Comic Title: Metal Men #43
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Apr/May 1973
On Sale Date: February 27, 1973 Newsstand Date February 27, 1973
Source: House Ad, Swamp Thing #4, Page 29

Newsstand Date February 27, 1973
Source: Comic Reader, #93

Copyright Date February 27, 1973
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1973

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.20
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jeffrey Rovin

Title: "The Headless Robots"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Metal Men (of Earth-1)

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Penciller: Ross Andru
Inker: Michael Esposito

Reprinted From:
Metal Men #14 (1965)

Feature Character(s)

• Metal Men (last appearance in Metal Men #13; next appearance in Metal Men #15)
• Platinum (last appearance in Metal Men #13; next appearance in Metal Men #15)
• Gold (last appearance in Metal Men #13; next appearance in Metal Men #15)
• Mercury (last appearance in Metal Men #13; next appearance in Metal Men #15)
• Lead (last appearance in Metal Men #13; next appearance in Metal Men #15)
• Iron (last appearance in Metal Men #13; next appearance in Metal Men #15)
• Tin (last appearance in Metal Men #13; next appearance in Metal Men #15)
• Nameless (last appearance in Metal Men #13; next appearance in Metal Men #15)

Supporting Character(s)

• Doctor Will Magnus (last appearance in Metal Men #13; next appearance in Metal Men #15)

Villain(s)

• Chemo (last appearance in Showcase #40; next appearance in Metal Men #25)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Professor Ramsey Norton (in flashback to Showcase #39)

Synopsis:
Chemicals in the ocean have revived Chemo. The chemical menace threatens a plane and a ship with flashes of liquid chemicals. The Metal Men protect the damaged transports, but Lead is destroyed in the process.

The Metal Men then return to Doc's lab. Tin, Gold, Iron, and Nameless throw themselves into a boiling cauldron, believing themselves failures. Only Tina and Mercury are left intact. Doc rebuilds the team, but does not activate them. He then sets out to find Chemo.

Tina and Mercury follow Doc. When their creator is captured, they return to the lab to revive the other Metal Men. Mercury wants to be the leader, so he does not reattach their heads which contain their responsometers.

When they arrive to confront Chemo, Mercury finally tries to reactivate them. Their heads get placed on the wrong bodies. The confusion leads to the destruction of Iron, Lead, and Gold. Tin and Nameless are revived and are able to sacrifice themselves to defeat Chemo. Later, Doc resurrects the entire team in the lab.