Metal Men #32

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Envious of Tin's relationship with Nameless, the other Metal Men ask Doctor William Magnus to build robot girlfriends for them. Magnus, at first, refuses, until Platinum points out that if she had another suitor, she would stop harassing Magnus. In three days time, Magnus has built opposite sex versions of the Metal Men, with the exception of Tin, who already had Nameless. Unfortunately for Magnus, Platinum's new beau spurns her. Magnus is alerted to a massive mechanical juggernaut tearing up the countryside, a prelude to an alien invasion. Both teams of Metal Men respond to the threat. Tin is the first to engage the rolling leviathan, molding himself into a tank barrier.The humblest Metal Man, though, proves too weak to actually stop the machine menace. Almost immediately, discord between the two teams begins to build. Gold's girl keeps issuing commands before he can. The Irons are ordered to attack, but Iron's girl shows him up, by doing more damage. The Mercurys are sent in to gum up the machine's works. Mercury's girl takes all the credit, belittling his participation. The Leads block the machine's blaster fire, reflecting it back for the final killing blow. Before the mechanism can completely break down, it launches one last missile at the team. Platinum orders the Platinum Man to weave a wire net with her, to catch the projectile.Turning the metal leviathan over, the team breaks inside to find... nothing. The machine turns out to be a remote controlled drone. There's no sign of the aliens. Returning to headquarters, the Metal Women, including the usually supportive Nameless, walk away from their male counterparts, believing themselves to be superior in every way. The aliens, robot amazons from another world, build their own female robot, as a lure to draw the Metal Men away from the Metal Women. En masse, the Metal Men follow the alluring robot back to the robot amazons. There the robot amazons each use their own individual abilities to subdue the Metal Men. Iron's...