Metal Men #38 (DC)
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One of the more interesting comics from what is now referred to as the "Silver Age" which I prefer to call my childhood was the Metal Men. Of course with limited pocket money and other comics to buy I only ever had a couple of these and certainly never got tor read these New Metal Men issues.
The old Metal Men were hunted and feared by mankind and according to the blurb in this issue were rescued and changed by a mysterious "Mr Conan" into human for complete with their old powers and were recruited to continue the fight against evil. Doctor Magnus is nowhere to be seen. I'll have to grab a couple of the previous issues sometime to find out why.
The Metal Men a product of modern science suddenly find themselves confronted with a supernatural menace. In the 20th Century they find themselves on a Witch Hunt. In fact a whole coven of them as an ancient evil has been awoken by their spell and the Earth faces eternal evil as the demon hordes awake from their eternal slumber.
Both individually and together they find themselves fighting demons on the underground, in the street and then using technology that can only exist in the comic world track down the coven who flee and unless all seven are destroyed the world will die.
There are car crashes, falling out of windows and the normal fates but my favourite is Platinum squashing a spider which turned out to be a disguised witch. She muses as to why as a robot such creatures should scare her.
The Metal Men succeed and the World is saved once again but they have to remain hidden from those they protect due to fear. A sad existence no matter what outer form out heroes take.
There's also a full page trailer for the next issue which I don't have but will be returning to this series later in the month!
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