Tales of Suspense #86

(February 1967)

U.S. Government Surplus (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Surplus Bargains / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Death Duel for the Life of Happy Hogan! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited)

Inks

Frank Giacoia (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You defeated an imposter, Mandarin!

Feature Logo

The Invincible Iron Man

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin; Happy Hogan

Synopsis

Iron Man fights with Mandarin for the life of Happy Hogan.

Reprints

• in L'Incredibile Devil (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #75 (8 marzo 1973)
• in Marvel Double Feature (Marvel, 1973 series) #3 (April 1974) [minus 2 pages]
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #119 (24 May 1975) [Pages 1-8, 10-12]
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #99 ([November 1978]), #100 ([November 1978])
• in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #2 ([December] 2004) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #4 ([April] 2007)
• in Iron Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #2 - By Force of Arms (2017)

Indexer Notes

Irv Forbush is credited for "nail-biting".

The Latest Low-Down on Marvel's Light-Hearted Luminaries for Literature Lovers at Large! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Boys 12 or Older! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Be a Super Spy (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Spy Pen / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Hi-Power Binoculars] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Hi-Power Binoculars / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

250 Magic Tricks Revealed (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

250 Magic Tricks / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Marvel Super-Heroes are on T.V.! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Marvel Super-Hero t-shirts (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

War Books (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

War Books / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Secret! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited); Marie Severin (see notes)

Inks

Frank Giacoia (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I've found it -- at last!

Feature Logo

Captain America, Living Legend of World War II

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Agent 60 [Colonel Kuro Chin]; General Li Chou

Reprints

• in Marvel Double Feature (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (June 1975) [minus 1 page]
• in Essential Captain America (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 ([June] 2005)
• in Captain America Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
• in Marvel Gold. Capitán América (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - La leyenda Viviente (Julio 2011)
• in Captain America Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - Captain America Lives Again (2014)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (Marvel, 2022 series) #2 - The Red Skull Lives! (2023)

Keywords

air-car; beeper dog; phosgene gas; solar gun; Yashonka; Z-Ray

Indexer Notes

Colonel Kuro Chin's face redrawn by Marie Severin, likely due to Kirby having drawn a Russian agent and Lee altering the character to be Asian. Info per Nick Caputo, May 2021.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Stan Lee ?; Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Gene Colan (illustration)

Inks

Frank Giacoia (illustration)

Colors

?; ? (page color, text color)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan, Just thought I'd drop you a line...

Characters

Iron Man

Reprints

• in Captain America Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from John Kimsey, David Abbott, and Mike Clapp; M.M.M.S. membership form.

Second Chance for High School (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Academy for Home Study / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Home Science Lab and Course (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

American Basic Science Labs / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Attention All Super-Hero Fans (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)