Iron Man #72
(January 1975)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-10-24
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #111, October 1974.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Death Squad! (Table of Contents)

Iron Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane; John Romita (sourced) (alterations on Man Bull's face)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (sourced); John Romita (sourced) (alterations on Man Bull's face)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Lama [Jerald]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Man-Bull [Bull Taurus]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]; Whiplash [Marco Scarlotti]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
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Convention of Fear! (Table of Contents: 1)

Iron Man / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Friedrich (credited); Barry Alfonso (credited) (plot)
Pencils
George Tuska (credited); Neal Adams (see Notes); Alan Kupperberg (see Notes); Frank Brunner (see Notes)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited); Neal Adams (see Notes); Alan Kupperberg (see Notes); Frank Brunner (see Notes)
Colors
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Death Squad: Man-Bull [Bull Taurus]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]; Whiplash [Marco Scarlotti]
Black Lama [Jerald]; Tony Stark; Roy Thomas; Mike Friedrich; Tom Orzechowski; Frank Brunner; Jan Brunner
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
El Cortez Hotel; Pacific Comics store

Indexer Notes

Most of this story takes place at the San Diego Comicon. Page 14 features cameo appearances by Roy Thomas and Mike Friedrich (drawn by Neal Adams), Tom Orzechowski (by Alan Kupperberg), Frank and Jan Brunner (by Frank Brunner). Info from the letters page to Iron Man #74.

The Pacific Comics store appears on the first page.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Brian Apthorp, Tom Lemans, Dean Mullaney, David Dunn, and Bill Wu.

Awesome Announcements and Autumnal Admonishments for All! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins Presents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Death Squad!
    Iron Man
  2. 1. Convention of Fear!
    Iron Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Sock It to Shell-Head
  4. 3. Awesome Announcements and Autumnal Admonishments for All!
    Bullpen Bulletins Presents
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