Comic Title: Metal Men #26
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jun/Jul 1967
On Sale Date: April 20, 1967 Newsstand Date April 20, 1967
Source: Direct Currents, Batman #192, Page 30

Copyright Date April 20, 1967
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1967

Newsstand Date April 20, 1967
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V22 #2

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Robert Kanigher

Title: "Menace of the Metal Mods"
Pages: 24

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

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

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents Metal Men Vol. 2 TPB (2008)

Feature Character(s)

• Metal Men (last appearance in Metal Men #25; next appearance in Metal Men #27)
• Gold (last appearance in Metal Men #25; next appearance in Metal Men #27)
• Mercury (last appearance in Metal Men #25; next appearance in Metal Men #27)
• Iron (last appearance in Metal Men #25; next appearance in Metal Men #27)
• Lead (last appearance in Metal Men #25; next appearance in Metal Men #27)
• Platinum (last appearance in Metal Men #25; next appearance in Metal Men #27)
• Tin (last appearance in Metal Men #25; next appearance in Metal Men #27)
• Nameless (last appearance in Metal Men #25; next appearance in Metal Men #27)

Supporting Character(s)

• Doctor Will Magnus (last appearance in Metal Men #25; next appearance in Metal Men #27)

Villain(s)

• The Metal Mods (no further appearances)
• A race of human robots (no further appearances)
• A plastic robot (destroyed in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A race of robot masters (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
While Doc Magnus works on a new plastic robot, the Metal Men attend a high school prom. The dance is disrupted by an attack by a group called the Metal Mods. The Mods are humans painted to look like robots, and they escape with Tina as their captive. However, Platinum leaves a trail for her teammates to follow. They come to her rescue and defeat the Metal Mods.

Before they can return to the dance, the robots hear a distress call which they trace to an alien world. The world is run by robots who need help against their human slaves that are rebelling. The Metal Men are hypnotized into working for the humans. They are eventually able to break the hypnotic spell and negotiate a peace between the robots and the humans.

As the Metal Men return to Earth they hear the distress call again. When they can't pinpoint the source they return to Doc's lab hoping that he can help. When they arrive they discover that Doc was sending the distress call all along. He needs help since the plastic robot has gone berserk. The Metal Men destroy the robot, then tell Doc about their adventures.