THE MIRACULOUS METAL MEN

(By Rob Reynolds)

DC had a small problem; The Atom was getting too big for the pages of Showcase to contain him. The Atom’s demands for his own book left longtime DC editor and scribe, Robert Kanigher with just two weeks for Showcase #37 (Mar/Apr 1962) to get to the printer. Kanigher took a long weekend, with input from penciller Ross Andru, to create what he thought was a one-shot, disposable team of robot heroes, the Metal Men. Andru, along with inker and lifelong collaborator Mike Esposito, cranked...