Comic Title: Metal Men Archives Vol. 1 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2006
On Sale Date: July 12, 2006 Direct Market Date July 19, 2006
Source: Previews, Vol. 16 #4 (#208)

Direct Market Date July 12, 2006
Source: Usenet, New Releases List for Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Cover Price: $49.99
Page Count: 246
Editor: Scott Nybakken

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Moon's Invisible Army"
Pages: 25

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

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

Reprinted From:
Metal Men #3 (1963)

Feature Character(s)

• Metal Men (last appearance in Metal Men #2; next appearance in Metal Men #4)
• Platinum (last appearance in Metal Men #2; next appearance in Metal Men #4)
• Gold (last appearance in Metal Men #2; next appearance in Metal Men #4)
• Mercury (last appearance in Metal Men #2; next appearance in Metal Men #4)
• Lead (last appearance in Metal Men #2; next appearance in Metal Men #4)
• Iron (last appearance in Metal Men #2; next appearance in Metal Men #4)
• Tin (last appearance in Metal Men #2; next appearance in Metal Men #4)

Supporting Character(s)

• Doctor Will Magnus (last appearance in Metal Men #2; next appearance in Metal Men #4)

Villain(s)

• Alien microbes (next appearance in Metal Men #4)

Other Character(s)

• Platinum II (a facimily of the original Platinum; destroyed in this story; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• An evil Doc Magnus robot (in flashback to Metal Men #2)
• Plutonium (in flashback to Metal Men #2)

Comments:
This story is continued in part from Metal Men #2 and continues in Metal Men #4.

Synopsis:
Doc is coerced into creating another version of Platinum. The new Tina acts completely robotic, the way Doc has always wanted. Unfortunately she proves to be too robotic and endangers Doc’s life. As a result, Doc scraps her and agrees to retrieve the original Tina from the moon.

Using his invention of Thought-Force X power, Doc and the Metal Men journey to the moon and retrieve the remains of Tina. He rebuilds her on Earth, but unknowingly an amoeba from the moon is brought back as well. The amoeba becomes a giant in Earth’s atmosphere, destroying several of the robots. Tin contains the robot inside his tin can body and is jettisoned into space, sacrificing himself for the good of the Earth.