(February-March 1964)
- Price:
- 0.12
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Bob Kanigher
- Format:
- Standard Silver Age US color comic; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; was ongoing series
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Gigant (Semic AS, 1977 series) #4/1978 (August 1978)
[no title indexed]
Metal Men / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Ross Andru
- Inks:
- Mike Esposito
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Reprints:
- in Showcase Presents: Metal Men (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)
The Day Doc Turned Robot
Metal Men / comic story / 23 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Kanigher
- Pencils:
- Ross Andru
- Inks:
- Mike Esposito
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- super-hero
- Characters:
- Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin (all as Metal Men); Dr. William Magnus; Helium; Oxygen; Carbon Dioxide; Carbon Monoxide; Chloroform (all as the Gas Gang)(first appearance and origin); comet being
- Synopsis:
- Doc is changed to a robot by cosmic rays and invents the Gas Gang, which the Metal Men have to destroy in self defense.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Super Adventure (K. G. Murray, 1976 ? series) #74 ([circa July 1976])
- in Metal Men (DC, 1973 series) #50 (February-March 1977) [heavily edited, from "The Day Doc Turned Robot"; heavily edited, as part of "Our Mentor, the Robot"]
- in Showcase Presents: Metal Men (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Dwayne Best
- Daniel Thingvold
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Jon Ingersoll
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mark Gordon
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