Metal Men

This true story of the multibillionaire who fled to Switzerland “reads like a mystery novel” (USA Today). How did Marc Rich make over ten billion dollars while paying hardly any taxes? Journalist A. Craig Copetas infiltrated the inner circle of the commodities market and Rich’s associates to show not only how the metals and minerals trader pulled off the scam, becoming one of America’s most wanted criminals, but also how other traders have used the same model to evade taxes as well. A continuing figure of controversy even after his death, Rich, a hedge fund manager and the founder of Glencore, was wanted for evading almost ninety million dollars in taxes and if caught, could have spent life in prison. From a former staff reporter at The Wall Street Journal, Metal Men is a story of international intrigue spanning the globe, from the inside of the White House to the Kremlin, a brilliantly researched work that exposes the inner workings of one of country’s largest scams. “Mr. Copetas is at his best evoking the high-stakes, fast-paced life of the commodities traders: the greed and corruption that consume them are the stuff of high drama.” —The New York Times Book Review

A chill wind off the eastern sea! As the harrowing pursuit of a mysterious raiding party draws to a close, the woman warrior Liath Luachra prepares her fian (war party) for one final onslaught . But out in the Great Wild, even the best laid schemes rarely go as planned. The south-eastern forests hide threats more dangerous than raiders, the alliance with Clann Baoiscne is foundering, and Liath Luachra’s own history risks upending her life forever. This completes the adventure that commenced with Liath Luachra: The Seeking.

Gold, Platina, Mercury, Iron, Lead, Tin and Copper are the amazing androids who combine their unique abilities--and clashing personalities--to fight for justice under the watchful eye of their creator, Doc Magnus. But within the "responsometers" that give them life lies an ancient weapon that can control the very fabric of the world. To keep their scientific secret, Magnus and his Metal Men must mine a mother lode of villains.

One of the most colorful super-hero teams of the early 1960s, the Metal Men are six shape-shifting robots whose personalities are based on their metals: Hot-tempered Mercury, timid Tin, thick-headed Lead, etc. Invented by eccentric scientist Dr. Will Magnus, the team is ready to give their all - including their artificial lives - to protect mankind. In these tales, never before reprinted in color, the Metal Men take on the Gas Gang, including Helium, Oxygen, Chloroform and more, save lives at the "Playground of Terror," try to stop the deadly rain of "The Missile Men," and battle Chemo, a giant, human-shaped vat filled with deadly chemicals.

HEAVY METAL HEROES! TheyÕre the bleeding edge of robotics technology, infused by inventor Dr. Will Magnus with abilities-and emotions-of the elements that bind our world together. TheyÕre the Metal Men, the perfect combination of superhero and supercomputerÉbut like all computers, they can be hacked. Now a mysterious cyberterrorist known only as the Nameless has set his sights on these extraordinary androids-and that makes them a security risk the U.S. military canÕt afford. Caught in the crossfire of the war on techno-terror, Magnus and the Metal Men will battle both sides, calling on amazing allies like the Justice LeagueÕs Cyborg to keep up the fight. But the greatest threat may be the next generation of technology. What will happen when they come face to face withÉMetal Men 2.0? Find out in METAL MEN-a rollicking robotic cyberthriller from comics legend Len Wein (SWAMP THING) and artist Yildiray Cinar! Collects the Metal Men stories from LEGENDS OF TOMORROW #1-6.

After Platinum finds out that she is based on a real woman Magnus used to know in college, she sneaks away to search for her human counterpart…and learns the twisted reason for why she “loves” Magnus so much. Meanwhile, back at Magnus Mountain, Nth Metal Man seems to have some bigger plans of his own with someone else from the Dark Multiverse…

The Metal Men are back! And back and back and back again, as we take a deep look into Doc Magnus’s lab as he experiments with what it means to be sentient. Meanwhile, a mysterious liquid Nth metal has appeared in the science site at Challengers Mountain that appears to have come through from the Dark Multiverse-and will destroy anything that stands in the way of it trying to stay in our world! As Magnus, Gold, Platinum, Iron, Lead, and Mercury rush to Dr. Jenet Klyburn’s aid, one of them will meet their fate at the hands of the Nth Metal Man! Collects Metal Men #1-12.

A poetic exploration of the new world created by the collision of the biological body with technology and culture. For more than 3,000 years, humans have explored uncharted geographic and spiritual realms. Present-day explorers face new territories born from the coupling of living tissue and metal, strange lifeforms that are intelligent but unconscious, neither completely alive nor dead. Our bodies are now made of machines, images, and information. We are becoming cultural bodies in a world inhabited by cyborgs, clones, genetically modified animals, and innumerable species of human/information symbionts. Ollivier Dyens's Metal and Flesh is about two closely related phenomena: the technologically induced transformation of our perceptions of the world and the emergence of a cultural biology. Culture, according to Dyens, is taking control of the biosphere. Focusing on the twentieth century—which will be remembered as the century in which the living body was blurred, molded, and transformed by technology and culture—Dyens ruminates on the undeniable and irreversible human/machine entanglement that is changing the very nature of our lives.