Metal Men #10

(October-November 1964)

Smoking Is for Squares! (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters

Ira Schnapp

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C'mon Bob...don't be chicken...take a butt...you'll feel cool!

Genre

advocacy

Characters

Paulette Breen; Bob; Bob's friends

Synopsis

Paulette Breen (real-life winner of the Palisades Amusement Park's Miss American Teenager contest) tells Bob and his friends that girls don't like guys who smoke.

Indexer Notes

On the inside front cover. Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

Revolt of the Gas Gang! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Ross Andru (signed)

Inks

Mike Esposito (signed)

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Letters

Gaspar Saladino

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Gas 'em!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Dr. William Magnus; Gas Gang [Helium; Oxygen; Carbon Dioxide; Carbon Monoxide; Chloroform]

Synopsis

During the battle with the Robot Juggernauts, the Metal Men were fused together. They attempt to seperate themselves in the smelter but impurities alter their personalities. Doc has to activate the Gas Gang to capture them and restore them to normal.

Reprints

• in Showcase Presents: Metal Men (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([November] 2007)
• in The Metal Men Archives (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([August] 2013)

Indexer Notes

Story told in three parts across 25 pages. Part 1 is 5.67 pages, Part 2 is 5.67 pages and Part 3 is 12.67 pages. Doc is shown with his girlfriend but she is not named.

Long Time! Long Time! Chewy Chewy Tootsie Roll Lasts a Long Time! (Table of Contents: 3)

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Tootsie Rolls go on and on after other candy is gone!

Indexer Notes

At the bottom of page 6 of the main story sequence.

Stop! Look! Listen! (Table of Contents: 4)

80 Page Giant Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Ross Andru; Carmine Infantino

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Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following page 6 of the main story sequence.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Use coupon below and Metal Men will be delivered to you regularly...

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following page 6 of the main story sequence.

Curious Metals! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Because of the fortunate coincidence that platinum expands and contracts to heat and cold at the same rate as glass...

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Indexer Notes

Facts about platinum and gold.

On the page immediately following the two previous sequences.

Nothing Else is Silly Putty! (Table of Contents: 7)

Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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I take up comics in full color!

Characters

Batman

Indexer Notes

On the same page as the previous sequence.

My Secret New Dynaflex Method (Table of Contents: 8)

Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Boys! Men!

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.

What Makes a Tootsie Pop So Special? (Table of Contents: 9)

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

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It's the only pop with chewy chewy Tootsie Roll inside!

Feature Logo

Tootsie Roll Pop

Indexer Notes

At the bottom of page 12 of the main story sequence.

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

Metal Scraps / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Pete Beard, Bob Strom, Chris Harding, Mark Glazer.

On the page immediately following page 12 of the main story sequence.

100 Magnets All Brand New (Table of Contents: 11)

100 Magnets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Unbelievable as it may seem...

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following page 12 of the main story sequence.

Boys and Girls! Be My Guest at the Following Amusement Parks... (Table of Contents: 12)

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

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By presenting this coupon at the park office!

Characters

Superman

Indexer Notes

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

207 Stamps (Table of Contents: 13)

Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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What a tremendous bargain this is!

Indexer Notes

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

...But Everyone Likes Tootsie Roll Fudge Best! (Table of Contents: 14)

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

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I like chocolate fudge best!

Feature Logo

Tootsie Roll Fudge

132 pc. Roman Soldiers (Table of Contents: 15)

Roman War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Fight again the battles of the old Roman Civil War...

204 pc. Revolutionary War Soliders Set (Table of Contents: 16)

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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2 complete armies

100 pc. Toy Soldier Set (Table of Contents: 17)

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

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Made of durable plastic, each with its own base.

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (Table of Contents: 18)

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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For a new million dollar he-man body...

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

If You Know Just 20 People... (Table of Contents: 19)

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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You can make at least $50.00...

Indexer Notes

Back cover.