Batman: The Brave and the Bold brings the crack again!

[theanswer]

 

Preview clip here.



You strut that stuff Tin!



Having a batsuit made out of Metal Men makes Bruce smile!



Talk about your obscure villains, it's the Gas Gang!

Comments

[citygod]

You totally just made those up. What temperature does unobtanium become liquid?

[icon_uk]

May high school chemistry teachers spurn you in the street for saying such a thing; Cesium/Caesium, Francium, Gallium, Rubidium!

[citygod]

If they're real, why aren't they supervillains? All the other good ideas are taken, why haven't the deadline-stricken writers not used these yet? I think they would rule. RubidiumTron and The Living Laser vs. Iron Man. Admit it, you'd read that.

[theanswer]

Some of those are actually very old and obscure Metal Men characters.

[icon_uk]

No need! Such a sad lack is why Jim Shooter and Bill Mantlo created (in 1979), and Kurt Busiek expanded (in1997), THE ELEMENTS OF DOOM! as Avengers villains.

Caesium was even mentioned by name.

[citygod]

Yikes - I was joking! (But I think I need to read it, anyway.)
Actually, didn't John Byrne do something like this in the Avengers, too? It was actually pretty good...

[icon_uk]

Same story, but Byrne only drew it, he didn't write it.

[citygod]

I just followed your link - it's the story I was thinking of! Can't believe that Busiek did a sequel.