Metal Men #27

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Synopsis

The self-styled, modern day reincarnation of Genghis Khan appears before a panel of evil scientists, in a hostile foreign country. Tasked with destroying the Metal Men, the boastful villain demonstrates the power of his laser sword, by decapitating a series of Metal Men figures, with a single slashing motion. The Metal Men are performing for a group of children, outside of Doctor William Magnus' sprawling laboratory complex. Suddenly, the faux Genghis Khan leaps out, and decapitates the entire team, with a single swipe of his laser sword.The children are horrified, until Platinum's severed head begins to speak to them. To soothe the children's fears, Platinum recounts the origin of the Metal Men. A gargantuan, radioactive manta ray had emerged from it's eons long slumber in the arctic ice. The best efforts of the military had proven futile in destroying the creature. As a last resort, Colonel Casper approached Magnus, in the hopes that his scientific genius could win out over the creature. As luck would have it, Magnus had just competed work on his Metal Men. A half dozen robots, each endowed with the amazing abilities of the element from which they took their individual names.The Metal Men were enlisted in the fight against the creature. At first, Magnus forbade Platinum's participation in the mission. Platinum, however, quickly proved her mettle to her creator, and was allowed to share the risks with her "male" peers. Traveling in their Jetaway, the Metal Men quickly located the creature, and engaged it in combat. Lead was molded into an enormous cannonball, which Tin then coated for added durability. Iron hurled Lead and Tin at the creature, only to see them reflected back at the Jetaway. Magnus is barely able to right the craft, before it crashed into the ground below.Tin extricated himself from Lead, and charged the creature. The littlest Metal Man was instantly destroyed by a radiation burst from the creature. Lead hurriedly threw up a shield to protect Magnus,...