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SHOWCASE #40

Cover Date: September-October 1962
Cover Price: $0.12

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ross Andru
Inks: Mike Esposito


Story: "The Day The Metal Men Melted!" (26 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Kanigher
PencilsRoss Andru
InksMike Esposito
EditingRobert Kanigher

Feature Character(s):

Metal Men:
Gold (next in JLA: Year One #11)
Iron (next in JLA: Year One #11)
Lead (next in JLA: Year One #11)
Mercury (next in JLA: Year One #11)
Platinum (also in flashback in between issues; next in JLA: Year One #11)
Tin (next in JLA: Year One #11)

Supporting Character(s):

Will Magnus (temporarily transformed into a gigantic metallic radioactive man; also in flashback between issues; (next in JLA: Year One #11)
Colonel Caspar

Villain(s):

Chemo (disintegrated in the atmosphere; also in flashback between issues; next in Metal Men Vol. 1 #14)

Comment(s):

This story takes place soon after the previous issue.
Doc Magnus referred to as "Doc Evans" occasionally in this issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #34/2 (March 1983)
The Metal Men Archives (2006)
Showcase Presents: Metal Men (2007)


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