Tales of Suspense #80 [British]

(August 1966)

When Fall the Mighty! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited)

Inks

Jack Abel (credited as Gary Michaels)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is your finish, Avenger!

Feature Logo

The Invincible Iron Man

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan

Synopsis

A frenzied Sub-Mariner attacks the weakened Iron Man in his lab. Iron Man tricks Subby into throwing him into a reinforced safe room where his is able to close the door and recharge his armor. Sub-Mariner is also in need of a recharge so he flies off to take a quick dip in the ocean. Meanwhile the police arrive at Stark Industries and accuse Iron Man of wanton damage. Pepper and Happy have turned up too. A refreshed Sub-Mariner prepares himself for round two!

Reprints

• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #101 (18 de mayo de 1968)
• in Iron Man Special (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (August 1970)
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #112 (5 April 1975)
• in Marvel's Greatest Superhero Battles (Simon and Schuster, 1978 series) (1978)
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #89 ([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 Essential Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
• 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

Story continues in the Sub-Mariner story in Tales to Astonish #82. Reprint correction and addition supplied by Henry Kujawa via GCD Errors list (August 2007).

Items of Lasting Insignificance from the Four Corners of Marveldom! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

He Who Holds the Cosmic Cube (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited); Jack Kirby (co-plot)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Don Heck (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

An explosion!!

Feature Logo

Captain America, Living Legend of World War II

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]; Wolfgang; A.I.M.; Keeper

Synopsis

Rescuing a pilot whose plane was shot out of the sky Cap discovers he is an A.I.M. agent. He reveals their creation of The Cosmic Cube which has been stolen by it's keeper who is taking it to The Red Skull. Cap catches up to The Keeper and as they battle the hypnotized man hits the ejector switch and the two parachute down to a remote island in view of The Skull. The Skull tells Cap he was the one who gave the orders that resulted in Bucky's death. Gaining the Cosmic Cube which can convert thought waves into material action Cap realizes his foe has become invincible.

Reprints

• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #101 (18 de mayo de 1968)
• in Marvel Double Feature (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (June 1974) [minus two pages, and other changes; with pages redone and removed]
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #51 (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 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 2 of 3. The palm magnets Cap uses to latch onto the Keeper's jet were later used by Nick Fury in STRANGE TALES #166 (March 1968). Synopsis, notes, and other corrections submitted by Henry Kujawa via GCD Errors list (August 2007).

[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 Edward Rippy, Gilbert Mazur, Bill Kirchner, and Richard Cundari; next issue blurb; order blank for joining M.M.M.S.; small illustration of Iron Man.