Metal Men #26
(June-July 1967)

DC, 1963 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1967-04-20
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 Metal Mods! (Table of Contents)

Metal Men / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Metal Men: "Nameless"; Doc; Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin
Reprints
Keywords
robots

Indexer Notes

Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, show Ross Andru as being paid for the pencils and inks for the cover, however Mike Esposito worked with Ross and inked and signed the cover. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher who edited this issue.

Menace of the Metal Mods! (Table of Contents: 1)

Metal Men / comic story / 22.5 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Ross Andru (signed as Andru)
Inks
Mike Esposito (signed as Esposito)
Colors
?
Letters
John Duffy ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I thought you could free me from this mad robot
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Metal Men: "Nameless"; Doc; Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Nameless; Platinum; Tin
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher who edited this issue. The records show the initials HM next to the due date for the lettering of this story.

Story across 24 pages in three parts of 5.5, 5.5, and 11.5 pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Job Number
6526
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Every time I put any of my small tools down...
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Idea from John Maino, Michigan Center, Mich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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 Martin Kelly, Guy H. Lillian III, Charles Blackwell.

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Menace of the Metal Mods!
    Metal Men
  2. 1. Menace of the Metal Mods!
    Metal Men
  3. 2. ["Every time I put any of my small tools down..."]
    Cap's Hobby Hints
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Metal Scraps
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jason Sacks
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore