This is The Metal Men's Fourth run-in with Ultron. He was last seen attempting to make a bride of Platinum in STF #4619, He tried to make the team his slaves in STF #3466, and they first met when he was after Doc Magnus in STF #1836. Let's hope they can finally stop him for good this time!
In Ultron's image? Are all the Metal Men going to have to change their names to Adamantium? That could get confusing.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they can be Adamantium, Vibranium, Secondary Adamantium, Antarctic Vibranium, and Carbonadium
Delete@Aaron: in other words, new Elements of Doom?
Delete@Alaric: If the 5 George Foremen can handle it...
ReplyDelete@Ross: is this a tweaking of the cliff-hanger from War Of The Independents #1?
Re your comment @Alaric_ or the members of the German noble House of Reuss, which controlled two small principalities in Thuringia right up until 1919, in which EVERY male was named Heinrich...
DeleteNever read that, so I wouldn't know.
ReplyDelete@Namesake and Cary: believe me, you didn't miss anything worthwhile. It was supposed to be a six-issue mini-series circa 2009? First issue didn't hit news stands till 2011. And it took four years to get the only three subsequent issues mass marketed before Dave Ryan evidently just plain gave up!
DeleteAnd then suddenly Machine Man and G.I. Robot show up to save the day!
ReplyDeleteMaybe Ultron is still trying to recruit them as allies.
ReplyDeleteWith each appearance he seems to be testing their.....METTLE!
"Upon utterance of which, he didst 'steel' away into the night."
DeleteJust FYI, 3 issues left until STF #5000!
ReplyDelete"Yes, Daviticus, there is a Santa Claus"
DeleteAnd it's in Spencer County, Indiana.
DeleteI always thought it was in Virginia. ;-)
DeleteSeriously, though; has Ultron ever gone up against the robotic Capt. Marvel? Or are the odds against that too unevenly "Split!"
ReplyDeleteOnly 5 of the 6 members? Someone is bringing in help!! And for Ultron, this is too messy. Changing the programming is simple(?) as he said. Or is it? How would Ultron handle The Spectre?
ReplyDeleteHe'd probably build a Metal Man out of Ectoranium.
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