Iron Man
#3
(July 1968)
Marvel,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-04-02
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Atlas Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- 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.
My Friend, My Foe...the Fearsome Freak!
Iron Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Pepper Potts; the Freak [Happy Hogan]
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tired of being 'skinny'?
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Ad for a weight gain product.
My Friend, My Foe... the Freak!
Iron Man / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Archie Goodwin (credited)
- Pencils
- Johnny Craig (credited)
- Inks
- Johnny Craig (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Battered and bruised from his devastating duel with the dread Demolisher, a weary Iron Man glides toward the massive Long Island complex that is Stark Industries...
- Feature Logo
The Invincible Iron Man- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Pepper Potts-Hogan; the Freak [Happy Hogan]; Miss Greer (introduction); Jasper Sitwell; Maggia; Big M [Whitney Frost]
- Reprints
-
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #3 (5 mars 1970) [reworked] -
in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #142 (1 November 1975) [pages 1-7], #143 (8 November 1975) [page 8 and pages 10-14] -
in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #2 ([December] 2004) -
in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #7 - Iron Man: Triumph und Tragödie (Oktober 2015) -
in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #99 - Неуязвимый Железный Человек: Трагедия и Триумф - in Iron Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #3 - The Man Who Killed Tony Stark (2019)
-
[no title indexed]
Don Bolander Career Institute Booklet / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ? (ad copy)
- Pencils
- ? (photograph)
- Inks
- ? (photograph)
- Colors
- ? (background only)
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shamed by your English?
Indexer Notes
Ad offering free booklet on "How to Gain a Good Command of English"
Between story pages 3 and 4.
[no title indexed]
Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Marvel super-hero T-shirts
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; The Fantastic Four [The Human Torch; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; The Thing]; Iron Man; Thor; Spider-Man; The Avengers [Captain America; Hawkeye; Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver]; The Hulk
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts ($1.60 each), sweat shirts ($3.15 each), and the Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit ($1.00 each). Between story pages 6 and 7.
[no title indexed]
Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game
Indexer Notes
Between story pages 6 and 7.
Missile Firing Tank
Missile Firing Tank / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Sold by Honor House Products.
Between story pages 9 and 10, on top half of page.
[no title indexed]
Centre Coin's Album or Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We'll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny
Indexer Notes
Ad for U.S. coin catalog.
Between story pages 9 and 10 on lower half of page.
[no title indexed]
Precise Publications Defense Training / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You can now become an expert with forbidden oriental fighting arts
Indexer Notes
Ad for martial arts book sent in plain wrapper, $3.98.
Between story pages 15 and 16.
Shop By Mail; Stamps
advertisement / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okay! Okay! Stop nagging us! Here it is — an autographed photo of... Stan (the man) Lee
Indexer Notes
A collection of classified advertising offering stamps, novelties, and comic books, between story pages 18 and 19.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The second Golden Age of Marvel is here!
- Feature Logo
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]- Characters
- Iron Man {Tony Stark}
Indexer Notes
Includes: Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox
[no title indexed]
American Circle Products / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Magic world of surprises & mystery
Indexer Notes
Ad for various novelty items on upper half of page.
[no title indexed]
Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for selling Grit magazine from Grit Publishing Co. on lower half of page.
[no title indexed]
Sock It to Shell-Head / letters page / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Stan, Archie, and Johnny, I can cope with the problem no longer!
- Feature Logo
Sock It to Shell-Head
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Bob Gale, Jeff Fisher, Walt Simonson, David Hodgen, Van Brodie, Royal Balloon, Mike O'Heal, Daniel Preston, and Joyce Gregorian.
[no title indexed]
Spectacular Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Romita
- Inks
- John Romita
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The greatest event in the history of comic magazines!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Indexer Notes
House ad for the Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1968 Series) #1 (July 1968), with cover shown (pre-painted version), and advertised as "On Sale Now".
[no title indexed]
Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 3 complete fishing outfits
- Synopsis
- Ad for fishing equipment from Niresk Discount Sales.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Ad for fishing equipment.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
My Friend, My Foe...the Fearsome Freak!
Iron Man -
1.
["Tired of being 'skinny'?"]
Joe Weider Course and Products -
2.
My Friend, My Foe... the Freak!
Iron Man -
3.
["Shamed by your English?"]
Don Bolander Career Institute Booklet -
4.
["Marvel super-hero T-shirts"]
Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit -
5.
["Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game"]
Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game -
6.
Missile Firing Tank
Missile Firing Tank -
7.
["We'll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"]
Centre Coin's Album or Catalog -
8.
["You can now become an expert with forbidden oriental fighting arts"]
Precise Publications Defense Training -
9.
Shop By Mail; Stamps
-
10.
["The second Golden Age of Marvel is here!"]
Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox -
11.
["Magic world of surprises & mystery"]
American Circle Products -
12.
["Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time"]
Grit Newspaper -
13.
["Dear Stan, Archie, and Johnny, I can cope with the problem no longer!"]
Sock It to Shell-Head -
14.
["The greatest event in the history of comic magazines!"]
Spectacular Spider-Man -
15.
["3 complete fishing outfits"]
Niresk Fishing Outfits -
16.
["132pc. Roman soldiers set"]
Roman War Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bruno Andreacchi
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Steve Dasinger
- Del Gruber
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Donald Dale Milne
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Steven Tice
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