(December 1964)

Marvel, 1959 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Vista Publications Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1964, page 349, registration number B136452.

Cap Battles the Assassins! Iron Man Wanted for Murder! (Table of Contents)

Captain America; Iron Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Army of Assassins
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Indexer Notes

The Iron Man figure becomes the masthead for the character, first appearing in issue #89.

Suspected of Murder! (Table of Contents: 1)

Iron Man / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

Job Number
X-782-(A)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Last issue, due to his epic battle with the fearsome Black Knight, Tony Stark found...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Don Blake] (on video screen); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Happy Hogan; Pepper Potts; Sergi Amkov; Smith; Jack
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Tony Stark sustained an injury to his heart last issue. Now he cannot remove his Iron Man armor as he needs its power to keep him alive. Happy and Pepper, unaware of Stark's dual identity, believe that Iron Man is responsible for their employer's disappearance and they call for the police. Iron Man flees but is forced to return and battle Hawkeye when he attacks Stark's factory and kidnaps Pepper. Hawkeye escapes. Elsewhere, the Black Widow taken back to Russia by her former employers. Following her rescue, Pepper is less hostile to Iron Man and persuades the police not to arrest him.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and Don, Tales of Suspense has been very good, kiddies!
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Indexer Notes

Letters from: Bill Elliott, Don Eden, Margaret Gemignani, Bob Giles, Bill Light and a special announcements section. The Mighty Marvel Checklist: "A line-up of some of the Marvel-ous mags on sale right now." Comics listed with a synopsis are Fantastic Four #33, Spider-Man #19, Avengers #10, X-Men #8, Strange Tales #127, Thor #110, Astonish #62 and Sgt. Fury #12.

The Army of Assassins Strikes! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Chic Stone (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number
X-784
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Never has a fighting hero so quickly, so completely, captured...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Baron Zemo [Heinrich Zemo]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Rick Jones; Army of Assassins
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Baron Zemo sends the Army of Assassins after Cap, who is assisted by Rick Jones in defeating them.
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4 More Marvel Masterpieces! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Cap Battles the Assassins! Iron Man Wanted for Murder!
    Captain America; Iron Man
  2. 1. Suspected of Murder!
    Iron Man
  3. 2. ["Dear Stan and Don, Tales of Suspense has been very good, kiddies!"]
    Mails of Suspense
  4. 3. The Army of Assassins Strikes!
    Captain America
  5. 4. 4 More Marvel Masterpieces!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Bill Devine
  • Del Gruber
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Lee Lines
  • Darrel McCann
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Lynn Sutton
  • Jim Van Dore