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Issue Details

Issue #20
Published June-July 1966
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Bob Kanigher

Cover Details - "Birthday Cake For A Cannibal Robot!"

Characters Doc Magnus; Metal Men [Gold; Platinum; Lead; Iron; Tin; Mercury; Nameless]; robot
Genre superhero
Pencils Ross Andru (signed)
Inks Mike Esposito (signed)

1 page Superman; Superboy; Batman promo (ad from the publisher) "The Top TV Comic Stars Come From DC - The House of Hits"

Characters Batman; Blockbuster; Superman; Superboy; Krypto; Lois Lane
Pencils various; Curt Swan
Inks various
Notes Ad for various TV shows and a Broadway Musical based on DC Comics characters. Printed in black-and-white on inside front cover.

22 page Metal Men story "Birthday Cake for a Cannibal Robot!"

Characters Doc Magnus; Metal Men [Gold; Platinum; Lead; Iron; Tin; Mercury; Nameless]; Dr. Yes's robot; Dr. Yes; unamed friend of Doc Magnus'
Synopsis The Metal Men reconstruct Dr. Yes's robot with a responsometer, to have it lead them to Dr. Yes. But Dr. Yes turns the tables and the Metal Men have to fight and destroy the robot again, and still do not find his lair.
Genre superhero
Script Bob Kanigher
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes Story is broken into 3 parts. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007). Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher who edited this issue.

1 page filler "Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That - -"

Characters Joseph Lister
Synopsis Information on bone structure of the hand and foot, and properties of the element Mercury, and compound carbolic acid.
Genre fact
Notes Appears after page 6 of story sequence 1 and before story sequence 4.

1 page public service announcement "Your Free Trip Around the World!"

Characters an old sea captain; two boys
Synopsis After telling the boys some tales, the captain takes them to the library where they can travel anywhere just by reading.
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Appears after story sequence 3 and before page 7 of story sequence 1. A list by Lionel English also gives the penciller and inker as "Morris Waldinger" in one of the issues this PSA appears in. Other creator credits from a list by Lionel English.

1 page letters page "Readers - Sound-Off!"

Script Bob Kanigher
Letters typeset
Notes Appears after page 12 of story sequence 1 and before sequence 6. Letters from: Gary Rothy; Ken Nathanson; Brian Hoye.

Half page Cap's Hobby Hints activity "untitled"

Characters Cap
Synopsis A list of items to have handy before you start to build a plastic model.
Genre fact
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Appears between story sequence 5 and page 13 of story sequence 1. Idea from Gerald Greitzer, who was awarded the original art.

1 page filler "Amazing Ratios!"

Synopsis Information on ratios of paramecium division rates, thickness of the ozone layer, aging of humans vs. dogs, and sunlight over the earth's surface.
Genre fact

1 page G.I. Joe advertisement "The Adventures of Andy And George In The GI Joe Club"

Characters G.I. Joe; Andy; George
Synopsis Andy and George try out G.I. Joe's new diving suit set.
Notes Printed on inside back cover in black-and-white. Ad for G.I. Joe Diving Suit; includes a coupon to join the G.I. Joe Club.