Comic Title: Metal Men #44
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jul/Aug 1973
On Sale Date: April 26, 1973 Newsstand Date April 26, 1973
Source: House Ad, Metal Men #43, Page 29

Copyright Date April 26, 1973
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1973

Newsstand Date April 28, 1973
Source: Comic Reader, #95

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.20
Page Count: 32
Editor: Allan Asherman

Title: "Rain of the Missile Men"
Pages: 24

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

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

Reprinted From:
Metal Men #1 (1963)

Feature Character(s)

• Metal Men (last appearance in Showcase #40; next appearance in Metal Men #2)
• Platinum (last appearance in Showcase #40; next appearance in Metal Men #2)
• Gold (last appearance in Showcase #40; next appearance in Metal Men #2)
• Mercury (last appearance in Showcase #40; next appearance in Metal Men #2)
• Lead (last appearance in Showcase #40; next appearance in Metal Men #2)
• Iron (last appearance in Showcase #40; next appearance in Metal Men #2)
• Tin (last appearance in Showcase #40; next appearance in Metal Men #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• Doctor Will Magnus (last appearance in Showcase #40; next appearance in Metal Men #2)

Villain(s)

• Robot Z-1 (no further appearances)
• The Missile Men (next appearance in Metal Men #12)

Other Character(s)

• The curator and visitors at the Science Museum (no further appearances)
• An unnamed photographer (no further appearances)
• Space Guard 380 (an alien scout team; destroyed in this story; no further appearances)

Comments:
Responsometers, the device which allow the Metal Men to respond to different situations, are mentioned for the first time in this story.

Synopsis:
After Doc Magnus donates Tina to the Science Museum, the remaining Metal Men witness several meteors ignite a gas storage tank. All but Mercury are destroyed while putting out the fire.

The meteors originated from Robot Z-1, an uncontrollable alien robot who has created an army of robots in his own likeness. The robot has come to Earth in search of a queen, namely Tina.

Doc is forced to retrieve Tina from the Science Museum, because her crying is upsetting the visitors. He then rebuilds the Metal Men in time for the next attack by Robot Z-1. All the robots are destroyed except Tina, who refuses the advances of Z-1. Doc defeats the Missile Men by magnetically joining them into an inert ball at the bottom of the ocean.