Adamantium

[Basil Elks]

Is adamantium strictly a Marvel metal, or do other comic companies use it? I'm asking, 'cause I heard someone mention it on Samurai Jack, & I think I heard it on some DC show too.

[Shogun2727]

I'm pretty sure it is Marvel only. It first appeared in Avengers 66 (if I'm not mistaken).

[StoneCutter#11]

i would imagine that its in other comic realms, marvel didn't invent the metal.

but i cant honestly say.

[fineberg]

Adamantium is a recognized metal in Dungeons and Dragons, though I couldn't tell you who came up with it first.

[Shogun2727]

I believe Marvel DID invent the metal, it is not a real metal, after all.

[cevn]

Question: Is adamantium a real metal? If it is real, is it the strongest metal?
brandon s pincus

Answer 1:
ADAMANTINE is a mineral, a form of corundum, Al2O3. Gem varieties of
corundum are rubies and sapphires.
I've never heard of "adamantium." It sounds like one of those make-
believe materials used for armor and weapons in dungeons&dragons-type
games.
jade hawk

Answer 2:
You got it Jade Hawk, although adamantium was also a fictional
metal in Marvel comic books back in the 70s.

topper


gotten off some website. Final fantasy uses adamantium too.

[KnightShade]

If you actually look it up in a dictionary or encyclopedia you'll run across the word Adamant which is the harshly tempered form of titanium. So I would only assume that they would call this metal Adamantium in real life. But the process is very expensice and rare that anyone even uses this metal. Though since it is in real life then I would be lead to believe that is has been used in other comic publishers from time to time. Why not, it's real.

[Doomtoy]

"Adamant" (adjective) means "totally resistant to persuasion."

"Adamant" (noun) is in fact tempered titanium, like Knightshade says; it is real.

"Adamantine" is either a legendary magical metal or an adjective used to describe really baaaad swords, armor, and suchlike; I've run across it when reading sagas and such for English Lit. I presume this is where the Dungeons and Dragons people borrowed it, as it pops up from time to time in their literature, as well. It may well be a form of corundum, too, for all I know; cevn is probably better informed here than I am.

"Adamantium" is imaginary, and the word is copyright and TM'd by Marvel Comics -- at least, they seem to think so in their old Marvel Super Heroes literature, as published by TSR. It is an alloy of titanium steel with some secret additives. Its production is insanely expensive, which has led to the development of True Adamantium, the real stuff, which can withstand a nuclear blast at ground zero, and Secondary Adamantium, a form of the stuff adulterated with ordinary titanium and other metals, which is still far stronger than any form of steel, but nowhere near as tough as True Adamantium.

Again, I reiterate, neither form of Adamantium exists anywhere I've ever heard of, aside from the Marvel Universe.

[Spinebreaker]

I too saw the episode of Samurai Jack where he fought Indestructible robots made of Adamantium. I've also seen it in another cartoon (non Marvel) but I can't remember which one...

I think there could be problems copyrighting a word that is just an existing word with IUM on the end.

Jellium (tm) A compound of steel and plexiglass that bends and wobbles furiuosly...

There are Creatures called Adamantines in Final Fantasy stuff I'm reliably informed by my brother... and you can get random stuff off them...

[Beta Ray Bill]

Originally posted by StoneCutter#11
i would imagine that its in other comic realms, marvel didn't invent the metal.

but i cant honestly say.

I didn't know Lenny finally became a Stonecutter...

Marvel didn't invent the metal....No thats true, cause its not real......lol

[Doomtoy]

Never said that they invented it, and it's true that there may be some trouble copyrighting the word... but they stuck a TM on the end of it in their Marvel Super Heroes stuff.

This is nothing new. TSR, in their Indiana Jones game, trademarked the word "Nazi."