Sekowsky and George Roussos. Cover by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. The Metal Men return in this SHOWCASE PRESENTS volume collecting their adventures from METAL MEN #16-36 and THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #66.
528 pages, Paperback
First published September 30, 2008
About the author
Robert Kanigher
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One of the most prolific writers in comics, particularly in the Silver Age. He took over scripting duties on Wonder Woman after William Moulton Marston's death, and handled the character's transition from the Golden to the Silver Age. He also created Barry Allen, the second Flash, for editor Julius Schwartz's superhero revival of 1956, as well as writing and editing DC's pioneering war titles.
His creations include Sgt. Rock, the Unknown Soldier, Barry Allen, Ragman, the Losers, Black Canary, the Metal Men, Poison Ivy, Enemy Ace, the Suicide Squad, and Rex the Wonder Dog.
One of the most prolific writers in comics, particularly in the Silver Age. He took over scripting duties on Wonder Woman after William Moulton Marston's death, and handled the character's transition from the Golden to the Silver Age. He also created Barry Allen, the second Flash, for editor Julius Schwartz's superhero revival of 1956, as well as writing and editing DC's pioneering war titles.
His creations include Sgt. Rock, the Unknown Soldier, Barry Allen, Ragman, the Losers, Black Canary, the Metal Men, Poison Ivy, Enemy Ace, the Suicide Squad, and Rex the Wonder Dog.
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October 3, 2023
Nice collection of these Silver age stories. Enjoyable read. Recommended
May 22, 2016
The Metal Men are an odd concept. Nominally robots constructed from the metals they're named after, they talk and act and think indistinguishably from humans, and transform their bodies in ways that would surely destroy any internal mechanisms. Still, if you can buy into that basic premise, they're loads of fun. Robert Kanigher takes just the right tone with the stories, tongue firmly in cheek, but not farcically so. There are even some instances of fourth wall breaking. For example: (Doc Magnus to Tina) "I command you to untie me so I can try to figure out how to separate the Metal Men who were alloyed together by that schlemiel robot inventor we escaped from in 'Metal Men ' No. 18, Feb-March, in ' The Dinosaur Who Stayed for Dinner! ' " Kanigher seems to run out of steam, however, somewhere around about the Metal Mods story or so. Eventually Otto Binder and Gil Kane take over the book, with Binder trying everything but the kitchen sink to keep the book interesting, but he just isn't able to match Kanigher's light tone. Even Kanigher can't match it again, as he returns to the writing three issues later, with a lackluster storyline about the Metal Men being hunted by the police. I'm guessing that DC was frantically trying to reverse diminishing sales, trying anything they could think of. For whatever reason, they were unable to recapture the magic of the earlier issues. This book starts out well, but goes downhill, and definitely finishes worse than it started.
January 4, 2015
While the dialog is still somewhat repetitive, it is a significant improvement over what is found in Metal Men Showcase #1. Doc Magnus still complains about the Metal Men not acting like robots, Tina continues to profess her undying love for Doc, Tin has an enormous inferiority complex and Mercury still exhibits problems with anger management.
This book contains the B & W reprinting of Metal Men #16 (October-November 1965) through Metal Men #35, December 1968- January 1969. Some of the more extreme hippie-style dialog of the late sixties is occasionally used, it is an attempt to be hip and humorous but it does not reach to that level. The current generation of readers will have little idea what those phrases mean.
Readers that grew up reading the Metal Men will experience some joyous recall of their youth, modern readers accustomed to more expressive dialog and less repetition will struggle to understand.
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This book contains the B & W reprinting of Metal Men #16 (October-November 1965) through Metal Men #35, December 1968- January 1969. Some of the more extreme hippie-style dialog of the late sixties is occasionally used, it is an attempt to be hip and humorous but it does not reach to that level. The current generation of readers will have little idea what those phrases mean.
Readers that grew up reading the Metal Men will experience some joyous recall of their youth, modern readers accustomed to more expressive dialog and less repetition will struggle to understand.
This review appears on Amazon
October 29, 2021
This is a collection of comics featuring The Metal Men, a group of robots each made of a different metal.
Most of the stories are pretty good, but they become campy when we get to years the Adam West Batman TV Show was airing. The stories do become rather repetitive as well.
Still, a lot of fun.
Most of the stories are pretty good, but they become campy when we get to years the Adam West Batman TV Show was airing. The stories do become rather repetitive as well.
Still, a lot of fun.
December 29, 2018
Great goofy fun. A series that never took itself seriously. Wouldn't survive in today's market. Broke down the fourth wall. The characters knew they were in a comic book. Sort of took a nose dive when they became the "New Hunted Metal Men."
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