The Brave and the Bold #55

The Brave and the Bold #55 teams up the Metal Men and the Atom in this September 1964 DC gem, with a cover by Ramona Fradon and Charles Paris that crackles with urgency — a rogue robot looms large at center while the colorful Metal Men spring into action around it, and a bound figure in the foreground drives home the desperate stakes hinted at in the speech bubble: "Wreck that rogue robot, Metal Men, or Doc Magnus is doomed!" The tiny but mighty Atom is also on hand, making this crossover a lively collision of DC's most distinctive characters. Bob Haney's story, "Revenge of the Robot Reject," promises exactly the kind of high-energy science-fiction adventure that made this era of DC comics so entertaining.