Lead

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Real Name

Lead

Current Alias

Lead

Relatives

Dr. William Magnus ("father"/creator), Platinum ("sister"), Mercury ("brother"), Gold ("brother"), Tin ("brother"), Iron ("brother"), Copper ("sister")

Affiliation

Metal Men

Base Of Operations

Magnus Labs

Status

Alignment

Good

Identity

Secret Identity

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Robot

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

Variable

Weight

Variable

Eyes

Photocellular

Hair

No Hair

Skin

Grey

Origin

Universe

New Earth

Place of Birth

Magnus Labs

Created by

Robert Kanigher, Ross Andru, Mike Esposito

First appearance

Showcase #37
(April, 1962)

HistoryEdit

Lead is a liquid metal robot made of Lead with almost limitless shape shifting abbilities. He was designed by Dr. William Magnus a brilliant robotic expert along with along with five other robots Platinum, Mercury, Gold, Tin and Iron. These robots were known as the Metal Men.

Together, Lead and the Metal Men embarked on a variety of adventures, their specialty fighting monsters spawned from weird science. Though the Metal Men were repeatedly destroyed, Magnus was always able to rebuild them.

Lead is the workhorse of the Metal Men, slow witted but invariably the first of the team to step up to the plate. Lead often work with Iron and combines into various structures and shapes to protect the team.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

• Superhuman Strength
• Elasticity
• Metamorphosis
• Superhuman Durability

Abilities

• Chemistry: Lead is an expert in the field of chemistry as it relates to the element of lead.
  

ParaphernaliaEdit

Equipment

• Responsometer
  

NotesEdit

• Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
  

Recommended ReadingEdit

• Metal Men

• Metal Men (Volume 1)
• Metal Men (Volume 2)
• Metal Men (Volume 3)
• Doom Patrol (Volume 5)

Related

• 157 Appearances of Lead (New Earth)
• 11 Images featuring Lead (New Earth)
• 1 Quotations by or about Lead (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Lead (New Earth)

LinksEdit

• Lead (New Earth) at Wikipedia.org

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