Comic Title: DC Special #5
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Oct/Dec 1969
On Sale Date: August 14, 1969 Newsstand Date August 14, 1969
Source: House Ad, Green Lantern #72, Page 18

Copyright Date August 14, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969

Newsstand Date August 14, 1969
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V24 #7

Frequency: Quarterly
Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 64
Editor: Joe Kubert

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "Menace of the Matter Master"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Joe Kubert

Reprinted From:
Brave and the Bold #35 (1961)

Feature Character(s)

• Hawkman (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #34; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #35)

Supporting Character(s)

• Hawkgirl (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #34; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #35)
• George Emmett (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #34; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #36)
• Mavis Trent (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #34; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #35)

Villain(s)

• Matter Master (Mark Mandrill; a chemist turned thief and discoverer of Mentachem; next appearance in Justice League of America #28)
• The Meteor Men (creations of Matter Master; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• An unnamed Midway City Police Department dispatcher (next appearance in Brave and the Bold #43)
• Several Midway City police officers and unnamed armored car guards (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Byth (in flashback to Brave and the Bold #34)

Synopsis:
While attempting to turn base metals to gold, chemist Mark Mandrill discovers the secret of Mentachem, a chemical which gives him control of any material in its natural state. He creates a directing wand, and uses the material to steal a half-million dollars from an armored car, then creates an army of meteor men to loot the Midway City Art Center. Tipped off by Commissioner Emmett, Hawkman and Hawkgirl battle the rockmen, but Matter Master intercedes, and escapes with the treasures by directing helicopter blades at them.

The criminal trips up, however, when directing flowers to steal a parchment from the museum, as Hawkman’s acute sense of smell comes to the force in time to track these flowers to Matter Master’s underground lair, where he and Hawkgirl capture him.