| WILL MAGNUS | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Robert Kanigher and Ross Andru |
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CHRONOLOGY
Will Magnus first appeared in Showcase #37 (March-April 1962): "The Flaming Doom".
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Will Magnus in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.
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Will Magnus Chronology
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As Will Magnus |
| Metal Men Vol. 3 #1 (October 2007): [No Title] [Flashback] |
| Metal Men Vol. 3 #2 (November 2007): [No Title] [Flashback] |
| Metal Men Vol. 3 #3 (December 2007): [No Title] [Flashback] |
| Metal Men Vol. 3 #4 (January 2008): [No Title] [Flashback] |
| Metal Men Vol. 3 #5 (February 2008): [No Title] [Flashback] |
| Metal Men Vol. 3 #6 (March 2008): [No Title] [Flashback] |
| Metal Men Vol. 3 #7 (April 2008): [No Title] [Flashback] |
| Metal Men Vol. 3 #8 (May 2008): [No Title] [Flashback] |
| Flash Vol. 2 #190 (November 2002): "Rat Race" [Flashback] |
| Brave and the Bold #55 (August-September 1964): "Revenge of the Robot Reject" [Flashback] |
| Showcase #37 (March-April 1962): "The Flaming Doom" |
| DC Universe: Legacies #4 (October 2010): "The Next Generation!" [Flashback] |
| Showcase #38 (May-June 1962): "The Nightmare Menace" |
| Showcase #39 (July-August 1962): "The Deathless Doom" |
| Showcase #40 (September-October 1962): "The Day the Metal Men Melted" |
| JLA: Year One #11 (November 1998): "Stalag Earth" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #1 (April-May 1963): "Rain of the Missile Men" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #2 (June-July 1963): "Robots of Terror" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #3 (August-September 1963): "The Moon's Invisible Army" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #4 (October-November 1963): "Bracelet of Doomed Heroes" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #5 (December 1963-January 1964): "Menace of the Mammoth Robots" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #6 (February-March 1964): "The Day Doc Turned Robot" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #7 (April-May 1964): "The Living Gun" |
| Brave and the Bold #55 (August-September 1964): "Revenge of the Robot Reject" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #8 (June-July 1964): "The Playground of Terror" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #9 (August-September 1964): "The Robot Juggernaut" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #10 (October-November 1964): "Revolt of the Gas Gang" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #11 (December 1964-January 1965): "The Floating Furies" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #12 (February-March 1965): "Shake the Stars" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #13 (April-May 1965): "Raid of the Skyscraper Robot" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #14 (June-July 1965): "The Headless Robots" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #15 (August-September 1965): "The Revenge of the Rebel Robot" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #16 (October-November 1965): "Robots for Sale" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #17 (December 1965-January 1966): "I Married a Robot" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #18 (February-March 1966): "The Dinosaur Who Stayed for Dinner" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #19 (April-May 1966): "The Man-Horse of Hades" |
| Silver Age: The Brave and the Bold #1 (July 2000): "The Great Gotham Switcheroo!" |
| Silver Age 80-Page Giant #1 (July 2000): "S.O.S. to Nowhere!" |
| Brave and the Bold #66 (June-July 1966): "Wreck the Renegade Robots" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #20 (June-July 1966): "Birthday Cake for a Cannibal Robot" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #21 (August-September 1966): "The Metal Men vs. the Plastic Perils" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #22 (October-November 1966): "Attack of the Sizzler" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #23 (December 1966-January 1967): "Rage of the Lizard" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #24 (February-March 1967): "The Balloon Man Hangs High" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #25 (April-May 1967): "Return of Chemo, the Chemical Menace" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #26 (June-July 1967): "Menace of the Metal Mods" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #27 (August-September 1967): "The Startling Origin of the Metal Men" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #28 (October-November 1967): "You Can't Trust a Robot" |
| Brave and the Bold #74 (October-November 1967): "Rampant Run the Robots" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #29 (December 1967-January 1968): "The Robot-Eater From Metalas 5" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #30 (February-March 1968): "Terrors of the Forbidden Dimension" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #31 (April-May 1968): "The Amazing School for Robots" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #32 (June-July 1968): "The Metal Women Blues" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #42 (April 2010): "Team History" [Flashback] |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #33 (August-September 1968): "Recipe to Kill a Robot" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #36 (February-March 1969): "The Cruel Clowns" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #40 (October-November 1969): "The Dreadful Hunt" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #41 (December 1969-January 1970): "Requiem for a Robot" |
| Showcase #94 (August-September 1974): "The Doom Patrol Lives Forever!" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 3 #21 (June 2011): "Cliffhanger" [Flashback between pages of Showcase #94] |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #45 (April-May 1976): "Evil Is In the Eye of the Beholder" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #46 (June-July 1976): "The Chemo Conspiracy" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #47 (August-September 1976): "The 'X' Effect" |
| Brave and the Bold #135 (July 1977): "More Than Human" |
| Brave and the Bold #136 (September 1977): "Legacy of the Doomed" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #48 (October-November 1976): "Who Is Bruce Gordon and Why Is He Doing Those Terrible Things To Himself?" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #49 (December 1976-January 1977): "The Dark God Cometh" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #50 (February-March 1977): "Our Mentor, the Robot" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #51 (April-May 1977): "Killing Me Softly With His Scream" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #52 (June-July 1977): "Doctor Strangeglove and the Brain Children" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #53 (August-September 1977): "The Hand That Shocks the Cradle Rules the World" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #54 (October-November 1977): "After the Ending" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #55 (December 1977-January 1978): "The Master Machinations of the Missile Men" |
| Metal Men Vol. 1 #56 (February-March 1978): "The Inheritor Kills" |
| Brave and the Bold #187 (June 1982): "Whatever Happened to What'sername?" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (December 1985): "War Zone" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January 1986): "Death at the Dawn of Time!" |
| Action Comics #590 (July 1987): "Better Dying Through Chemistry" |
| Action Comics #599 (April 1988): "Element 126" |
| Invasion! #3 (1989): "World Without Heroes" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #19 (February 1989): "Crawling From the Wreckage" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #20 (March 1989): "Cautionary Tales" |
| Time Masters #1 (February 1990): "Time Won't Let Me" |
| Justice League Europe #11 (February 1990): "Family Ties" |
| War of the Gods #3 (November 1991): "Casualties of War" |
| War of the Gods #4 (December 1991): "In the Beginning... There Was the End" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #31 (April 1990): "The Word Made Flesh" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #61 (November 1991): [36] "Time and Time Again Again!" |
| Eclipso: The Darkness Within #2 (October 1992): "Brilliant Men" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #60 (October 1992): "Brief Candles" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #61 (November 1992): "..." |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #62 (December 1992): "Planet Love" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #64 (March 1993): "Sliding in the Wreckage, Part One: Burn in the Curse" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #65 (April 1993): "Sliding in the Wreckage, Part Two: The Book of Ice" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #66 (May 1993): "Sliding in the Wreckage, Part Three: The Pig It Was That Lived" |
| Eclipso #9 (July 1993): "Perilous Waters" |
| Eclipso #11 (September 1993): "A Call to Arms" |
| Eclipso #12 (October 1993): "Scramble" |
| Metal Men Vol. 2 #1 (October 1993): "Thanks for the Memories" |
| Metal Men Vol. 2 #2 (November 1993): "Fast Backward!" |
| Metal Men Vol. 2 #3 (December 1993): "Metalurgency" |
As Veridium |
| Metal Men Vol. 2 #4 (January 1994): "The Periodic Tables Turn" |
| Showcase '95 #2/3 (February 1995): "Shreddin' Metal" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #29 (March 1995): "It's My Party and I'll Fight If I Want To" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #39 (February 1996): "Merriment, Mistletoe, and... Mayhem!" |
| Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #95 (August 1997): "The Emerald Doom!" |
| Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #96 (September 1997): "Til Death" |
| Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #98 (November 1997): "C.O.M.P.U.T.O. the Conqueror" |
| Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #99 (December 1997): "When the Reign Comes" |
| Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #100 (January 1998): "OK C.O.M.P.U.T.O." |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #1,000,000 (November 1998): "Fear and Loathing" |
| Green Lantern Annual Vol. 3 #8 (1999): "Grunts" |
| Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant #2/5 (January 2000): "Heart of Tin" |
| Superman Y2K #1 (February 2000): [7] "The End" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #154 (March 2000): [10] "Whatever Happened to the City of Tomorrow?" |
| Action Comics #763 (March 2000): [13] "Sacrifice for Tomorrow" |
| Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #8 (March 2000): "Crisis in Blue Valley" |
| Secret Files & Origins Guide to the DC Universe 2000 #1/9 (March 2000): "Robots in the DCU" |
| JLA: Our Worlds at War #1 (September 2001): "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy" |
| Action Comics #781 (September 2001): [37] "Thousand Yard Stare" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #173 (October 2001): [38] "The Red Badge of Courage" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #182 (July 2002): "The Secret, Part One: Dead Men" |
As Will Magnus |
| 52 #2 (July 2006): "Looking Back at Tomorrow" |
| 52 #6 (August 2006): "China Syndrome" |
| 52 #10 (September 2006): "Stop the Press" |
| 52 #14 (October 2006): "Sand and Rust" |
| 52 #22 (December 2006): "Burial Ground" |
| 52 #23 (December 2006): "The Island of Professor Morrow" |
| 52 #25 (December 2006): "Liminal Times" |
| 52 #26 (January 2007): "Halfway House" |
| 52 #29 (January 2007): "Name Calling" |
| 52 #38 (March 2007): "Breathless" |
| 52 #39 (March 2007): "Powers & Abilities" |
| 52 #45 (May 2007): "Every Hour Wounds, The Last Kills" |
| 52 #46 (May 2007): "Mad Science" |
| 52 #47 (May 2007): "Revelations" |
| 52 #49 (June 2007): "Eve of Destruction" |
| 52 #52 (July 2007): "A Year in the Life" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #1 (October 2006): "The Tornado's Path, Chapter One: Life" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #2 (November 2006): "The Tornado's Path, Chapter Two: Tornado-Red / Tornado-Blue" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #7 (May 2007): "The Tornado's Path, Epilogue: Roll Call" |
| Superman/Batman #34 (May 2007): "Metal Men Part 1: We, Robots!" |
| Superman/Batman #35 (June 2007): "Metal Men Part 2: B.I." |
| Superman/Batman #36 (July 2007): "Metal Men Part 3: Computer Crash" |
| Metal Men Vol. 3 #1 (October 2007): "[No Title]" |
| Metal Men Vol. 3 #2 (November 2007): "[No Title]" |
| Metal Men Vol. 3 #3 (December 2007): "[No Title]" |
| Metal Men Vol. 3 #4 (January 2008): "[No Title]" |
| Metal Men Vol. 3 #5 (February 2008): "[No Title]" |
| Metal Men Vol. 3 #6 (March 2008): "[No Title]" |
| Metal Men Vol. 3 #7 (April 2008): "[No Title]" |
| Metal Men Vol. 3 #8 (May 2008): "[No Title]" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #18 (April 2008): "Sanctuary, Part Two" |
| Tangent: Superman's Reign #4 (August 2008): "Tangent: Superman's Reign, Chapter Four" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #22 (August 2008): "The Widening Gyre" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #23 (September 2008): "Things Fall Apart" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #24 (October 2008): "The Blood-Dimmed Tide" |
| Trinity #28/2 (February 2009 [December 10, 2008]): "Railing Against the Tide" |
| Trinity #29/2 (February 2009 [December 17, 2008]): "Not On My Watch" |
| Trinity #52 (July 2009 [May 27]): "Where They Should Be" |
| Final Crisis #4 (November 2008): "Darkseid Says" |
| Final Crisis #7 (March 2009): "New Heaven, New Earth" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #1/2 (October 2009): "A Day in the Life!" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #2/2 (November 2009): "Enter: Douglas!" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #3/2 (December 2009): "I... Robot Hunter!" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #4/2 (January 2010): "The Coming of... the Clique!" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #5/2 (February 2010): "Department Store Doom!" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #6/2 (March 2010): "Fight Sequence!!" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #7/2 (April 2010): "The End of the Road!" |
| Justice League: Cry for Justice #5 (January 2010): "The Lie" |
| Superman: War of the Supermen #3 (July 2010): "Superman: War of the Supermen, Part 3: The Battle for Earth" [Behind the scenes] |