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Issue Details

Issue	#51
Published	April-May 1977
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.30 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Paul Levitz

Cover Details - "Heads Up, Metal Men"

Characters	Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Tin; Platinum]; Dr. Will Magnus; Vox; army of Cyboriginals
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Walt Simonson (signed)
Inks	Walt Simonson (signed)

1 page Batman; Hostess advertisement "The Whole World's Upside Down"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; bystanders; Topsy-Turvy
Synopsis	Topsy-Turvy turns people upside down to shake out their cash and Hostess Fruit Pies, but is captured from the bottom up by Batman.
Genre	super-hero
Notes	Advertisement for Hostess Fruit Pies.

17 page Metal Men story "- - Killing Me Softly With His Scream!"

Characters	Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Tin; Platinum]; Dr. Will Magnus; Vox; army of Cyboriginals; U.S. Army soldiers; Colonel S. M. "Whip" Craven (dies); Comrade Ivan (dies)
Synopsis	Colonel Craven takes the Metal Men into Army custody to try to find the secret of their shape changing, but Vox attempts to capture them for the same purpose. Vox instead captures Doc Magnus and is just about to perform brain surgery on him to find the secret, when the Metal Men rescue him.
Genre	superhero
Script	Martin Pasko; Jack C. Harris
Pencils	Joe Staton
Inks	Joe Staton
Colors	Liz Berube

1 page text article "And Now...Still Another Message of Untold Importance From Our Prolific Publisher!!"

Characters	Jenette Kahn
Synopsis	Discussion of inflation and cost of comics, and pitch for the value of new DC Dollar Comics.
Genre	editorial
Script	Jenette Kahn
Notes	Includes b&w photo of Jenette Kahn. Appears between pages 12 and 13 of sequence 1.

1 page Airmail Alloys letters page "Airmail Alloys"

Characters	Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Tin; Platinum (all as Metal Men)
Genre	super-hero
Notes	Letters regarding Metal Men #49 from: Scott R. Taylor; Dave Blanchard; Rich Hango, with an illustration.

1 page Daily Planet; Direct Currents; Planet Mini-Puzzle promo (ad from the publisher) "Daily Planet Volume 77 Issue 4"

Characters	Atom [Ray Palmer]; Aquaman; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; giant robot
Synopsis	Information on upcoming DC comics, with a crossword puzzle (solution in next week's Daily Planet).
Script	Bob Rozakis?
Pencils	Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks	Jack Abel (signed)
Letters	typeset
Editing	Bob Rozakis; Anthony Tollin (production)
Notes	Volume 77, Issue 4, week of January 23, 1977. Planet Mini-Puzzle is #2.