Showcase #37 (1962) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Flaming Doom!	cover	1	pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Ira Schnapp	Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; flying manta ray
2	[Part I] The Flaming Doom!	comic story	8	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Colonel Henry Casper; Dr. Will Magnus; Metal Men [Platinum [Tina]; Gold; Lead; Iron; Mercury; Tin] (introduction); flying manta ray; Amos J. Talbot
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Justice League of America; Aquaman; Aqualad; Felix Faust
4	From Many Lands...	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Lou Cameron; inks: Lou Cameron; letters: Ira Schnapp
5	Part II: The Metal Men vs The Flaming Doom!	comic story	8	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Metal Men [Platinum [Tina]; Gold; Lead; Iron; Mercury; Tin]; Dr. Will Magnus; Col. Henry Casper
6	The Magic Metal	text article	1	letters: typeset
7	-	comic story	2	pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito
8	Part III: The Metal Men vs The Flaming Doom!	comic story	8.66	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Metal Men [Platinum [Tina]; Gold; Lead; Iron; Mercury; Tin]; Dr. Will Magnus; Col. Henry Casper
9	-	statement of ownership	0.33	script: J. S. Liebowitz

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Metal Men #29	1967	On eBay ›
The Flash #214	1972	On eBay ›
The Best of DC #34	1983	On eBay ›
The Metal Men Archives #1 ISBN 1-4012-0774-X	2006	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Metal Men #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1559-0	2007	On eBay ›

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