Tin

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Real Name

Tin

Current Alias

Tin

Relatives

Dr. William Magnus ("father"/creator), Nameless ("wife"/creation), Platinum ("sister"), Mercury ("brother"), Iron ("brother"), Gold ("brother"), Lead("brother"), Copper ("sister")

Affiliation

Metal Men

Base Of Operations

Magnus Labs

Status

Alignment

Good

Identity

Secret Identity

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Widowed

Occupation

Robot

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

Variable

Weight

Variable

Eyes

Photocellular

Hair

Bald

Skin

Silver

Origin

Universe

New Earth

Place of Birth

Magnus Labs

Created by

Robert Kanigher, Ross Andru

First appearance

Showcase #37
(April, 1962)

HistoryEdit

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

Together, Tin 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.

Tin is the kind caring member of the group he has a terribly low self esteem and believes that he is not worth of being part of the Metal Men. He is however very brave and is happy to put his life on the line for his comrades. Tin suffers from a stammer bought on by his insecurity.

Tin created a girlfriend that was dubbed Nameless. At first rejected by the other Metal Men, but later officially joined the team after helping them on a mission. After several adventures, Nameless asked Doc Magnus to rebuild her into something beautiful. But something went wrong and Nameless was burned out and was left deactivated. Years later, Batman and the Metal Men found her the prisoner of Platinum Man. They freed her, and Nameless and Tin were married. However, a Missile Man working with Platinum Man, attacked them right after the ceremony wedding was over. Nameless sacrificed herself to save her friends and was destroyed in an explosion. Both Tin and the Platinum Man were left with their robot hearts broken.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

• Elasticity
• Metamorphosis
• Superhuman Durability
• Superhuman Strength
• Immortality: In essence, so long as Tin's Responsometer remains intact, his personality and programming can be downloaded into any number of surrogate robotic chassis, rendering him virtually immortal.

Abilities

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

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

• 152 Appearances of Tin (New Earth)
• 8 Images featuring Tin (New Earth)
• 2 Quotations by or about Tin (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Tin (New Earth)

LinksEdit

• Tin (New Earth) at Wikipedia.org

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