Comic Title: Metamorpho #9
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Nov/Dec 1966
On Sale Date: September 27, 1966 Newsstand Date September 27, 1966
Source: Direct Currents, Tomahawk #107, Page 11

Newsstand Date September 27, 1966
Source: House Ad, Strange Adventures #194, Page 18

Copyright Date September 27, 1966
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1966

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: George Kashdan

Title: "The Valley That Time Forgot"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Metamorpho (of Earth-1)

Writer: Bob Haney
Penciller: Sal Trapani
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Metamorpho Vol. 1 TPB (2005)

Feature Character(s)

• Metamorpho (last appearance in Aquaman #30; next appearance in Metamorpho #10)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sapphire (Stagg) Mason (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #68; next appearance in Metamorpho #10)
• Simon Stagg (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #68; next appearance in Metamorpho #10)
• Java (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #68; next appearance in Metamorpho #10)

Villain(s)

• El Matanzas (a dictator; no further appearances)
• A race of alien robots (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Members of a South American army (no further appearances)
• A race of cave people (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Simon Stagg discovers a lost valley in South America containing advanced machines of unknown origin. He takes Metamorpho with him to investigate the machines. When they arrive in the valley, a race of cavemen attack. Metamorpho fights them off, while Stagg examines the machines. Simon deduces that they were created by an advanced race, but he doesn't know their purpose.

During Stagg's investigation, El Matanzas is deposed as dictator of a nearby country. El Matanzas flees to the lost valley. Posing as a scientist, the dictator helps Stagg with the machines, discovering them to be robots. Gaining control of the robots, El Matanzas tries to take back his country from those who deposed him.

The robots prove to be intelligent and plan to conquer mankind. They are really aliens who came to Earth and placed their consciences into machines to survive a deadly disease. Metamorpho is forced to battle the machines. He beats them by collapsing a bridge and dropping them into a river. El Matanzas is then taken into custody by South American authorities.