Metal Men #15
(August-September 1965)

DC, 1963 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1965-06-24
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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Metal Men / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru (signed)
Inks
Mike Esposito (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text
One shot from my head -- and you Metal Men will be a bunch of bolts!
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Reprints

Summer at Home Can Be Fun! (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Revenge of the Rebel Robot! (Table of Contents: 2)

Metal Men / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Ross Andru (signed)
Inks
Mike Esposito (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits for script and pencils confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz kept records for Robert Kanigher who edited this issue. The records show Andru as inker, but it is believed that Mike Esposito actually inked the story.

Story across 24 pages in three parts of 7.67 parts each.

Flight of the P-26 (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wen-Mac Gas-Powered Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

How to Build Prrrrfect Models (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

AMT Models / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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 Rich Walls, David Ginsburg, Linda D. Griffin, and Carla Jean Niehoff.

On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the main story sequence.

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

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

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

G.I. Joe / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

80 Page Giant Magazine; Jimmy Olsen / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Our Army at War; The Brave and the Bold / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

40 Army-Navy-Marine Medals & Insignias / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Robert Kanigher ?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Flowers bloom where potassium fertilizes the ground...
Genre
math & science; non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Credits per Nick Caputo, February 2018.

10 Issues of Metal Men for Only $1.00 (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["One shot from my head -- and you Metal Men will be a bunch of bolts!"]
    Metal Men
  2. 1. Summer at Home Can Be Fun!
  3. 2. The Revenge of the Rebel Robot!
    Metal Men
  4. 3. Flight of the P-26
    Wen-Mac Gas-Powered Models
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  6. 5. How to Build Prrrrfect Models
    AMT Models
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Metal Scraps
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    G.I. Joe
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    80 Page Giant Magazine; Jimmy Olsen
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  13. 12. ["For the very best..."]
    Our Army at War; The Brave and the Bold
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    40 Army-Navy-Marine Medals & Insignias
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos
  16. 15. ["Flowers bloom where potassium fertilizes the ground..."]
    Metal Facts and Fancies!
  17. 16. 10 Issues of Metal Men for Only $1.00
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Junior Sales Club of America Cards
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore