I am certain I haven’t read this comic since 1978, which is
a shame because it is a fantastic team-up for Superman and the Metal Men, as
written by Len Wein and superbly drawn by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez.
The Metal Men always make excellent guest-stars just because
their individual personalities are so broadly drawn; a writer can easily sketch
in each personality and the reader gets it. Unfortunately, that advantage works
against them in an ongoing, and can lead to some creators making ill-advised
changes to the tried and tested formula just to add some extra DRAMA!!
Not here though, as Len Wein teams up the Man of Steel and
the Men (and woman) of Metal to battle Chemo and rubbish scientist Ira Quimby
AKA I.Q. I have always liked Chemo, something about a big transparent robot
filled with toxic waste is quite chilling. When the villains in Infinite Crisis dropped him on Bludhaven…that
was horrific.
This was a well-written, well-drawn, competent comic, and
that is always welcome.
Bee-Boy awarded this comic 4 stings out of 5
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