Alan Moore revived the Magnet, along with many other Nedor Comics characters, for his Tom Strong series.
Grant Halford was one of the members of SMASH that had been placed in suspended animation after an alien invasion from the Moon in 1969.
After SMASH disbanded, Halford and Lance opened "The Magnet Detective Agency".
Three years later, Halford (his magnetic powers now unreliable) discovered that his partner had been killed by the supervillain Mystico (Terra Obscura vol.
Halford and the other members of SMASH defeated Mystico's plan to conquer the world.