Platinum (DC)

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Platinum in Justice League v2 #18.

Platinum is a female robotic superhero who features in DC Comics.

Biography

Pre-Crisis

Platinum in Metal Men v1 #8.

Platinum

Chemo later returned to life and defeated the Metal Men by pinning them under a building. The Metal Men realized their powers were malfunctioning, so they visited S.T.A.R. Labs, where Superman was also being examined because his powers were malfunctioning. Dr. Jenet Klyburn concluded that massive solar flares caused by a magnetic beam were responsible for all their problems, and Superman suggested they team-up to find the source. The Metal Men were all starstruck, and eagerly accepted. They found an isolated observatory where supervillain I.Q. had fired Chemo into the sun. He explained that he used a magnetic cannon to increase solar activity to improve his mental powers, but made a miscalculation, and determined that Chemo’s unique chemical composition was the only way to keep the sun from going nova. Superman double-checked his calculations and realized he was off by a decimal point, and that the sun would return to normal on its own, but Chemo would definitely make it go nova. Superman flew into space, intercepting Chemo, and bouncing him back to Earth, but the impact rendered him unconscious. The Metal men battled Chemo and were nearly destroyed before Superman intervened. Chemo overheated trying to destroy Superman, so the hero hurled him into the atmosphere to explode. At S.T.A.R. Labs Superman performed delicate surgery to restore the Metal Men. During this time, Tina developed a crush on Superman and tried to convince him to go on a date. (DC Comics Presents v1 #4)

Post-Crisis

Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Platinum

Congo, Platinum and the Metal Men battled citizens whilst under the control of the Seven Deadly Sins. The Sins were defeated by the JLA and JSA, and their influence over the people of the Congo ended. (JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice v1 #1)

She and Gold were watching over the inactive body of Red Tornado to see whether his intelligence would return to the mechanical form. During this time, Platinum asked Red Tornado's wife Kathy Sutton about what he did to make her fall in love with him as she wanted a comparison to her own relationship with Doc Magnus. Afterwards, the site was attacked by Doctor Impossible who decapitated Platinum and Gold whereupon he took the body of Red Tornado on behalf of his master. (Justice League of America v2 #1) The Justice League ultimately managed to recover Red Tornado's body, and Doc Magnus rebuilt Platinum. (Justice League of America v2 #7)

An army of Earth's heroes, including Platinum and the Metal Men, appeared to take Superboy-Prime down during the Sinestro Corps invasion of Earth. The heroes focused on wrecking his armor, because after a year on Oa, and away from a yellow sun his Kryptonian body still wasn't at full strength, and his armor collected sunlight. Superboy bragged that once the sun rose on Earth he'd be at full power. Superboy was battered by Wonder Girl and Wonder Woman, who blamed him for Superboy's death, as well as Supergirl and Power Girl, who blamed him for the death of the Superman of Earth-2. As the fight went against him, Superboy broke down in tears. He tried to wipe them away, saying that it was impossible for boys to cry, and then whining that no one ever thanked him for sacrificing his Earth to save the multiverse. The battle lasted until dawn, and he flew into the sunrise. As he achieved full power he declared himself the one, true Superman. The Guardians arrived with Sodam Yat, the new Ion, and pitted him against Superboy-Prime. (Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime v1 #1)

Doc Magnus and the Metal Men set up shop in a new neighborhood, and they faced hostile neighbors who worried that the Metal Men were a health hazard. Doc met with a neighborhood council to allay their fears, he'd made his Metal Men environmentally friendly, but no one listened to him. The Metal Men became more emotionally unstable, and the team refused to accept the presence of their new teammate Copper. A museum hired the Metal Men to recover the ruby of redemption from Brazil, but it was guarded by the animated idol Zummazumma. They managed to destroy Zummazumma, but Lead managed to lose the ruby. It took them 12 hours, but they finally found it and returned home. The team watched Douglas, Robot Hunter on TV while Tina prepared dinner for Doc Magnus. He didn't want to hurt her feelings, so he ate it, even though robots with no taste buds tended to make lousy cooks. Doc found Tina waiting in his bedroom, and had to carry her over his shoulder to get her out. (Doom Patrol v5 #1) Doc Magnus hired out the Metal Men to fix a television satellite. Gold, Tina and Copper went into space in a rocket to get the job done, and Gold bragged that he was trying to establish himself as the worlds greatest superhero using social media. Tina tried to bring Gold down to Earth, but they started arguing because Tina forgot to bring along the repair manual. Doc as going to talk them through it, but Tina and Gold started bickering when Gold kept self-aggrandizing, and their scuffle led to the destruction of the television satellite and a nearby communications satellite, blacking out TV reception in 42 states. The blackout led to lots of ill will, and Douglas, Robot Hunter being cancelled. (Doom Patrol v5 #2)

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.

Overview

Personality and attributes

Powers and abilities

Notes

• Platinum was created by Robert Kanigher and Ross Andru where she made her first appearance in Showcase v1 #37 (April, 1962).

Alternate Versions

• In Batman Beyond Unlimited v1 #17 (2013), an alternate version of Platinum appeared in a reality based in the DC Animated Universe.

In other media

Television

• In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Platinum appeared in the setting of the animated television series where she was voiced by actress Hynden Walch. She was designed by Doc Magnus a brilliant robotic expert along with along with five other robots: Gold, Mercury, Iron, Tin and Lead. These robots were known as the Metal Men. Together, Platinum and the Metal Men embarked on a variety of adventures, their speciality fighting monsters spawned from weird science. Though the Metal Men were repeatedly destroyed, Magnus was always able to rebuild them.

Films

• In Justice League: Gods and Monsters, the character made an appearance in the animated movie where she was voiced by actress Grey Griffin. Years ago, William Magnus was a college friend to Kirk Langstrom and Tina. During their final days as members of Luthor's Boys, Will discovered Kirk was dying of cancer, forcing the former to inject a prototype serum which used bat DNA. The results turned Kirk into the living vampire better known as Batman. Over time, William and Tina married, while Will looked into a cure for his friend's condition. However Tina constantly pressured Will into saving Kirk, all to the point where he struck her. Tina stumbled back and hit her head on the coffee table, killing her. Distraught by what he had done, Will came to the conclusion that if someone like him could do such a thing, then no one could be trusted with their own free will. Thus, Will developed a nanite bomb which would have everyone on Earth linked as one hive mind, and created the robot Platinum' to take Tina's place so no one would be suspicious of her disappearance. Platinum served as Magnus' companion and bodyguard. She was composed of a liquid metal allow that could mimic the appearance of human skin and cloth. Magnus engineered an attack on a group of former Luthor's Boys scientists, including himself. Despite Batman's intervention, the robots killed the others and inflicted apparently nearly fatal injuries on Magnus. Batman took him to the Justice League tower, which had medical facilities far more advanced than conventional hospitals, to recover. This was, in fact, part of Magnus' plan to gain access to the tower, as it held Superman's ship, which had the only power source capable of powering the nanite bomb. Platinum infiltrated the tower and injected Magnus with organic nanites, allowing him to instantly heal his injuries and granting him superhuman strength. Platinum fought Wonder Woman; her superhuman strength, agility and regenerative capabilities allowed her to gain the upper hand over the New God. However, Wonder Woman stabbed her sword into Platinum and activate the mother box in the hilt, teleporting Platinum into the sun, where she was presumably destroyed.

Appearances

• Showcase v1: (1962)
• Metal Men:
• Justice League of America v2:
• Justice League v2:

External Links

• DC Database Entry

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