(May 1965)

Marvel, 1959 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1965-02-11
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, 1965, page 308, registration number B167560.

Enter: The Red Skull!; The New Iron Man Fights the Old Iron Man! (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
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Captain America must die!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [James Buchanan Barnes]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Weasel Wills [as Iron Man]
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When Titans Clash! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Don Heck
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen
First Line of Dialogue or Text
No! Your eyes are not deceiving you!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Weasel Wills [as Iron Man]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan; Charlie; Pete
Synopsis
Tony nobly decides to leave town for a while in order to give Happy a chance to woo Pepper. Back at the plant, small-time burglar Weasel Wills stumbles upon Iron Man's armor and goes on a crime spree, besmirching Iron Man's good name in the process. Tony Stark returns and dons his old golden armor. The two Iron Men fight. Tony's superior knowledge of the Iron Man technology allows him to defeat Wills. Tony then returns to his office to brood.
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The Red Skull Strikes! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We tried an experiment in this tale!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [James Buchanan Barnes]; Red Skull ["George John Maxon"]
Synopsis
Cap and Bucky track down the Red Skull, only to discover that he is an imposter who replaced tycoon Maxon. The real Red Skull is manipulating the "Maxon" Skull.
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Keywords
Fort Lehigh

Indexer Notes

This is a re-told version of a story from Captain America #1.

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

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

Script
Stan Lee
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, what more could you ask for?
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Indexer Notes

Letters from Mrs. E.J. Schlee, James Carruthers, Eddie Behl and Tom Mayes; includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

Marvel Checklist comics listed with a synopsis are: Fantastic Four #38, Spider-Man #24, Avengers #15, Daredevil #7, Thor (Journey Into Mystery) #115, Strange Tales #132, Astonish #67 and Sgt. Fury #17.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Enter: The Red Skull!; The New Iron Man Fights the Old Iron Man!
    Captain America; Iron Man
  2. 1. When Titans Clash!
    Iron Man
  3. 2. The Red Skull Strikes!
    Captain America
  4. 3. ["Well, what more could you ask for?"]
    Mails of Suspense
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Kevin C
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Bill Devine
  • Del Gruber
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
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