Iron Man #40
(August 1971)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except August, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1971-05-04
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) (editing)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:

Night Walk! (Table of Contents)

Iron Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Tuska
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover art credits provided 2006 by Nick Caputo.

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

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

Night Walk! (Table of Contents: 2)

Iron Man / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
George Tuska (credited)
Inks
Jim Mooney (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Silence lies heavily over the darkened storage room...
Feature Logo
The Invincible Iron Man
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Kevin O'Brien [as Kevin O'Brian]; Marianne Rodgers; Nick Fury; White Dragon (death); Shara-Lee (death); Commander Kreol (death); Davina (death)
Reprints

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

Estes Rockets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

[Original Unpublished Art Portfolios] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.6 page (report information)

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

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Ed Sale Secret System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Centre Coin's Album or Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Precise Publications Defense Training / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Columbia Record Club / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan); ? (promo copy)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Everything you’ve always wanted to know about the Bullpen, but were afraid to ask!
Characters
Iron Man; Captain America

Indexer Notes

Includes: Items!; Stan's Soapbox.

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Comic Sales Comics; Howard Rogofsky Comics; Passaic Book Center Comics; Robert Bell Comics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Sock It to Shell-Head / letters page / 1.6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Tuska (illustrations)
Inks
Mike Esposito (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Sock It to Shell-Head
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]

Indexer Notes

Letters from Wilson Fong, Paul Havemann, Dave Harmon, Gregory O'Malley and Neal S. Stollon.
Includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

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

Daredevil / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Night Walk!
    Iron Man
  2. 1. ["The end of the skinny body"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  3. 2. Night Walk!
    Iron Man
  4. 3. ["Step into the real world of space with Vern Estes."]
    Estes Rockets
  5. 4. ["Boys here's a swell way to make $1 to $6 weekly"]
    Grit Newspaper
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  7. 6. [Original Unpublished Art Portfolios]
  8. 7. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  9. 8. ["Play Guitar in 7 Days"]
    Ed Sale Secret System
  10. 9. ["We'll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"]
    Centre Coin's Album or Catalog
  11. 10. ["Now revealed — the “2 Hour” method to super speed karate"]
    Precise Publications Defense Training
  12. 11. [Shop by Mail]
  13. 12. ["Now...save almost 50% on the hit records you want!"]
    Columbia Record Club
  14. 13. ["Everything you’ve always wanted to know about the Bullpen, but were afraid to ask!"]
  15. 14. Shop by Mail
    Comic Sales Comics; Howard Rogofsky Comics; Passaic Book Center Comics; Robert Bell Comics
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Sock It to Shell-Head
  17. 16. ["The Man Without Fear takes on--the gangland's most vicious killers!"]
    Daredevil
  18. 17. ["If you like to draw for fun, we can help you draw for money."]
    Famous Artists Schools
  19. 18. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Fishing Outfits
  20. 19. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice