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