Comic Title: Metal Men #29
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Dec/Jan 1967
On Sale Date: October 19, 1967 Newsstand Date October 19, 1967
Source: Direct Currents, Hawkman #23, Page 22

Copyright Date October 19, 1967
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1967

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

Title: "The Robot Eater from Metalas 5"
Pages: 23

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 Brave and the Bold #74; next appearance in Metal Men #30)
• Gold (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #74; next appearance in Metal Men #30)
• Iron (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #74; next appearance in Metal Men #30)
• Lead (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #74; next appearance in Metal Men #30)
• Mercury (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #74; next appearance in Metal Men #30)
• Tin (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #74; next appearance in Metal Men #30)
• Platinum (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #74; next appearance in Metal Men #30)
• Nameless (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #74; next appearance in Metal Men #30)

Supporting Character(s)

• Doctor Will Magnus (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #74; next appearance in Metal Men #30)

Villain(s)

• Torgola (a giant metal robot; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dr. Helen Garin (no further appearances)
• Horbok and Ethos (a metal man from Metalas 5 and his robot; no further appearances)
• Three governors from Metalas One (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The Metal Men appear at a stadium dedication ceremony while Doc Magnus investigates a meteor landing. The stadium is soon attacked by a giant robot named Torgola. The robot can read the thoughts of the Metal Men and consumes metal. Torgola also claims to have consumed Doc. The meteor that landed was actually the giant robot.

The Metal Men intentionally allow Torgola to consume them and are carried through space to the robot's homeworld Metalas 5. They find Doc and his girlfriend alive and well on the other side. They then meet Horbok, Torgola's creator who explains that the giant robot has gone rogue.

Horbok gives Doc a weapon to defeat Torgola then sends them back to Earth with another giant robot. The weapon fails, so Doc's girlfriend Dr. Garin returns to Metalas 5 for help. The Metal Men manage to defeat Torgola anyway when Lead fashions himself into a helmet that prevents the robot from reading their thoughts. Dr. Garin chooses to remain on Metalas 5 and is changed into a metal woman.