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Gas Gang
Publication information
PublisherDC comics
First appearanceMetal Men #6 (February 1964)
In-story information
Member(s)Oxygen
Helium
Chloroform
Carbon Monoxide
Carbon Dioxide

The Gas Gang were a group of short-lived fictional robots in DC Comics. They first appeared in Metal Men #6.

Fictional team history

The story begins where the previous story "Menace of the Mammoth Robots!" left off. After dislodging a meteor from his ship's hull and rescuing the lone female robot

Laughing Gas) which Magnus said was chloroform's initial effect. Before Lead could wall them off, Mercury literally "broke up laughing", opening Oxygen to attack and causing the Metal Men to begin to rust. During the chase Carbon Monoxide (called "CM" by Carbon Dioxide) attempted to poison them with fumes, while Carbon Dioxide (called "CD" by Carbon Monoxide) attempted to freeze them. The chase ended in one of the labs where Gold was attempting heat conduction on the others as a possible cure for their creator. As Helium expanded and cornered the Metal Men, Platinum got Gold to repeat the experiment, stretching and transforming himself into a large cage and trapping the Gas Gang. When he connected himself to the high-voltage conductors he melted the Gas Gang and converted them all to steam. That was when they discovered Magnus had been trapped in there with them, and as it turned out is what cured him and made him human again.[1]

The Gas Gang was rebuilt in #10 when the Metal Men had returned from a space mission amalgamated, enlarged to colossal size and mentally unbalanced. Carrying out Magnus' instructions to defeat the Metal Men Collective and then bring them (it) to him, they then turn against Doc and try to kill him. Once again they are defeated and eradicated.[2]

They act offstage as some of the rebuilt enemies of the Metal Men, brought back by Platinum Man (created and app. destroyed in #32) in a revenge scheme against Magnus who seemingly had abandoned him and the Metal Women (in Brave & the Bold #187). They run off and do not reappear in that story.[citation needed]

Members

  • Oxygen: An oxygen tank.
  • Helium: A rubberized container that can expand.
  • Bunsen Burner
    with a head made of fire.
  • Chloroform: A cylindrical tank perforated with holes from which it emits gas.
  • Carbon Dioxide: An anthropomorphic dry ice
    crystal.

In other media

The Gas Gang appear in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Clash of the Metal Men!", consisting of Oxygen (voiced by Brian Bloom), Carbon Dioxide (Hynden Walch), Helium (Bill Fagerbakke), Chloroform - who has no dialogue - and series original characters Hydrogen (Lex Lang) and Nitrogen, the latter of whom also has no dialogue.[3][4][5][6] This version of the group are Will Magnus' former colleagues who were believed to have been killed years prior in a lab accident while trying to develop a gas that can trigger volcanic eruptions and cause mass destruction, only to be turned into gaseous beings. In the present, the Gas Gang kidnap Magnus and take him to their volcano lair to force him to build robot bodies to store their fading gaseous bodies. Afterwards, they strap him to a chemical container and lower it into the volcano in an attempt to kill him and make it erupt, but Batman and the Metal Men arrive to rescue Magnus. The Gas Gang combine their robotic bodies and overpower the heroes until Batman throws a torch at them, fusing them into a deadly gas cloud. The Gas Gang attempt to pursue Batman, the Metal Men, and Magnus, but Batman sets his Batplane to self-destruct and destroy them.

References

  1. ^ Metal Men #6
  2. ^ Metal Men #10
  3. ^ "Helium Voice - Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 30, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
  4. ^ "Oxygen Voice - Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 30, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
  5. ^ "Hydrogen Voice - Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 30, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
  6. ^ "Carbon Dioxide Voice - Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 30, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
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