Was the dead one the first to get an action figure?

I didn't think Mattel would get the heroes of the Doom Patrol out, so I sure as heck didn't think they were going to finish the whole lineup for the Metal Men! But, I finished this limited series; and I'd best blog it so I don't finish it again...From 1993, Metal Men #2, "Fast Backward!" Written by Mike Carlin, layouts by Dan Jurgens, finishes by Brett Breeding.

The cover blurb on the first issue proclaims "from the team that killed Superman!" but they don't quite catch lightning in a bottle again here; since they maybe shouldn't have tried the "everything you know is wrong!" card. Doc Magnus has been getting more and more irritable, repeatedly refusing to let the Metal Men go on potentially dangerous missions. Why not? They're just robots, right?...right? The true origin of the Metal Men is revealed, as a lab accident years ago trapped several scientists, a janitor, and a pizza delivery guy in the bodies of the Metal Men. Gold had been Doc Magnus's brother, and Platinum had been Gold's wife, although she seemed pretty into Magnus before the accident: later in the series, trying to reconcile her attraction to both of them, she describes them as basically the same guy, which doesn't seem like it should be a ringing endorsement.

The previously-unseen human bodies of the Metal Men had been in a secret lab, but get killed in the first issue, leaving them Metal Men for good. It's kind of a downer; and the series ends with Gold dead and Doc Magnus now a Metal Man himself, Veridium. They would appear in a few crossovers; but this retcon would itself be retconned in 52, with the whole limited series written off as part of mental breakdown for Magnus. Well, it's got nice art for a mental breakdown, anyway.