Tales of Suspense #79 [Regular Edition]

(July 1966)

Disaster! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited); Gene Colan (co-plot)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited)

Inks

Jack Abel (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The monstrous irony of it!

Feature Logo

The Invincible Iron Man

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Namor the Sub-Mariner (cameo); Warlord Krang; Lady Dorma

Synopsis

Tony Stark finds his money has been impounded, his factories shut down, and there's a warrant out for his arrest. The Avengers cannot help him as they are not home. As Iron Man, he strolls down to the waterfront to think. But from the waters rises Warlord Krang's flagship. On the run with Lady Dorma, he sees a chance to impress her, and attacks. As she tries to stop him, Iron Man strikes back, sending his ship fleeing. Desperate, Iron Man flies to his factory and crashes in through a skylight. But he barely gets to his feet when he's suddenly confronted with Sub-Mariner!

Reprints

• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1929 (1967)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #29
• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1933 (1968), #1937 (1968)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #33, #37
• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #98 (27 de abril de 1968)
• in Iron Man Special (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (August 1970)
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #111 (29 March 1975)
• in Marvel's Greatest Superhero Battles (Simon and Schuster, 1978 series) (1978)
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #88 ([Juni 1978])
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #166 (5 octobre 1983)
• in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #2 ([December] 2004) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 [Regular Edition] ([August] 2006)
• in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #3 (2014)
• in Iron Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #2 - By Force of Arms (2017)
• in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 [Second Edition] (2023)

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 3. The Avengers were apparently off fighting Power Man & The Swordsman during this story, as shown in THE AVENGERS #29 (June 1966). Warlord Krang plot continues from TALES TO ASTONISH #81 (July 1966), even though that issue probably came out a week or two after this one. Because of Stark's problems with the law, SHIELD was forced to seek other sources of weapons & technology, seen in STRANGE TALES #146-149 (July-October 1966).

Incredible, Indubitable, Interminable Items to Startle Your Senses and Soothe Your Soul! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Red Skull Lives! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited as Smilin' Stan); Jack Kirby (co-plot)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited as Jolly Jack)

Inks

Frank Giacoia (credited as Frantic Frankie)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Agonized Artie)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Costumed assassins!!

Feature Logo

Captain America, Living Legend of World War II

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]; Count Bornag Royale; Horst; Wolfgang; A.I.M.

Synopsis

Cap rescues a pilot whose plane was shot out of the sky, a member of A.I.M., and tells Cap about A.I.M.'s The Cosmic Cube--who's taking it to The Red Skull! Watching via remote camera, Using an "experimental manned missile" from SHIELD, Cap catches up to The Keeper. As they battle, the hypnotized man hits the ejector switch, and the two parachute down to a remote island. Red Skull gains the advantage by telling Cap he was the one who gave the orders that resulted in Bucky's death. Gaining the Cosmic Cube, he wills The Keeper into another dimension. Cap realizes his foe has become invincible!

Reprints

• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #98 (27 de abril de 1968)
• in Marvel Double Feature (Marvel, 1973 series) #3 (April 1974)
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #52 (2ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Captain America Sentinel of Liberty (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) ([October] 1979)
• in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #12 (November 1986) [excerpt]
which is reprinted
• in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #14 ([September] 1990)
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #259 hors série (juillet 1991)
• 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 vs. the Red Skull (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• 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 Captain America (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (Penguin Random House, 2022 series) (2022)
• in Captain America (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (Penguin Random House, 2022 series) (2022)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (Marvel, 2022 series) #2 - The Red Skull Lives! (2023)

Keywords

Cosmic Cube

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 3. 1st modern-day appearance of The Red Skull. The suspended animation via experimental gas bit is a tribute to BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY. The truth about Count Royale & A.I.M. was under suspicion in STRANGE TALES #146 (June 1966); as this episode exposes their true motives, it most likely came out afterwards; yet, according to the dialogue, it must be a flashback to just before it, as Count Royale is shown on his way to The Heli-Carrier, and there is no break between STRANGE TALES #146-147 (June-July-1966). 1st appearance of The Cosmic Cube.

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

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

Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Don Heck; Jack Kirby (illustrations)

Inks

Wally Wood; Joe Sinnott (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

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 Larry Ahokas, Steve Martinex, Earl Davis and Ronald W. Lindenboom; order blank for joining M.M.M.S.; a small illustration of Iron Man.