- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Heck (credited)
- Inks
- Don Heck (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Holloway (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I pity you, Iron Man!!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin (first appearance, villain); Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan; Bill; General Ho Lee (only appearance)
- Synopsis
- The Pentagon sends Iron Man into red China to get information on the Mandarin, an evil scientist feared even by the Communist regime. Iron Man struggles to overcome the Mandarin's powerful rings and martial arts, but he escapes his castle.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- China; Stark Industries
In this story Pepper gets a makeover and is consequently redrawn as a more attractive woman.
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Heck (credited)
- Inks
- Don Heck (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
- Job Number
- X-673
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Last issue we left Iron Man trapped by the most powerful arch-villain of the Orient... the mysterious Mandarin!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin; Happy Hogan; Pepper Potts
- Synopsis
- Iron Man escapes the Mandarin and destroys the ray he used to interfere with US missiles. Meanwhile, Happy struggles to keep the company operating in Tony's absence.
- Reprints
The Mandarin next appears in issue #61 (January 1965).