Metal Men #5 - DC

This has ended up to be one of the most interesting Metal Men stories in quite a while. I can believe that Duncan Rouleau got some help . . or at least some ideas . . from Grant Morrison, because there is truly some fantastic ideas floating around in this book. Essentially, we're going in 3 different directions at the same time. Actually . . 4, because this issue didn't even touch upon whats currently going on. Will's brother, David Magnus, has gone outside of the time-stream, to try to figure out how to stop, what he sees, as the end of the world. I'm not sure how or why, but he sees the Metal Men as the doom of the human race. He's brought in Will, to try to show him what he's seen, and what he's trying to accomplish. The story goes all the way back to the sinking of Atlantis. There was a mage there with the name of Magnus. It was their great-great-great-great-grandfather. Actually, probably farther back than that, but somehow his magic was infused with alchemy. Which, basically, is what David is trying to show Will is that is where his knowledge and ideas have come from. Basically, his responsometers are a newer form of that alchemic process. And, as history has shown us, anytime alchemy is involved, things often take a negative turn. Which is where, I think, the Heavy-Metal men come in. Anyways, while he's showing all of this, we also have a story going on during the time when Will first came upon the discovery of the responsometers. It involves a Ra's ah Ghul type character, by the name of Solomon Kahn. And there's another part of the story in the future where the Metal Men are fighting a corporation called Magna-tech. The first couple of issue, it was pretty hard to figure out the time-lines of all the various aspects of this story, and how they were all connected. But now, on issue #5, it's all starting to come in to focus. It's been a fantastic book . . story and art wise . . the whole time. It's just been a little confusing. You knew everything was connected. You just didn't know how. But so far, I love it. However, we only have 3 issues to go. These have been some of my favorite characters of all time. I'm just glad they have something out there right now.