| Characters |
Dr. Will Magnus; Metal Men [Gold; Lead; Iron; Mercury; Tin; Platinum]; Col. Henry Caspar; Dr. Ramsey Norton (death); Chemo (introduction) |
| Synopsis |
The Metal Men battle Chemo. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Robert Kanigher |
| Pencils |
Ross Andru |
| Inks |
Mike Esposito |
| Notes |
This story ends with a note to the readers that "This is the last trial issue of Metal Men," with a plea from the Metal Men themselves for the readers to respond. However, it wasn't quite true, as the very next issue of Showcase (#40) was another Metal Men issue.
For the reprint in issue #42 this story was edited down, leaving out page 7, the last 1/3 of page 12, the first 1/3 and last 1/3 of page 13, and page 18; and editing the final page to remove references to the readers responding if they wanted more Metal Men. |
| Reprinted |
in Metal Men (DC, 1973 series) #42 [see notes]; in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #34; in Metal Men Archives, The (DC, 2006 series) #1; in Showcase Presents: Metal Men (DC, 2007 series) #1 [in black and white] |