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Issue: Metal Men #13
Publication Date: April 1965
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Issues: #13 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: 02/25/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Star Spangled War Stories #120 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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Raid of the Skyscraper Robot!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Metal Men [Gold; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Dr. William Magnus
First Line: Metal Men...you've got to pin down the Skyscraper Robot long enough for me to get Doc out of his crushed car!
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Metal Men #1 published November 2007
as Metal Men #13 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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100 Magnets All Brand New

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First Line: Unbelievable as it may seen...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Raid of the Skyscraper Robot! [Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Dr. William Magnus; Nameless (introduction)
First Line: Flatten this threat before it eats up the city!
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Metal Men #1 published November 2007
as Raid of the Skyscraper Robot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: 1st appearance Nameless, Tin's "girlfriend". Credits for script and pencils confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007). Schwartz kept records for Robert Kanigher who edited this issue.
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Ride a Sea-Going Thunderbolt...

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First Line: with DC's newest battle star, Capt. Storm
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Pages: 0.33
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G.I. Joe...G.I. Joe...Fighting Man From Head to Toe...

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First Line: This is terrific G.I. Joe, greatest soldier a boy ever owned...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mail order advertisement of the G.I. Joe catalogue of action and equipment toys.
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Amazing Ratios!

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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: The energy released in the explosion of a 100 megaton nuclear bomb...
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Pages: 0.5
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DC Does It Again!

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Character(s): Batman; Green Lantern; Time Commander
First Line: Take Batman, the caped crime-fighter...take Green Lantern, the emerald crusader...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 Series) #59.
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Raid of the Skyscraper Robot! Part 2!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Dr. William Magnus; Nameless
First Line: The hot-tempered mercurial metal bounces back at the Platinum Girl...and in a moment there is a metal melee!
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Metal Men #1 published November 2007
as Raid of the Skyscraper Robot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Credits for script and pencils confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007). Schwartz kept records for Robert Kanigher who edited this issue.
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For the Very Best in Comics Reading

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Feature(s): The Flash; Justice League of America
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Pages: 0.33
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If You Missed the Most Famous Flash Story Ever Printed...

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Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Pied Piper; Gorilla Grodd; Dr. Alchemy; Captain Boomerang
First Line: This is your golden opportunity to treat yourself to the reading thrill of a life-time...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promotional advertisement for 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 Series) #9.
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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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First Line: Dear Doc Magnus: I have an awful feeling you are going to make a new Metal Man.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters by John Garber, Stu Engel, Mike Yancey, Jim Forsyth, and Robert H. Richards.
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Part Two! The Metal Men in Raid of the Skyscraper Robot!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Dr. William Magnus; Nameless
First Line: While the Metal Men anxiously try to contact the silent Tin in his spacecraft...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Metal Men #1 published November 2007
as Raid of the Skyscraper Robot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Title should have been "... Part 3", but someone (Kanigher?) didn't spot this. Credits for script and pencils confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007). Schwartz kept records for Robert Kanigher who edited this issue.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Our Army at War; Wonder Woman
First Line: For the very best...
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Genres: science and technology
First Line: Wholly metallic meteorites are chiefly...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credits per Nick Caputo, February 2018.
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Part Three - Cataclysmic Conclusion of "Raid of the Skyscraper Robot!" starring the Metal Men

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Dr. William Magnus; Nameless
First Line: Tin c-c-calling Doc!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Metal Men #1 published November 2007
as Raid of the Skyscraper Robot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Title should have been "... Part 4", but someone (Kanigher?) didn't spot this. Credits for script and pencils confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007). Schwartz kept records for Robert Kanigher who edited this issue.
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[untitled]

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First Line: When it's snowy, cold or muddy---it's time for fun with Silly Putty!
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10 Issues of Metal Men for Only $1.00

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Character(s): Metal Men [Iron; Lead; Mercury]; Superman
First Line: You gain 4 ways...when you accept this special offer
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Friend, Dare You Risk a Dime?

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Character(s): Ben Rebhuhn; John Sill (photo)
First Line: This can be soon the handsome new jet power you
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Make Money Get Prizes

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First Line: with fast selling American seeds
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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