(June-July 1963)

DC, 1963 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1963-04-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Robert Kanigher (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Robots of Terror! (Table of Contents)

Metal Men / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Ross Andru (signed)
Inks
Mike Esposito (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Doc Magnus [Dr. Will Magnus]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script and letters credits from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker.

Cover Thumbnail for Metal Men (DC, 1963 series) #2
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Not Wanted: High School Dropouts! (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Letters
?
Genre
advocacy

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Robots of Terror! (Table of Contents: 2)

Metal Men / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Ross Andru (signed)
Inks
Mike Esposito (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero
Characters
Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Doc Magnus [Dr. Will Magnus]; Barium; Aluminum; Calcium; Zirconium; Sodium; Plutonium; Marsha
Synopsis
Platinum builds a robot duplicate of Doc Magnus who in turn builds a new set of Metal Men.
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Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker.

Story across 25 pages in three parts of 5.67 pages, 5.67 pages, 12.67 pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Littleton Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Great Masterpieces (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Swing Is to DC! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Metal Scraps / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Ross Andru (illustration)
Inks
Mike Esposito (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Billy Peoples, Eilen Fineberg, Ralph Libsohn, Bill Feret, and Samuel J. Murray.

On the page immediately preceding page 13 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Metal Facts and Fancies! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher ?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A jeweler needs a magnifying glass...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science

Indexer Notes

Credits per Nick Caputo, February 2018.

Missile Attack! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Missile Attack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

147 Famous Automobiles (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

147 Famous Automobiles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

100 Toy Soldiers $1.25 (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Robots of Terror!
    Metal Men
  2. 1. Not Wanted: High School Dropouts!
  3. 2. Robots of Terror!
    Metal Men
  4. 3. ["Try a tongue teaser!"]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. ["Boys here's a swell way to make $1 to $5 weekly..."]
    Grit Newspaper
  6. 5. ["Curious coins! Odd paper money!"]
    Littleton Coins
  7. 6. Great Masterpieces
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  8. 7. The Swing Is to DC!
  9. 8. ["Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park..."]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  10. 9. ["Free! These... and more new issue stamps... just released"]
    Garcelon Stamps
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Metal Scraps
  12. 11. ["Your eyes may play tricks... but not your taste!"]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  13. 12. ["A jeweler needs a magnifying glass..."]
    Metal Facts and Fancies!
  14. 13. Missile Attack!
    Missile Attack
  15. 14. 147 Famous Automobiles
    147 Famous Automobiles
  16. 15. ["Hi! Boys and girls, here is your big chance..."]
  17. 16. 100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
    100 Toy Soldiers
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  • Ruben Cortes
  • Peter Croome
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  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Stangas
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