Metal Men #38

This "startlingly new" era for DC's Metal Men arrives with issue #38, and the cover by Mike Sekowsky and Dick Giordano sets a genuinely unsettling tone: a group of human-looking figures stand exposed on a rooftop under harsh spotlights, surrounded on all sides by a crowd of hulking, hooded red figures closing in from the shadows of a darkened cityscape. The banner tagline — "Witch Hunt — 1969!" — makes the contemporary social resonance impossible to miss, giving this 1969 issue an edge that feels more grounded and tense than typical superhero fare. Mike Sekowsky also handles the interior writing and art, with inks by Mike Esposito, promising a story as charged as the cover suggests.