Showcase #40 (1962) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Day the Metal Men Melted!	cover	1	pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Ira Schnapp	Dr. Will Magnus; Iron; Mercury; Platinum [Tina]; Tin; Gold; Lead
2	The Day the Metal Men Melted!	comic story	24	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito	Dr. Will Magnus; Platinum [Tina]; Gold; Mercury; Lead; Iron; Tin; Chemo; Col. Henry Caspar
5	Giant Batman Annual; Giant Lois Lane Annual	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
7	-	comic story	0.5
9	-	letters page	1	pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito	Metal Men [Gold; Mercury; Tin; Platinum [Tina]; Lead; Iron]
11	Giant Superman Annual	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5		Superman

Plus 7.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
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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