Mercury

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Real Name

Mercury

Current Alias

Mercury

Aliases

Quicksilver

Relatives

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

Red

Unusual Features

Is one of the few metals that exists as a fluid at room temperature (though to hear him tell it, Mercury is the only metal capable of such a feat).

Origin

Universe

New Earth

Place of Birth

Magnus Labs

Created by

Robert Kanigher, Ross Andru

First appearance

Showcase #37
(April, 1962)

HistoryEdit

Mercury is a liquid metal robot made of Mercury 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, Gold, Iron, Tin and Lead. These robots were known as the Metal Men.

Together, Gold 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.

Mercury is the hothead of the group, he is confrontational and regularly gets into scraps with the rest of the group especially Platinum. He feels his talents are not truly recognized and think that he should be leader of the Metal Men.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

• Elasticity
• Metamorphosis
• Superhuman Durability: Liquid mercury can be used as a coolant for nuclear reactors

Abilities

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

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.
  

TriviaEdit

• During the Metal Men short appearance in Doom Patrol (Volume 5) #2, it is shown that Mercury is a huge fan of Douglas the Robot Hunter (ironic considering he's in fact a robot).

Related

• 162 Appearances of Mercury (New Earth)
• 13 Images featuring Mercury (New Earth)
• Quotations by or about Mercury (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Mercury (New Earth)

LinksEdit

• Mercury (New Earth) at Wikipedia.org

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