Metal Men #16

A pair of enormous green hands cradle a display tray holding the six Metal Men — reduced to what appear to be mere toys — while one of them desperately protests, "S-S-Stop! You can't sell us! We're not t-t-toys — we're really the Metal Men!" Ross Andru and Mike Esposito's cover immediately sets up a delightfully unsettling premise: DC's robots who think they're human, seemingly powerless and up for sale to the highest bidder. Adding to the fun, a bold "Special Announcement" teases whether the long-running mystery of "Nameless" will finally be resolved inside — Robert Kanigher's "Robots for Sale!" looks to be one of the more inventive entries in the series' 1965 run.