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Issue Details

Issue #29
Published December 1967-January 1968
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Bob Kanigher
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher who edited this issue (added by Greg Fischer, October 2007).

Cover Details - "The Robot-Eater of Metalis 5!"

Characters Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Doc Magnus [Dr. Will Magnus]
Genre Superhero; Science Fiction
Pencils Ross Andru (signed)
Inks Mike Esposito (signed)
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher who edited this issue (added by Greg Fischer, October 2007).

21 page Metal Men story "The Robot-Eater from Metalis 5"

Characters Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Doc Magnus [Dr. Will Magnus]; Nameless; Torgola; Horbok; Dr. Helen Ethos
Genre Superhero; Science Fiction
Script John Braillard
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes Title of story is misspelled on splash page and story. 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.

2 page Metal Facts and Fancies filler "Metal Facts and Fancies"

Genre Fact
Notes Illustrated factual history of the scientific elements.

1 page Direct Currents story "Direct Currents [December 1967]"

Characters Batman; Spectre; Scooter; Shahn-Zi
Genre Fact; news; reviews
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams
Letters typeset
Notes Featuring the following titles released: SWING WITH SCOOTER #10 (includes cover preview); THE FOX AND THE CROW #107; THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #75 (includes cover preview); WORLD'S FINEST #172; JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #59; STRANGE ADVENTURES #207.

Half page Cap's Hobby Hints filler "How To Do It Better"

Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Hobby hint from Craig Sanders (Cincinnati, Ohio)

1 page Metal Scraps letters page "Metal Scraps"

Characters Metal Men [Gold; Tin; Iron; Mercury; Lead; Platinum]
Pencils Ross Andru
Letters typeset
Notes Fan letters column.