Volume: 1
Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1964-04-09
Editing: Stan Lee (editor)
This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1964, page 349, registration number B102933.

No One Escapes the Mandarin!

Iron Man / comic story / 13 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:X-673
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Last issue we left Iron Man trapped by the most powerful arch-villain of the Orient... the mysterious Mandarin!
Characters:
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin; Happy Hogan; Pepper Potts
Synopsis:
Iron Man escapes the Mandarin and destroys the ray he used to interfere with US missiles. Meanwhile, Happy struggles to keep the company operating in Tony's absence.
Reprints (15)

Indexer Notes

Continues from last issue. The Mandarin next appears in issue #61 (January 1965).

Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!

Fantastic Four; Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

All About Iron Man

Iron Man / comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:X-697
Characters:
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]; Mandarin; Scarecrow [Ebenezer Laughton]; Mister Doll [Nathan Dolly]; Gargantus; Crimson Dynamo [Anton Venko]; Jack Frost [Gregor Shapanka]; Pepper Potts [Virginia Potts]; Happy Hogan
Synopsis:
A detailed guide to Iron Man's armor with some information about his personal life and supporting cast.
Reprints (11)

Indexer Notes

The first time we learn Pepper's real name: Virginia Potts.

Pepper Potts' Pin-Up Page

Pepper Potts / illustration / 1 page


  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I've been out of film for the past hour!
Characters:
Pepper Potts [Virginia Potts]; Happy Hogan

Indexer Notes

The first time we learn Pepper's real name: Virginia Potts.

The Atomizer

text story / 1 page

Script:
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Letters:
typeset

  • Genre:science fiction
  • Job Number:[G-542]
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:On his way home from school, Charlie Smith had stopped in at...
  • Keywords:Mike's Second Hand (store)
Characters:
Charlie Smith; Will; Joe; Charlie's mother
Synopsis:
A boy stumbles across a secret disintegrating formula stolen from a government lab.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Continues in next issue. This page includes a teaser for the next issue: "Next Ish: 'Iron Man Meets the Unicorn!'"

The Sun-Stealer!

Tales of the Watcher / comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:science fiction; superhero
  • Job Number:X-693
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Because he is sworn never to interfere in the lives of others, the Watcher, most powerful being in...
  • Keywords:Moon
Characters:
Watcher [Uatu]; Xakku
Synopsis:
The Watcher must save Earth from an alien without breaking his vow of non-interference.
Reprints (6)
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