| Metal Master | |
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 Metal Master as seen inThe Incredible Hulk #6. | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Molyb:The Incredible Hulk #6 (March 1963) Molyn:The Avengers #676 (January 2018) |
| Created by | Stan Lee Steve Ditko |
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| Alter ego | Molyb Molyn |
| Species | Astran |
| Place of origin | Astra |
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Metal Master is the name of two fictional characters appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics.
The first Metal Master first appeared inThe Incredible Hulk #6 (March 1963), and was created byStan Lee andSteve Ditko.[1] The character subsequently appears inRampaging Hulk #3 (June 1977),ROM #30 (May 1982), andMaximum Security #2 (December 2000). Metal Master received an entry in theOfficial Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #7 (2009).
The second Metal Master first appeared inAvengers #676 and was created byMark Waid,Al Ewing, Jim Zub, and Pepe Larraz.
Metal Master is anAstran, a humanoid alien with the ability to manipulate metal. He was banished from his home planet of Astra for trying to conquer it. After arriving on Earth, the Metal Master attacksGamma Base and defeats theHulk when he refuses to join him. The Hulk returns with a plastic weapon; the Metal Master's powers cannot affect the gun, causing him to be caught off guard and easily defeated.[2][3][4][5]
The Metal Master later returns to Earth, seeking large amounts of metals that the Astrans thrive on. There, he encounters the SpaceknightRom and attempts to control his metal armor. Rom resists him, and the Metal Master is nearly driven mad by the thought of a metal that he cannot control.[6]
Sometime later, the Conclave of Seven Planets sentences Metal Master to a deep space torture prison. He becomes acquaintances with his fellow cellmatesBlack Bolt,Absorbing Man, Blinky, andRaava.[7] He and his fellow inmates escape after Absorbing Man seemingly sacrifices himself to help Black Bolt kill the torture prison's Jailer. After escaping, Metal Master decides to atone for his past crimes.[8][3]
A new incarnation of the Metal Master named Molyn, nicknamed the "All-New Metal Master", appears in the "No Surrender" arc as a member of theGrandmaster'sLethal Legion.[9]
The Metal Master can manipulate virtually all types of metal, enabling him to alter its shape and density and bring it to life.[10] However, he is unable to control Plandarium, the metal alloy from which Spaceknight armor is made.[6][11] He has additionally builtstarships with intermediate hyperdrive functions, but otherwise at Earth's technological level.
The Molyb incarnation of Metal Master appears inThe Marvel Super Heroes, voiced byPaul Kligman.[citation needed]
The Metal Master attacked in Hulk #6, another alien that he battled early in his career as a superhero. Initially, from the planet Astra, Metal Master was yet another conqueror arriving on Earth and hoping to take it as his own. Hulk faced several aliens in his career, one of the only heroes on Earth strong enough to defeat those from other worlds. Metal Master disappeared for almost 20 years after his debut, reappearing 19 years later in the pages of Rom before getting his best character arc in 2017's Black Bolt series, where he set out to right all his wrongs.
Metal Master's name itself suggests what he can do. He is an extraterrestrial who can control metallic molecules at will. Kicked out of his home planet, Metal Master wanted to rule the Earth, but he faced the daunting task of getting past the Hulk. When the World-Breaker refused to join hands with the Metal Master, the Marvel supervillain started hitting him with metals, pegging him back, as a result. But the Hulk smartly brought a plastic weapon with himself, which the Metal Master couldn't manipulate, and he was defeated quite easily.
One of the Hulk's earliest foes, first appearing all the way back in The Incredible Hulk #6, he was an extraterrestrial with the ability to telepathically control metal (like some sort of... master of metal.) He came from an unnamed planet in the Astra Galaxy, where he had been sent into exile by his own people for trying to conquer their world. Upon arriving on earth, he was able to easily beat the Hulk in their first encounter. How did the Hulk finally beat him? He used a plastic gun, which MM had no power over.
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