{"id":5362,"date":"2010-11-12T23:47:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T23:47:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-07-28T03:05:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T03:05:28","slug":"flashback-friday-metal-men-from-silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/12\/flashback-friday-metal-men-from-silver\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashback Friday: Metal Men from the Silver Age"},"content":{"rendered":"
by John Jackson Miller and Joyce Greenholdt<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

\n\"\"This week’s Title Sp<\/b><\/a>otlight<\/a><\/b> is shining on DC Comics’ Metal Men<\/a><\/b><\/i> series from the ’60s. The Metal Men were created for a last-minute filler feature in Showcase<\/i><\/b> #37-40 in 1962, and the characters proved popular enough for DC to give them their own bimonthly series the following year. Click to see the circulation reports<\/b><\/a> for the title!<\/p>\n

For the first few years, the average circulation on Metal Men<\/i><\/b> climbed steadily, peaking in 1966<\/a><\/b>. The fact that DC released circulation figures for Metal Men<\/i><\/b> starting in 1964 is notable by itself; the company printed many of its circulation statements without any sales figures from 1963-65.<\/p>\n

After 1966, sales declined sharply until the series went on hiatus at the end of 1969. The title resurfaced for three reprint issues (Metal Men<\/b><\/i> #42-44) in 1973. The series returned one more time in 1976 with new stories and art by Walt Simonson<\/b>, lasting until early 1979. No circulation statements were published for these periods.<\/p>\n

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Since then, the Metal Men starred in a four-issue mini-series in 1993 and have made guest appearances in several other DC titles. <\/div>\n
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