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Issue: Showcase #40
Publication Date: September 1962
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Issues: #40 of 104 Issues (108 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/31/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 4th Metal Men appearance.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Day the Metal Men Melted!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dr. Will Magnus; Iron; Mercury; Platinum [Tina]; Tin; Gold; Lead
First Line: Take Tina away before I contaminate her!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Metal Men Archives #1 published September 2006
as Cover - Showcase #40 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Metal Men Archives #1 published September 2006
as Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Metal Men #1 published November 2007
as Showcase #40 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Bike Bonanza of Big Buys

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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ads for various mail order bicycle accessories and a voice recorder.
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The Day the Metal Men Melted!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dr. Will Magnus; Platinum [Tina]; Gold; Mercury; Lead; Iron; Tin; Chemo; Col. Henry Caspar
First Line: Keep Tina away!
Synopsis: The Metal Men battle Chemo after he turns Doc Magnus into a radioactive giant.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #34 [Direct] published March 1983
as The Deathless Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Metal Men Archives #1 published September 2006
as The Day the Metal Men Melted! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Metal Men #1 published November 2007
as The Day the Metal Men Melted! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: Story in three parts with same overall title: unnumbered part one (7.67 pages), Part Two (7.67 pages), Part Three (8.67 pages); continued in Metal Men #1; Doc Magnus is repeatedly referred to as Doc Evans.
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Tootsie Roll Makes History!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): George Washington
First Line: When Washington crossed the Delaware, we know he chose to stand...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: On the bottom of page 8 of the main story sequence.
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Task Force

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 8 of the main story sequence.
Sold by Helen of Toy.
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Giant Batman Annual; Giant Lois Lane Annual
First Line: Batman and Robin's most fantastic foes!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

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First Line: I'm a fudge judge and I submit as evidence that all in...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: On the bottom of page 16 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Metal... Mineral...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 16 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Curious coins! Odd paper money!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 16 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (as Metal Men)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Metal Men [Gold; Mercury; Tin; Platinum [Tina]; Lead; Iron]
First Line: Dear editor: I thought the first Metal Men adventure was good!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Fred Bronson, Lester Phillips, Miguel A. Morales, Larry Brown, and Jeff Wetmore.

On the page immediately preceding page 17 of the main story sequence.
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First Line: Do you have x-ray eyes?
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Giant Superman Annual
Character(s): Superman
First Line: Krypton, the world where Superman was born, lives again!
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey.
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Chet Atkins (photo)
First Line: Learn to play guitar the Chet Atkins way!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Josely Company.
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Frontier Cabin

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Disclose Notes: kids' playhouse
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[untitled]

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First Line: Boys, girls, men, women...
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[untitled]

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Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ben Rebhuhn (photo); John Sill (photo); Jim Norman (photo)
First Line: Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

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Disclose Notes: Sold by Josely Company.
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