Comic Title: Best of DC #34
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1983
On Sale Date: December 9, 1982 Newsstand Date December 9, 1982
Source: House Ad, Fury of Firestorm #10, Page 32

Newsstand Date December 9, 1982
Source: Comic Reader, #207

Newsstand Date December 9, 1982
Source: Comics Journal, #78

Shipping Date November 16, 1982
Source: Comic Reader, #207

Newsstand Date December 9, 1982
Source: Amazing Heroes, #17

Copyright Date November 16, 1982
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1982
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 96
Editor: Nicola Cuti

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Notes:
Cover is misnumbered #497.

Title: "The Deathless Doom"
Pages: 49

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

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

Reprinted From:
Showcase #39 (1962)

Feature Character(s)

• Metal Men (last appearance in Showcase #38; next appearance in Showcase #40)
• Platinum (last appearance in Showcase #38; next appearance in Showcase #40)
• Gold (last appearance in Showcase #38; next appearance in Showcase #40)
• Mercury (last appearance in Showcase #38; next appearance in Showcase #40)
• Lead (last appearance in Showcase #38; next appearance in Showcase #40)
• Iron (last appearance in Showcase #38; next appearance in Showcase #40)
• Tin (last appearance in Showcase #38; next appearance in Showcase #40)

Supporting Character(s)

• Doctor Will Magnus (last appearance in Showcase #38; next appearance in Showcase #40)

Villain(s)

• Chemo (next appearance in Showcase #40)

Other Character(s)

• Colonel Henry Casper (last appearance in Showcase #38; next appearance in Showcase #40)
• Professor Ramsey Norton (dies in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Doc Magnus and the Metal Men search for missing Professor Ramsey Norton in his lab. Tina and Doc are caught in the clutches of a giant hand belonging to the professor. He explains that he was working on a growth formula and was dumping his failed experiments into a human-shaped plastic shell that he called Chemo. Somehow Chemo came to life, sprayed the professor with chemicals, then escaped.

The professor dies, and the Metal Men seek out Chemo. It doesn’t take long before Chemo is found, but his chemical breath causes a building to fall, which injures Tina and Lead. The other Metal Men try to stop the chemical giant, but they fail and are destroyed in the process. Doc repairs Tina and goes after Chemo, eventually trapping him underground in a natural gas jet. Finally Doc reconstructs the damaged robots.