Tales of Suspense #61

(January 1965)

The Death of Tony Stark! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sitting in the plush private office of millionaire Tony Stark...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan; Inspector Flint; Mandarin; Koto (robot)

Synopsis

Pepper and Happy, unsettled by Tony Stark's disappearance, go to Iron Man and tender their resignations. The following day, Happy, playing detective, breaks in to Stark's home. Tony is wearing his armor but not his helmet. He conceals his armor by jumping into bed. He assures Happy that all is well and that Iron Man should be trusted. The Mandarin uses his giant space-laser to destroy much of Stark's factory. He seemingly kills Stark. Stark as Iron Man disguises himself as a bearded man in a large coat, and boards a plane for China. He confronts Koto, the Mandarin's robot, and is defeated.

Reprints

• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #29 (15 de noviembre de 1966)
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #37 (28 October 1967)
• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #19 (February 1969)
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #91 (9 November 1974)
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #65 ([Juli 1977]), #66 ([August 1977])
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #181 (5 janvier 1985)
• in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (November 2000) [black and white]
• in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Iron Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - The Golden Avenger (2014)
• in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 [Second Edition] (2023)

2 More Marvel Masterpieces! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Memo from the M.M.M.S.; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; covers for Fantastic Four #34 and Sgt. Fury #13.

A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up (Table of Contents: 3)

Iron Man / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]

Reprints

• in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Hasbro / Secret Wars (Marvel, 2009 series) #12 (October 2009)

Indexer Notes

Info per Nick Caputo, April 2014.

The Strength of the Sumo! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Chic Stone

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hold your fire!!

Feature Logo

Captain America

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Jim Baker; Sumo

Synopsis

Cap goes into Viet Nam to rescue prisoner of war Baker, and must face the Sumo.

Reprints

• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #29 (15 de noviembre de 1966)
• in Giant-Size Captain America (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (1975)
which is reprinted
• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #104/105 ([Mai 1980])
• in Stan Lee Presents Captain America (Pocket Books, 1979 series) #82581-X (May 1979)
• in Titan Pocket Book (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #1 (1980)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #14 ([September] 1990)
• in Essential Captain America (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003)
• 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 Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set (Marvel, 2014 series) #3 - Captain America
• in Captain America Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - Captain America Lives Again (2014)
• in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #7 - Capitão América 1 (junho 2021)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (Marvel, 2022 series) #1 - The Sentinel of Liberty

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

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

Script

Stan Lee

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan and Jack and Don, This is for the whole gang at Marvel.

Reprints

• in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Captain America Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Robert Lyle, Varian Waller, Jerry W. Pritchett, Pete Von Sholly (future comics artist), Jim Tapson, George King; Special Announcements Section.