Metal Men #39

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Platinum, in her civilian guise as Tina Platt, engages in a conference call with the enigmatic Mister Conan, and her fellow Metal Men. Conan's organization has recently acquired Magna Studios, and is intent on producing new films. The Metal Men are asked to become involved. A happy reunion, on the studio lot, is interrupted by Fettucini, the film's director. The pushy Italian auteur is anxious to get underway. Platt, though, is unsettled by something she keeps glimpsing out of the corner of her eye. Mister Jonas, the actor portraying the film's monstrous antagonist is murdered, moments before Jonas is expected on set. His horrific killer takes Jonas' place in the scene. However, when the call to action is given, the misshapen murderer truly abducts Platt.Jonas' copse is discovered. The Metal Men, still in their civilian disguises, are about to swing into action when the police, led by homicide detective, Lieutenant McDonald, arrive on the scene. McDonald dissuades the Metal Men from acting. Their exchange becomes heated, with Iron actually laying hands on McDonald. The police lieutenant is quick to note Iron's vise-like grip. Breaking away from the police, the Metal Men split up to look for Platt. each in their own inimitable fashion. Platt, though, is nowhere to be found. Platt's horrific abductor provides her with food and drink, unaware that Platt is actually a robot that requires neither. Her abductor reveals himself to be Hugo Stark, a former stuntman.While working on the World War I film, The Devil's Circus, Stark suffered a horrible accident, when his stunt plane collided with another. The other stuntman died, but surgeons were able to save Stark. The crash, though, left Stark scarred and hideously deformed. Shunned by humanity, Stark took up residence at the defunct Magna Studios. Stark kept his presence on the premises a secret during Magna Studios' renovation and re-opening. Upon spying Platt, though, Stark was overwhelmed by loneliness. He had to have her....