Metal Men #1 Curator Pedigree (DC, 1963) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages....
Auction amount: $5,520.00
Sold: Nov 17, 2018
Metal Men #1 Values
Publisher: DC, 1963
About Metal Men #1
Fifth appearance of the Metal Men, the first in their own title. First appearance of the Missile Men. Ross Andru and Mike Esposito cover and art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Doc Magnus [Dr. Will Magnus]; the Missile Men
Pencils: Ross Andru
Inks: Mike Esposito
Letters: Ira Schnapp (lettering, logo design)
Notes: Credits for pencils confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher who edited this issue. Credits for cover scripts and letters from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker. Todd Klein confirmed the cover lettering of Ira Schnapp and that Schnapp created the logo design too (posting on Comic Book Historians page in Facebook, 8 October 2018).
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Dr. Will Magnus; the Missile Men
Synopsis: The Metal Men battle the Missile Men.
Pages: 24.330
Script: Robert Kanigher
Pencils: Ross Andru (signed)
Inks: Mike Esposito (signed)
Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Reprints: Metal Men (DC, 1963 series) #44 (July-August 1973)
Notes: 1st mention of "responsometers." Letters credit from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker. Story in 4 parts: unnumbered part I (5.67 pp.), Part II (5.67 pp., titled "The Metal Men vs the Rain of the Missile Men!"), Part III (6 pp., titled same as Part II), Part IV (7 pp., titled same as Part II)
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
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CGC Census Report*
| Grade | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
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Universal |
0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 32 | 45 | 44 | 44 | 54 | 58 | 43 | 45 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 546 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Total | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 43 | 34 | 45 | 46 | 45 | 55 | 60 | 46 | 46 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 564 |
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