Metal Men
#5
(December 1963-January 1964)
DC,
1963 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-10-29
- 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.
Menace of the Mammoth Robots!
Metal Men / cover / 1 page
- 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]; Tin Amazon
- Reprints
-
in Marvila, la Mujer Maravilla (Editorial Novaro, 1955 series) #120 (1 de septiembre de 1965) -
in The Metal Men Archives (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([September] 2006) - in Showcase Presents: Metal Men (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([November] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Script and letters credits from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker.
Treasure Chest of Fun
Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Menace of the Mammoth Robots!
Metal Men / comic story / 24 pages
- 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]; Tin Amazon
- Synopsis
- The Metal Men battle alien robots to rescue Tin.
- Reprints
- in The Metal Men Archives (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([September] 2006)
- in Showcase Presents: Metal Men (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([November] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Letters credit from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker.
Story across 25 pages in three parts of 7.67 pages, 7.67 pages, and 8.67 pages.
[no title indexed]
The Brave and the Bold / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now -- together -- in one great comics magazine!
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
At the bottom of page 8 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Giant Superman Annual; Giant Batman Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The untold stories of Superman!
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 8 of the main story sequence.
Your Free Trip Around the World!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Sea Devils / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dive... to mysterious depths...
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
At the bottom of page 16 of the main story sequence.
The Gas Gang!
Metal Facts and Fancies! / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
Indexer Notes
Credits per Nick Caputo, February 2018. On the page immediately following page 16 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Metal Scraps / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Ross Andru (illustration)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letter from Rosalind Rogoff.
On the page immediately preceding page 17 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Justice League of America; Wonder Woman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For the very best...
- Genre
- superhero
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines...
[no title indexed]
104 Cars / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 104 classic racing foreign modern cars...
[no title indexed]
Anca Stamps; Jaro Stamps; Stamp Specialties / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 208 different world-wide stamps...
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let me show you free how to develop spaceman strength and endurance
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Menace of the Mammoth Robots!
Metal Men -
1.
Treasure Chest of Fun
Honor House Products -
2.
Menace of the Mammoth Robots!
Metal Men -
3.
["Now -- together -- in one great comics magazine!"]
The Brave and the Bold -
4.
["The untold stories of Superman!"]
Giant Superman Annual; Giant Batman Annual -
5.
Your Free Trip Around the World!
-
6.
["Dive... to mysterious depths..."]
Sea Devils -
7.
The Gas Gang!
Metal Facts and Fancies! -
8.
[no title indexed]
Metal Scraps -
9.
["For the very best..."]
Justice League of America; Wonder Woman -
10.
["Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines..."]
-
11.
["104 classic racing foreign modern cars..."]
104 Cars -
12.
["208 different world-wide stamps..."]
Anca Stamps; Jaro Stamps; Stamp Specialties -
13.
Convoy Terror
Convoy Terror -
14.
Task Force
Task Force -
15.
["Let me show you free how to develop spaceman strength and endurance"]
American Body Building Club -
16.
Fly-Over Chicane
Gilbert Auto-Rama
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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