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Issue: Metal Men #8
Publication Date: June 1964
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Issues: #8 of 56 Issues
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: 04/30/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Star Spangled War Stories #115 and copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Playground of Terror!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Platinum [Tina]; Lead; Tin; Gold; Mercury; Iron; Timmy
First Line: The rollercoaster has come to life! Jump...before it traps us!
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Metal Men #1 published November 2007
as Metal Men #8 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Are You a Good Neighbor?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Character(s): Billy; Pete
First Line: Billy loses! He didn't make it!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Playground of Terror!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Metal Men (Gold; Iron; Platinum; Tin; Mercury; Lead); Doc Magnus; Timmy; evil robots
First Line: Every ride is trying to destroy us!
Synopsis: The Metal Men put on a show for children, but Tina stops for one lonely boy who refuses to come. She discovers that Timmy is blind. His mother hopes that in the future chemical compounds will provide a cure. Timmy gets to spend the day with the Metal Men and Tina blurts out that Doc can probably cure his blindness. Timmy visits a rocket ready to launch and Tina insists on a short flight, but a cosmic turbulence hurls them through space. The Metal Men land on an eerie planet with a deserted amusement park where the "rides" are evil robots who killed their masters.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Metal Men #1 published November 2007
as The Playground of Terror! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: Timmy is erroneously called Billy in the next issue. Continued in next issue.

Story across 25 pages in three parts of 5.67 pages, 5.67 pages, 5.67 pages, and 7 pages
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Watch for the first 80 pg. giant Superboy Annual!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Giant Superboy Annual
First Line: Featuring the most fabulous old Superboy and Krypto stories from the Golden Age of comics!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: On the bottom of page 6 of the main story sequence.
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What's new?

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Detective Comics
First Line: The 'new look' in Batman and Detective Comics!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the main story sequence.
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For the Very Best in Comics Reading

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of page 12 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: Arsenic is a deadly poison for both humans and...
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Credits per Nick Caputo, February 2018. In-between page 12 and 13 of the main story sequence.
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For the Very Best in Comics Reading

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Our Army at War; G.I. Combat
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Pages: 0.34
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of page 18 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Dear Metal Men: We all agree that Metal Men are the greatest.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Arnold Stob, Diane Eddy, Wayne Shook, Maureen Cooper, Terry Dun, Olga Fauch, David Lightburn, Roger Shaw, Ricky Liberty, Darlene Murray, Gail Hill, Leo Steiner, Gary McGath, Eric Heidman, Connie Graff, and Stanley Robbins.

On the page immediately following page 18 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Metal Men [Lead; Tin; Gold; Mercury; Iron; Platinum]
First Line: Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 19 of the main story sequence.
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Be My Guest

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman
First Line: At America's greatest amusement park
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Pages: 0.5
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100 Magnets

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Pages: 0.5
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Astroforce

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My Secret New Dynaflex Method

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mike Marvel (photo)
First Line: Boys! Men!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Task Force

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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First Line: America's most exciting war game
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sold by Helen of Toy. Back cover.

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