(December 1965)

Marvel, 1959 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1965-09-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Vista Publications Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1965, page 308, registration number B215982.
This issue has variants:

The Sleeper Shall Awake! (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; First Sleeper
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #72 Cover Thumbnail for Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #72 [British]
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Cover gallery

Hoorah for the Conquering Hero! (Table of Contents: 1)

Iron Man / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited as Mickey Demeo)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
After last month's dramatic victory over the powerful Titanium Man...
Feature Logo
The Invincible Iron Man
Genre
superhero
Characters
Awesome Android; Senator Harrington Byrd; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mad Thinker; Pepper Potts; Countess Stephanie de la Spirosa; Bill
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Back in New York Iron Man is lauded for his victory over Titanium Man. An aggrieved Countess Stephanie de la Spirosa visits the Mad Thinker to enlist his aid in discovering Iron Man's identity. The Awesome Android is sent to abduct Tony Stark. In the Mad Thinker's lab Tony tricks his foes with a sleep gas-filled briefcase. He dons his armor and defeats the Android. The Thinker's lab explodes. Iron Man rescues the Thinker and the Countess. Meanwhile, in hospital, Happy's condition has worsened. Tony cannot visit him because he needs to recharge his chest plate, much to Pepper's annoyance!
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Keywords
New York City

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Face front!
Feature Logo
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins

Indexer Notes

Items, The Mighty Marvel Checklist, list of 26 M.M.M.S. members, order blank for Iron Man T-shirt & Marvel Stationery Kit.

The Sleeper Shall Awake! (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain America / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (layouts); George Tuska (credited) (pencils)
Inks
Wally Wood (sourced) (pages 1-4, 10 (panels 2, 4 and 5)); George Tuska (credited) (pages 5-7); Carl Hubbell ? (pages 8-10 uncredited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Your story about "The Castle of Dr. Rawlings" was quite a spellbinder, Cap!
Feature Logo
Captain America, Living Legend of World War II
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]
Red Skull [Johann Shmidt]; Sleepers [Herr von Kimmer; Erica Wolfmann]; First Sleeper
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Captain America goes after the Sleepers, sleeper agents planted by the Red Skull who were to activate the Sleeper robots 20 years after the War.
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Keywords
Avengers Mansion; Bavaria

Indexer Notes

Possible Hubbell inks per Nick Caputo, 2012. This story marks the return of the 1960s setting.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Mails of Suspense / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan, Yes, I am a Marvel Madman, too!
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Indexer Notes

Letters from: Donn Macpherson, Henry Gross, Nathan Zimmerman, George Hagenauer (future comic book dealer), Joey Smoroso; next issue blurb; order blank for joining M.M.M.S.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Sleeper Shall Awake!
    Captain America
  2. 1. Hoorah for the Conquering Hero!
    Iron Man
  3. 2. ["Face front!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. The Sleeper Shall Awake!
    Captain America
  5. 4. ["Dear Stan, Yes, I am a Marvel Madman, too!"]
    Mails of Suspense
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Pirrou Claude
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Bill Devine
  • Del Gruber
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
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