Iron Man #17
(September 1969)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1969-06-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Beginning of the End! (Table of Contents)

Iron Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Tuska; John Romita (alterations)
Inks
Johnny Craig; John Romita (alterations)
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Tony Stark [Iron Man]; Iron Man [Tony Stark LMD]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover inker credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo, who reports: "Johnny Craig cover inks. Alterations by John Romita, as observed from original art. Tony Stark was repositioned and there are changes on Iron Man."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Beginning of the End! (Table of Contents: 2)

Iron Man / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin (credited)
Pencils
George Tuska (credited)
Inks
Johnny Craig (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Jean Simek (credited as Jean Izzo)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Off the eastern sea-coast, a striking figure streaks through lashing rain!
Feature Logo
The Invincible Iron Man
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Morgan Stark; Miss Greer; Edwin Jarvis; Janice Cord; Alex Niven [Alex Nevsky]; Iron Man [Tony Stark LMD]; Midas [Mordecai Midas] (introduction); Madame Masque [Whitney Frost] (introduction)
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Mr. America-Mr. Universe (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Matchbox Models / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Nick Fury; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marchimg Society Membership Kit / advertisement / 0.6 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Precise Publications Book and Dummy / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Sock It to Shell-Head / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
George Tuska (illustrations)
Inks
Johnny Craig (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; typeset

Feature Logo
Sock It to Shell-Head
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Janice Cord; Controller [Basil Sandhurst]

Indexer Notes

Letters from Stuart Cohn, Bill Hubert, Larry Riley, Rick Ellrod, Steve Lafler, Deon Brown and John Carbonaro.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Famous Artists School / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

American Basic Science Club, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Beginning of the End!
    Iron Man
  2. 1. ["Pocket spy telescope"]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  3. 2. The Beginning of the End!
    Iron Man
  4. 3. ["Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game"]
    Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game
  5. 4. ["Batty bulletins to bewilder, bewitch, and bedazzle you!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  6. 5. ["Famous name prizes or cash...from Olympic"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  7. 6. Mr. America-Mr. Universe
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  8. 7. ["Build a whole “Matchbox” car city in your room."]
    Matchbox Models
  9. 8. ["Weak-broken nails?"]
  10. 9. Shop by Mail
  11. 10. ["Two more triumphs for Marvel..!"]
    Nick Fury; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos
  12. 11. ["It's brand new!! Marvel's swingin' inflatable plastic pillows!"]
    Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marchimg Society Membership Kit
  13. 12. ["Boys 12 or older make $1 to $5 weekly in your spare time"]
    Grit Newspaper
  14. 13. ["I'll make you a master of karate"]
    Precise Publications Book and Dummy
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Sock It to Shell-Head
  16. 15. ["Do you have art talent worth developing?"]
    Famous Artists School
  17. 16. ["America's greatest values in science labs and courses!"]
    American Basic Science Club, Inc.
  18. 17. ["If you need extra money & you know just 10 people..."]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Merlin Haas
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Steven Tice