Showcase Presents Metal Men Vol. 2 TPB
Showcase Presents Metal Men Vol. 2 TPB
Cover Credits
Penciller: Ross Andru
Inker: Michael Esposito

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Title: "The Man-Horse of Hades"
Pages: 24

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

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

Reprinted From:
Metal Men #19 (1966)

Feature Character(s)

Supporting Character(s)

Villain(s)

  • A gang of unnamed hold-up men (no further appearances)
  • Zeus (called Jove in this story; last appearance in Sea Devils #14; next appearance in Wonder Woman #250)

Other Character(s)

  • A giant centaur and a female centaur android (no further appearances)
  • Gussie Taltch (a teenage girl; no further appearances)
  • Five female models and five female robots (no further appearances)
  • An unnamed nymph (dies in flashback; no further appearances)
  • Aphrodite (last appearance in Wonder Woman #154; next appearance in Wonder Woman #169)

Flashback Appearance(s)

Comments:
This story is continued in part from Metal Men #18.

Synopsis:
Doc seeks a way to separate the Metal Men from their alloyed state. He strikes upon an idea and summons five female models to his lab. Tina is upset, believing Doc has brought them to the lab for a party. She runs off, followed by the other Metal Men.

Suddenly a giant centaur attacks them and captures Tina. The centaur believes Tina is a nymph that he used to love. Long ago, the nymph was turned to stone by Jove, and the centaur exiled. Aphrodite has now returned the centaur to Earth. The Metal Men delay the centaur, while Doc creates a female centaur android resembling the nymph. The centaur leave happy.

Doc then shows the Metal Men five female robots he created using the models. The female kiss the male Metal Men, causing thermal force. The effect separates the Metal Men from their alloyed form, returning them to normal.


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