Iron Man #18 [British]
(October 1969)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1/- [0-1-0 GBP]
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
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

A price variant intended for distribution in the United Kingdom, with replaced cover price.
This issue is a variant of Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #18.

Even Heroes Die! (Table of Contents)

Iron Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Tuska
Inks
George Tuska
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
Sam Rosen
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Avengers [Goliath [Clint Barton]; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Vision]; Madame Masque [Whitney Frost]; Iron Man [Tony Stark LMD]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Bob Cooley listed John Buscema as drawing Wasp's face, but Nick Caputo disagrees, noting that Tuska was likely using a Buscema face for reference.

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

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

Even Heroes Die! (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
These are agents of the sinister organization called Hydra...
Feature Logo
The Invincible Iron Man
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Janice Cord; Nick Fury; Madame Masque [Whitney Frost]; Morgan Stark; Midas [Mordecai Midas]; Hydra; Alex Niven [Alex Nevsky]; Iron Man [Tony Stark LMD] (death)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continued in The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #69.

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

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

The Latest and Greatest Goodies from Maniacal Marvel! (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)

[no title indexed] (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) /

Tower of Shadows; Thor / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

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

Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marching 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 / 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
Johnny Craig (illustrations)
Inks
Johnny Craig (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; typeset
Feature Logo
Sock It to Shell-Head
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Night Phantom [Travis Hoyt]

Indexer Notes

Letters from John Smithson, Doug Hazlewood, Bob Krotts, Garrett Everett, Mike Burton, and Bill Cantey; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.

[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)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Even Heroes Die!
    Iron Man
  2. 1. ["Pocket spy telescope"]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  3. 2. Even Heroes Die!
    Iron Man
  4. 3. ["Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game"]
    Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game
  5. 4. The Latest and Greatest Goodies from Maniacal Marvel!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  6. 5. ["Famous name prizes or cash...from Olympic"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  7. 6. ["Tired of being ‘skinny’?"]
    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. [no title indexed]
    Tower of Shadows; Thor
  12. 11. ["It's brand new!! Marvel's swingin' inflatable plastic pillows!"]
    Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
  13. 12. ["Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time"]
    Grit Newspaper
  14. 13. ["I'll make you a master of karate"]
    Precise Publications
  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
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