On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1964, page 349, registration number B140638.
Sitting in the plush private office of millionaire Tony Stark...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan; Inspector Flint; Mandarin; Koto (robot)
Synopsis
Pepper and Happy, unsettled by Tony Stark's disappearance, go to Iron Man and tender their resignations. The following day, Happy, playing detective, breaks in to Stark's home. Tony is wearing his armor but not his helmet. He conceals his armor by jumping into bed. He assures Happy that all is well and that Iron Man should be trusted. The Mandarin uses his giant space-laser to destroy much of Stark's factory. He seemingly kills Stark. Stark as Iron Man disguises himself as a bearded man in a large coat, and boards a plane for China. He confronts Koto, the Mandarin's robot, and is defeated.
Letters from Robert Lyle, Varian Waller, Jerry W. Pritchett, Pete Von Sholly (future comics artist), Jim Tapson, George King; Special Announcements Section.