Issue Contents:
Playground of Terror!
"The rollercoaster has come to life! Jump...before it traps us!"
Characters
- Platinum [Tina]
- Lead
- Tin
- Gold
- Mercury
- Iron
- Timmy
Credits
- Pencils: Ross Andru
- Inks: Mike Esposito
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Are You a Good Neighbor?
"Billy loses! He didn't make it!"
Characters
- Billy
- Pete
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Playground of Terror!
"Every ride is trying to destroy us!"
Storyline
The Metal Men put on a show for children, but Tina stops for one lonely boy who refuses to come. She discovers that Timmy is blind. His mother hopes that in the future chemical compounds will provide a cure. Timmy gets to spend the day with the Metal Men and Tina blurts out that Doc can probably cure his blindness. Timmy visits a rocket ready to launch and Tina insists on a short flight, but a cosmic turbulence hurls them through space. The Metal Men land on an eerie planet with a deserted amusement park where the "rides" are evil robots who killed their masters.
Characters
- Metal Men (Gold
- Iron
- Platinum
- Tin
- Mercury
- Lead)
- Doc Magnus
- Timmy
- evil robots
Credits
- Script: Robert Kanigher
- Pencils: Ross Andru
- Inks: Mike Esposito
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
Timmy is erroneously called Billy in the next issue. Continued in next issue. Story across 25 pages in three parts of 5.67 pages, 5.67 pages, 5.67 pages, and 7 pages
Watch for the first 80 pg. giant Superboy Annual!
Featuring Giant Superboy Annual
"Featuring the most fabulous old Superboy and Krypto stories from the Golden Age of comics!"
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: George Klein
Story Notes
On the bottom of page 6 of the main story sequence.
What's new?
Featuring Detective Comics
"The 'new look' in Batman and Detective Comics!"
Story Notes
On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the main story sequence.
For the Very Best in Comics Reading
Credits
- Pencils: Murphy Anderson
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Story Notes
At the bottom of page 12 of the main story sequence.
"Arsenic is a deadly poison for both humans and..."
Credits
- Script: Robert Kanigher (uncertain)
- Pencils: Ross Andru
- Inks: Mike Esposito
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
Credits per Nick Caputo, February 2018. In-between page 12 and 13 of the main story sequence.
For the Very Best in Comics Reading
Featuring Our Army at War; G.I. Combat
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Kubert
Story Notes
At the bottom of page 18 of the main story sequence.
"Dear Metal Men: We all agree that Metal Men are the greatest."
Credits
- Script: Robert Kanigher
- Pencils: Ross Andru
- Inks: Mike Esposito
Story Notes
Letters from Arnold Stob, Diane Eddy, Wayne Shook, Maureen Cooper, Terry Dun, Olga Fauch, David Lightburn, Roger Shaw, Ricky Liberty, Darlene Murray, Gail Hill, Leo Steiner, Gary McGath, Eric Heidman, Connie Graff, and Stanley Robbins. On the page immediately following page 18 of the main story sequence.
"Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue..."
Characters
- Metal Men [Lead
- Tin
- Gold
- Mercury
- Iron
- Platinum]
Story Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 19 of the main story sequence.
Be My Guest
"At America's greatest amusement park"
Characters
- Superman
100 Magnets
Astroforce
My Secret New Dynaflex Method
"Boys! Men!"
Characters
- Mike Marvel (photo)
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Task Force
"America's most exciting war game"
Story Notes
Sold by Helen of Toy. Back cover.