Volume: 1
Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1965-06-08
Editing: Stan Lee (editor)
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If I Must Die, Let It Be with Honor! / Midnight in Greymoor Castle!
(Table of Contents)

Captain America; Iron Man / cover / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Mike Esposito (bottom tier only)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Titanium Man [Boris Bullski]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [James Buchanan Barnes]
Reprints (16)

Indexer Notes

Mike Esposito credit added by Nick Caputo, December 2008.

This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1965, page 308, registration number B196228.

If I Must Die, Let It Be with Honor!
(Table of Contents: 1)

Iron Man / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils:
Don Heck (credited)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
Sam Rosen (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Feature Logo:The Invincible Iron Man
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's not too hard to be victorious when you're as powerful as Iron Man, with everything going for you!
  • Keywords:Alberia
Characters:
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan; Titanium Man [Boris Bullski] (introduction); Senator Byrd; Countess de la Spiroza
Synopsis:
Communist camp commander Boris Bullski wants to take on Iron Man and releases some of his prisoners to construct an armor, making him Titanium Man. Senator Byrd wants Iron Man to take up the challenge. Tony, worried about his heart, upgrades his armor and flies to Alberia along with Pepper and Happy. At the hotel, the Countess de la Spiroza flirts with Tony, making Pepper jealous. Iron Man battles Titanium Man but stumbles into a secretly prepared minefield and is caught up in the resulting explosion. Happy wonders why Tony hasn't come to watch the battle.
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Indexer Notes

First appearance of Titanium Man.

Midnight in Greymoor Castle!
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Captain America / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (credited) (layouts)
Inks:
Dick Ayers (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Artie Simek (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [James Buchanan Barnes]; Dr. Credric Rawlings; Celia Rawlings
Synopsis:
Nazi scientist Dr. Rawlings plots against Captain America and Bucky, despite his sister Celia's entreaties.
Reprints (16)

[no title indexed]
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Mails of Suspense / letters page / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Never thought Cap would turn out to be an unwitting deserter, did you?
Characters:
Iron Man
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Letters page includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist and an image of Iron Man from the Iron Man story in Tales of Suspense #67 (July 1965) (detail from page 9, panel 7).

Letters from Joe Schreiner, Stuart McLay, and Rich Walls.

The Mighty Marvel Checklist: comics listed with a synopsis are Fantastic Four #42, Spider-Man #28, Avengers #19, X-Men #12, Daredevil #9, Thor (Journey Into Mystery) #119, Strange Tales #136, Astonish #71 and Sgt. Fury #21.

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    Table of Contents
  1. If I Must Die, Let It Be with Honor! / Midnight in Greymoor Castle!
    Captain America; Iron Man
  2. If I Must Die, Let It Be with Honor!
    Iron Man
  3. Midnight in Greymoor Castle!
    Captain America
  4. ["Never thought Cap would turn out to be an unwitting deserter, did you?"]
    Mails of Suspense
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