Metal Men #7

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Platinum convinces the overworked Doctor Will Magnus to take a long overdue break. Magnus spends a day at the beach, in the company of his Metal Men. At first, Tin molds himself into a sunshade to protect Magnus from the rays of the burning sun. Tin, however, transfers too much heat to Magnus. Lead, ultimately proves the better choice for protection from the sun. Magnus is only recently back on his feet. After suffering from a strange ordeal that found him transformed into a robot, Magnus turned against the Metal Men. Magnus created the Gas Gang, five new Metal Men, designed to destroy his former creations. Using thermal conductivity, Gold was able to vaporize the Gas Gang. Soon after, Magnus regained his humanity.During Magnus' convalescence, Platinum grows jealous over the attention Magnus receives from Ava Woods, a beautiful model. In response to Woods' condescending attitude towards her, Platinum pies Woods in the face. In tears, Platinum races out of the room, to be consoled by Tin. Platinum decides to compete in the same beauty pageant Woods is favored to win, to prove she is the more desirable girl. The Metal Men continue the work on one of Magnus' myriad of research projects. This one involves monitoring the sun for solar prominences. Iron tracks a particularly large solar prominence that breaks free of the sun, firing out into space. The solar prominence is bombarded by cosmic dust, impacted by a meteor swarm, and finally, bathed in the radiation of an exploding star.These three effects cause the solar prominence to transform into a bizarre, multi-limbed creature. It's first act of sentience is to take possession of an unmanned rocket ship. The creature breaks the rocket down into it's component parts, then reassembles them. It then casually hurls the rocket into the path of another unmanned ship, destroying them both. Dubbed the "Solar-Brain" by Gold, the Metal Men inform Magnus of the creatures's existence. Though a potential threat, Magnus can do nothing...