Metal Men
#1
(April-May 1963)
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-02-28
- 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 (editor)
Issue Notes
Rain of the Missile Men!
Metal Men / cover / 1 page
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Ross Andru (sourced)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp (lettering, logo design)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Doc Magnus [Dr. Will Magnus]; the Missile Men
- Reprints
-
in Marvila, la Mujer Maravilla (Editorial Novaro, 1955 series) #112 (1 de enero de 1965) -
in The Metal Men Archives (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([September] 2006), #1 ([September] 2006) - in Showcase Presents: Metal Men (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([November] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for cover scripts and letters from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker. Todd Klein confirmed the cover lettering of Ira Schnapp and that Schnapp created the logo design too (posting on Comic Book Historians page in Facebook, 8 October 2018).
[no title indexed]
Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Rain of the Missile Men!
Metal Men / comic story / 24.33 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Ross Andru (signed as Andru)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (signed as Esposito)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Dr. Will Magnus; the Missile Men
- Synopsis
- The Metal Men battle the Missile Men.
- Reprints
- in Metal Men (DC, 1963 series) #44 (July-August 1973)
-
in Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #102 (Circa 1973-1974) - in The Metal Men Archives (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([September] 2006)
- in Showcase Presents: Metal Men (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([November] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
1st mention of "responsometers." Letters credit from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker. Story in 4 parts: unnumbered part I (5.67 pp.), Part II (5.67 pp., titled "The Metal Men vs the Rain of the Missile Men!"), Part III (6 pp., titled same as Part II), Part IV (7 pp., titled same as Part II)
[no title indexed]
Justice League of America; The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For the very best...
Indexer Notes
On the bottom of page 6 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
The Brave and the Bold; Strange Sports Stories / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
At the bottom of page 12 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Metal Facts and Fancies! / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you wonder whether there is enough room...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Credits per Nick Caputo, February 2018. On the page immediately following page 12 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Missile Attack / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 13 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Metal Scraps / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Robert Kanigher (letter responses)
- Pencils
- Ross Andru (illustration)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters from Mrs. Gilbert Bogs, Ray Gardner, Richard West, Terry McBain, Bill Heskins. Illustration consists of drawings of the heads of all six members of the team, beneath the title.
On the page immediately following page 18 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 19 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Jaro Stamps; Maxim Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 19 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
-
0.
Rain of the Missile Men!
Metal Men -
1.
[no title indexed]
Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia -
2.
Rain of the Missile Men!
Metal Men -
3.
["For the very best..."]
Justice League of America; The Flash -
4.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
5.
[no title indexed]
The Brave and the Bold; Strange Sports Stories -
6.
["If you wonder whether there is enough room..."]
Metal Facts and Fancies! -
7.
[no title indexed]
Missile Attack -
8.
[no title indexed]
Metal Scraps -
9.
[no title indexed]
Grit Newspaper -
10.
[no title indexed]
Jaro Stamps; Maxim Stamps -
11.
[no title indexed]
104 Kings' Knights -
12.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers -
13.
[no title indexed]
147 Famous Automobiles -
14.
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club -
15.
[no title indexed]
American Seeds
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Matthew Head
- Lou Mazzella
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Douglas Sederberg
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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