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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published August-September 1964
Cover Price 0.12
Pages 36
Editing Bob Kanigher
Notes Contains a letters page. "(signed)" note to credits and notes from Donald Dale Milne on 6 August 2004.

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin (all as the Metal Men); Billy; robot juggernaut
Genre super-hero
Pencils Ross Andru (signed)
Inks Mike Esposito (signed)
Notes Contains a letters page. "(signed)" note to credits and notes from Donald Dale Milne on 6 August 2004.

1 page public service announcement "Rx Against Accidents!"

Characters Mr. Joby; Bob; other boys
Synopsis Bob discovers the value of "looking before you leap" in preventing accidents.
Genre Fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Notes Printed in black-and-white on inside front cover. Information on this sequence from Donald Dale Milne on 6 August 2004. Credits from a list by Lionel English.

23 page Metal Men story The Robot Juggernaut! - Book Two of "The Playground of Terror!"

Characters Dr. William Magnus; Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin (all as the Metal Men); Billy
Synopsis The Metal Men and Billy escape from the planet of the Playground of Terror, and land on another planet where Robot Juggernauts try to melt them down. The Metal Men escape by alloying together and Billy's sight is returned by a comet shower on the way back to Earth.
Genre super-hero
Script Bob Kanigher
Pencils Ross Andru (signed)
Inks Mike Esposito (signed)
Notes Story continued from Metal Men #8. Title correction, "(signed)" note, character appearances, synopsis, and notes from Donald Dale Milne on 6 August 2004.

1 page Metal Facts and Fancies! filler "untitled"

Characters Dr. William Magnus; Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin (all as the Metal Men); Copper
Synopsis Includes a short item (3 panels) on Tin and Copper alloying to make Bronze as if it's a marriage with Doc Magnus officiating.
Genre Fact
Pencils Ross Andru ?
Inks Mike Esposito ?
Notes Science facts about various metal alloys. Information on this sequence from Donald Dale Milne on 6 August 2004.