Killing Me Softly With His Scream! The Metal Men are locked in a vault. Suddenly, laser fire begins penetrating the vault door. The Metal Men mold themselves into an oversized vise to smash the door open. In the outside corridor, four men with laser weapons fire upon the Metal Men. The Metal Men are quick to put their assailants down. With their captives in tow, the Metal Men seek out the military base's commanding officer, Colonel Craven. The Colonel is in conference with the Metal Men's creator, Doctor Will Magnus. The Metal Men deliver their prisoners to Craven, in their own inimitable manner. Craven personally interrogates the prisoners, one of whom wills himself to die rather than answer to Craven. Meanwhile, in a secret installation, the villain of the story, Vox, receives word that the Metal Men have taken his men prisoner.