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Issue Details

Issue #50
Published February-March 1977
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.30 USD
Pages 36
Editing Paul Levitz

Cover Details - "Turnabout Is Fair Play, Metal Men"

Characters Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Dr. Will Magnus; Gas Gang [Helium; Oxygen; Carbon Dioxide; Carbon Monoxide; Chloroform]
Genre superhero
Pencils Walt Simonson (signed)
Inks Walt Simonson (signed)
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters John Workman
Notes Cover colors and letters credits from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker, July 2010.

17 page Metal Men story "Our Mentor, the Robot"

Characters Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Dr. Will Magnus; Gas Gang [Helium; Oxygen; Carbon Dioxide; Carbon Monoxide; Chloroform]; Isobel Sullivan; Johanna Rome; comet being; U.S. Army soldiers
Synopsis Enroute to an Army base, Doc recounts the time he was changed to a robot by cosmic rays and invented the Gas Gang, which the Metal Men had to destroy in self defense.
Genre superhero
Script Martin Pasko (pgs. 1-2, 16-17); Bob Kanigher (pgs. 3-16)
Pencils Joe Staton (pgs. 1-2, 16-17); Ross Andru (pgs. 3-16)
Inks Joe Staton (pgs. 1-2, 16-17); Mike Esposito (pgs. 3-16)
Colors Carl Gafford; Dana Garrett (assist)
Letters Gaspar Saladino [as Gaspar]
Editing Bob Kanigher (original)
Notes 2 page framing sequence at each end of reprint story by Marty Pasko and Joe Staton. Garrett worked on the reprinted pages under the direction of Gafford, while he worked on the new pages, per a message sent to the GCD Error Tracker by Gafford, July 2010.
Reprinted from Metal Men (DC, 1963 series) #6 (February-March 1964) [heavily edited, from "The Day Doc Turned Robot"]

1 page Wonder Woman; Hostess advertisement "The Maltese Cup Cake"

Characters Wonder Woman; Mr. Astor; Petula Lorry; Cindy Bluestreet [The Fat Lady]
Synopsis Wonder Woman captures three people hunting for the Maltese Cupcake, though it is unclear that any of them has committed a crime.
Genre super-hero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Notes Advertisement for Hostess Cup Cakes. Sequence appears between pages 4 and 5 of sequence 1.

1 page Airmail Alloys letters page "Airmail Alloys"

Characters Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin (all as the Metal Men)
Genre super-hero
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from: Bryan Hollerbach; Scott R. Taylor with an illustration. Also editorial discussion of previous and new creative team, beginning duties on this issue.

1 page Superman public service announcement "Justice For All Includes Children #9"

Characters Superman [Kal-El, aka Clark Kent]; police officers; common crooks
Synopsis Superman assists some officers in stopping a robbery and explains to one boy apprehended that taking any part in helping commit a crime places you in trouble with the law.
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta