Volume: 1
Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1962-12-10
Editing: Stan Lee (editor)
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Iron Man!
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Iron Man / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
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Reprints (38)
This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Indexer Notes

Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from Marvel's press release as published in "The Comic Reader" #13 and matches the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1963, page 173, registration number B12121.

Fill the Gaps in Your Family's Education with the Amazing Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia
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Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia / advertisement / 1 page

Iron Man Is Born!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Iron Man / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Stan Lee (credited) (plot)
Larry Lieber (credited) (script)
Pencils:
Don Heck (credited)
Inks:
Don Heck (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:X-51
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Watch his awesome approach! Listen to his ponderous footsteps as he lumbers closer... closer... for today you are destined to encounter-- the Invincible Iron Man!!
  • Universe:Marvel : mainstream
Characters:
Synopsis:
Playboy industrialist and weapons designer Tony Stark is injured in Vietnam and captured by communists. While pretending to build a weapon for his captors he builds a suit of battle armor to keep his injured heart beating and uses it to escape and beat the communist commander.
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Indexer Notes

This is the first Iron Man story.

The Treasure
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text story / 2 pages

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?
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?
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typeset
  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural
  • Job Number:[G-980]
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Tommy's scrawny yellow pup was a wishing dog.
Characters:
Tommy Miller; Mr. Miller; Mrs. Miller; Wish (dog)
Synopsis:
A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

To Men who Want Big Money but Don’t Know How to Get Started
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Commercial Trades Institute Courses / advertisement / 1 page

Draw the First Day
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Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page

Look! Boys Wanted to Sell Grit
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Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page

Learn Any Dance Fast!
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Famous Dance Course / advertisement / 0.25 page

Live Sea Horses!
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Live Sea Horses [Live Seahorses] / advertisement / 0.25 page

The Last Rocket!
(Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:science fiction
  • Job Number:X-52
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Don't be fools!
Characters:
Adam; Eve
Synopsis:
When the sun starts dieing humanity goes into space, except for two nature lovers. Just as the last rocket leaves a new sun flares to life, and the two remaining humans, Adam and Eve, rename the planet Earth.
Reprints (9)

Indexer Notes

This is a retelling of "I Am the Last Man on Earth!" drawn by Don Heck in Strange Worlds (Marvel, 1958 series) #1 (December 1958).

Reward $9,985.50 for This Coin!
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Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page

1001 Things That You Can Get Free
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1001 Things You Can Get Free / advertisement / 0.5 page

Stamps Shop by Mail
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1000 Tricks Catalog [Giant Surprise Catalog]; Belmont Stamps; Brown Stamps; Crown Music; Crown Stamps; Deluxe Labels; Earl Thompson Stamps; Ed Sale Secret System; Empire Stamps; Fairway Stamps; Five Star Music; Hypno-Coin; Irwin Stamps; Jolie Coins; Lincoln Stamps; Longhorn Stamps; Metropolitan Stamps; Military Insignia; Mystic Stamps; Niagara Stamps; Ocean Stamps; Penny Stamps; Personal Radio; Picture Stamps; Quality Photos; Roseland Stamps; Songwriters' Associates; Sunlite Stamps; Sunny Stamps; Transworld Clothing; West Coast Stamps; White Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

Gundar!
(Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils:
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks:
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:X-53
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Take one lone man, shipwrecked on a strange isle...
Characters:
Gundar
Synopsis:
A shipwrecked man finds cursed viking ghosts on an island, and his descent from the captain that cursed them releases them.
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104 Kings' Knights
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 1 page

Boys! Men! My Secret New Dynaflex Method
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page

Learn Radio Television Electronics
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page

Saturday Morning Shoe Store
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

Mason Shoes and Leather Jackets / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Iron Man!
    Iron Man
  2. Fill the Gaps in Your Family's Education with the Amazing Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia
    Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia
  3. Iron Man Is Born!
    Iron Man
  4. The Treasure
  5. To Men who Want Big Money but Don’t Know How to Get Started
    Commercial Trades Institute Courses
  6. Draw the First Day
    Magic Art Reproducer
  7. Look! Boys Wanted to Sell Grit
    Grit Newspaper
  8. Learn Any Dance Fast!
    Famous Dance Course
  9. Live Sea Horses!
    Live Sea Horses [Live Seahorses]
  10. The Last Rocket!
  11. Reward $9,985.50 for This Coin!
    Best Values Coins and Currency
  12. 1001 Things That You Can Get Free
    1001 Things You Can Get Free
  13. Stamps Shop by Mail
    1000 Tricks Catalog [Giant Surprise Catalog]; Belmont Stamps; Brown Stamps; Crown Music; Crown Stamps; Deluxe Labels; Earl Thompson Stamps; Ed Sale Secret System; Empire Stamps; Fairway Stamps; Five Star Music; Hypno-Coin; Irwin Stamps; Jolie Coins; Lincoln Stamps; Longhorn Stamps; Metropolitan Stamps; Military Insignia; Mystic Stamps; Niagara Stamps; Ocean Stamps; Penny Stamps; Personal Radio; Picture Stamps; Quality Photos; Roseland Stamps; Songwriters' Associates; Sunlite Stamps; Sunny Stamps; Transworld Clothing; West Coast Stamps; White Stamps
  14. Gundar!
  15. 104 Kings' Knights
    104 Kings' Knights
  16. Boys! Men! My Secret New Dynaflex Method
    Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System
  17. Learn Radio Television Electronics
    National Radio Institute Home Study Course
  18. Saturday Morning Shoe Store
    Mason Shoes and Leather Jackets
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