(May 1968)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1968-02-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Atlas Magazines Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group; MCG
Printer
The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Big Premiere Issue (Table of Contents)

Iron Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Sam Rosen ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; A.I.M.; Mordius; Jasper Sitwell; Big M [Whitney Frost]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover inker credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo. Original indexer credited Frank Giacoia.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Colonial Studios Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Alone Against A.I.M.! (Table of Contents: 2)

Iron Man / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
Johnny Craig (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
These swirling waves of raw energy pulled me right through the hull of the Maggia's ship--
Feature Logo
The Invincible Iron Man
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; S.H.I.E.L.D. [Jasper Sitwell; Nick Fury; Gabriel Jones; Dum Dum Dugan]; Maggia [Big M [Whitney Frost]]; Whiplash [Mark Scarlotti]; A.I.M. [Mordius (introduction)]
Synopsis
A.I.M. manages to make three duplicates of the Iron Man armor.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continued from Iron Man & Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series) #1.

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

Academy for Home Study / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Marvel Super-Heroes T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[Shop By Mail; Stamps] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

The Liftee Company Height Increase Pads / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Stamps; Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Origin of Iron Man (Table of Contents: 12)

Iron Man / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
Johnny Craig (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The time: March 1963! The place: a secluded section of the U.S. defense perimeter in Viet-Nam!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark] (origin retold); Wong-Chu; Professor Yinsen (death)
Synopsis
A re-telling of Iron Man's origin.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Precise Publications / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Sock It to Shell-Head / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Friedrich ?
Pencils
Gene Colan (illustrations)
Inks
Johnny Craig (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; typeset

Feature Logo
Sock It to Shell-Head
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Whiplash [Mark Scarlotti]

Indexer Notes

Letters from Chris Barth, Richard Carlson, James Held, Mike Tyler, Ellis Whitby, Dennis McConihay, Rachel Presley, and Wilfred Khan.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel; Namor the Sub-Mariner / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Famous Artists School / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Big Premiere Issue
    Iron Man
  2. 1. ["Gigantic art mural offer!"]
    Colonial Studios Greeting Cards
  3. 2. Alone Against A.I.M.!
    Iron Man
  4. 3. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
  5. 4. ["Marvel super-hero T-shirts"]
    Marvel Super-Heroes T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
  6. 5. ["Free! Muscle course that can add 3 inches to your arms fast!"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  7. 6. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  8. 7. [Shop by Mail]
  9. 8. ["Here it is! Proof positive that the biggest brains at Marvel --- don't know what they're doing!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  10. 9. [Shop By Mail; Stamps]
  11. 10. ["Now you can be taller instantly!"]
    The Liftee Company Height Increase Pads
  12. 11. [Stamps; Shop by Mail]
  13. 12. The Origin of Iron Man
    Iron Man
  14. 13. ["I'll make you a master of karate"]
    Precise Publications
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Sock It to Shell-Head
  16. 15. ["Two more triumphs for Marvel..!"]
    Captain Marvel; Namor the Sub-Mariner
  17. 16. ["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists School
  18. 17. ["Make money get prizes"]
    American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Ruben Cortes
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Kauldi Gilibert
  • Del Gruber
  • Ralf Haring
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Jim Walls