Tales of Suspense #89 [British]

(May 1967)

The Monstrous Menace of the Mysterious Melter! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited)

Inks

Frank Giacoia (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Last ish, we saw Tony Stark's multi-million dollar factory totally destroyed in his battle with the now-defeated Mole Man!

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The Invincible Iron Man

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]; Happy Hogan; Pepper Potts; Joe; Cynthia; Nan; Babs

Synopsis

The Melter escapes from jail and kidnaps Tony Stark.

Reprints

• in Capitán América (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1968 series) #4 (Febrero 28 de 1969)
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #31 (November 1971)
• in L'Incredibile Devil (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #77 (5 aprile 1973)
• in Marvel Double Feature (Marvel, 1973 series) #6 (October 1974) [except page 4]
• 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 Gene Colan Tribute Book (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Iron Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #2 - By Force of Arms (2017)

A Profound Potpourri of Perplexing Pronouncements and Preposterous Philosophy, All Portending Practically Nothing! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Item! Notice anything different about this page?

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Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]

Indexer Notes

Items, a list of Marvel TV stations, and a list of 26 M.M.M.S. members.

Back from the Dead! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Gil Kane (credited)

Inks

Gil Kane (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited) (pages 1-6); Artie Simek (pages 7-10)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Red Skull!

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Captain America, Living Legend of World War II

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]; Bucky Barnes (a robot)

Synopsis

The Red Skull, using a Bucky robot, lures Captain America into a trap.

Reprints

• in Capitán América (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1968 series) #4 (Febrero 28 de 1969)
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #54 (3ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Marvel Double Feature (Marvel, 1973 series) #13 (December 1975)
• in Essential Captain America (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000) [black and white]
• in Marvel Visionaries: Gil Kane (Marvel, 2002 series) (August 2002)
• 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

Cosmic Cube; Sea Gull Isle

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

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

Script

Gary Friedrich ?

Pencils

Gene Colan; Jack Kirby (illustrations)

Inks

Jack Abel; Frank Giacoia (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan, I just finished Suspense #86 and I think it was a lulu!

Characters

Captain America

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from Bill Bell, Frank Kessler, John Murphy, and Rocky Karlage