Metal Men
#29
(December 1967-January 1968)
DC,
1963 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1967-10-19
- 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.
The Robot-Eater of Metalis 5!
Metal Men / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ross Andru (signed as Andru)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (signed as
Esposito) - Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- The Metal Men: Gold; Iron; Lead; Dr. Will Magnus; Mercury; Platinum; Tin
- Reprints
-
in Marsserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1968 series) #8 -
in Metalmænd (I.K. [Illustrerede klassikere], 1968 series) #8 -
in Super Comics (BSV - Williams, 1968 series) #14 -
in Mars-serien [Metall-klanen] (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1968 series) #8 (1968) -
in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #157 (1º de mayo de 1969) -
in Showcase Presents: Metal Men (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([November] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for 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 Robot-Eater from Metalis 5
Metal Men / comic story / 21.5 pages
- Script
- John Braillard
- Pencils
- Ross Andru (signed as Andru)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (signed as Esposito)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He was a monster robot from another planet!
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- The Metal Men: "Nameless"; Gold; Iron; Lead; Dr. Will Magnus; Mercury
Torgola; Horbok; Dr. Helen Ethos - Reprints
- in Super Comics (BSV - Williams, 1968 series) #14
- in Mars-serien [Metall-klanen] (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1968 series) #8 (1968)
- in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #157 (1º de mayo de 1969)
-
in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #17 (juillet 1970) [N&B et recadré/B&W and reframed] - in Showcase Presents: Metal Men (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([November] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Title of story is misspelled on splash page and story. 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.
Story across 23 pages in three parts of 7.5, 7.5, and 6.5 pages.
[no title indexed]
Metal Facts and Fancies! / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The alchemists of old spent their entire lifetime searching...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #37 (March-April 1962)
- in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #157 (1º de mayo de 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
Illustrated factual history of the scientific elements.
[no title indexed]
Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page
- 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)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What are doing with the submarine on your work table?
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Hobby hint from Craig Sanders (Cincinnati, Ohio).
[no title indexed]
Metal Scraps / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Ross Andru (illustration)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Metal Men [Gold; Tin; Iron; Mercury; Lead; Platinum]
Indexer Notes
Fan letters column with letters from Larry Someston, Nick Kazantis, Hellen Masseigh, Jean Malaky, Rita Feldman, Sid Hansen.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Robot-Eater of Metalis 5!
Metal Men -
1.
The Robot-Eater from Metalis 5
Metal Men -
2.
["The alchemists of old spent their entire lifetime searching..."]
Metal Facts and Fancies! -
3.
[December 1967]
Direct Currents -
4.
["What are doing with the submarine on your work table?"]
Cap's Hobby Hints -
5.
[no title indexed]
Metal Scraps
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Mark Gordon
- Paul Green
- Merlin Haas
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Jason Sacks
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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