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Showcase 38

SHOWCASE #38

Cover Date: May-June 1962
Cover Price: $0.12

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ross Andru
Inks: Mike Esposito


Story: "The Nightmare Menace!" (26 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Kanigher
PencilsRoss Andru
InksMike Esposito
EditingRobert Kanigher

Feature Character(s):

Metal Men:
Gold (appears last in flashback in DC Universe: Legacies #4)
Iron (appears last in flashback in DC Universe: Legacies #4)
Lead (appears last in flashback in DC Universe: Legacies #4)
Mercury (appears last in flashback in DC Universe: Legacies #4)
Platinum (appears last in flashback in DC Universe: Legacies #4)
Tin (appears last in flashback in DC Universe: Legacies #4)

Supporting Character(s):

Will Magnus (appears last in flashback in DC Universe: Legacies #4)
Colonel Caspar

Villain(s):

Von Vroon (first appearance; an escaped Nazi scientist working for a foreign power)
Chinese Box of Terror Robot (first appearance; "nesting" robots operated by Von Vroon)

Comment(s):

The Metal Men are rebuilt with their original responsometers, which may have been affected by radiation from an extremely strong occurrence of the Aurora Borealis.

Story Reprinted in:

The Metal Men Archives (2006)
Showcase Presents: Metal Men (2007)


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