Showcase #37

United States

DC Comics

United States

Published
March-April 1962
Page count
36
Cover price
0.12 USD
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Colour
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
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Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/16821

Credits

Editing
Robert Kanigher

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Show/hide Cover The Flaming Doom! (Metal Men) Cover, 1 page

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Show/hide 1. No title recorded (Magic Art Reproducer) Advertisement, 1 page

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Show/hide 2. [Part I] The Flaming Doom! (Metal Men) Comic story, 8 pages

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Show/hide 3. No title recorded (Justice League of America; Aquaman) Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

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Show/hide 4. From Many Lands... Public service announcement, 1 page

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Show/hide 5. Part II: The Metal Men vs The Flaming Doom! (Metal Men) Comic story, 8 pages

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Show/hide 6. The Magic Metal Text article, 1 page

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Show/hide 7. No title recorded (Metal Facts and Fancies) Comic story, 2 pages

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Show/hide 8. Part III: The Metal Men vs The Flaming Doom! (Metal Men) Comic story, 8.66 pages

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Show/hide 9. No title recorded Statement of ownership, 0.33 pages

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Show/hide 10. No title recorded (Chet Atkins Method) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

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Show/hide 11. No title recorded (Grit Publishing Co.) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

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Show/hide 12. No title recorded (Best Values Co.) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

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Show/hide 13. No title recorded (100 Toy Soldiers) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

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Show/hide 14. No title recorded (Junior Sales Club of America) Advertisement, 1 page

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Show/hide 15. No title recorded (American Seed Co.) Advertisement, 1 page

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On-sale date from ad in Sea Devils #4 and copyright registration.

In Amazing World of DC Comics #10, in the article "There's No Cases Like Showcases" by Jack C. Harris, he notes, "Probably one of the strangest teams in comics, Bob Kanigher and Ross Andru's Metal Men ran for four issues of SHOWCASE... The wonder robots were created (and #37 scripted) in a weekend work session trigger [sic] when editor/writer Kanigher was asked to come up with a SHOWCASE concept quickly. Too unique to be lost, the robot band was launched on a 41-issue span..."

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