Iron Man #57 [Regular Edition]
(April 1973)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1973-01-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #92, December 1972.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Mandarin Strikes Back! (Table of Contents)

Iron Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Tuska
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin [Gene Kahn]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover inker credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo.

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

ad / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Strike! (Table of Contents: 2)

Iron Man / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber (credited)
Pencils
George Tuska (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited as Esposito); Frank Giacoia (credited as Giacoia)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited as P. Goldberg)
Letters
Shelly Leferman (credited as S. Leferman)

Job Number
1334 Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now they're burning Iron Man in effigy!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Inhumans: Black Bolt [Blackagar Boltagon] (cameo flashback); Gorgon (cameo flashback); Karnak (cameo flashback); Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon] (cameo flashback); Triton (cameo flashback)
Pepper Hogan; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin [Gene Kahn] (also in flashback, also as Gene Kahn); Jasper Sitwell; Unicorn [Milos Masaryk] (in shadow); Jeffers; Mack; Guff; Dover
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

ad / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

ad / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

ad / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

ad / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

ad / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

ad / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

North American School of Animal Sciences / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Four or Five Phenomenal Flashes, Fitfully Fashioned to Fight Lethargy! (Or: Those Wedding Bells Are Waking Up That Old Bullpen Gang of Mine!) (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

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

Sock It to Shell-Head / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Lester G. Boutillier, Sgt. Mike Lettner and Don L. Tyler.

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

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

ad / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

The LaSalle Coupon / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Mandarin Strikes Back!
    Iron Man
  2. 1. ["U-control monster size ghost special 95c"]
    ad
  3. 2. Strike!
    Iron Man
  4. 3. ["Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time"]
    Grit Newspaper
  5. 4. ["These 3 Big Drafting Kits"]
    North American School of Drafting
  6. 5. ["I'll make you a master of Karate"]
    ad
  7. 6. ["The Adventures of Corgi Boy"]
    ad
  8. 7. ["Super Bodybuilding course -"]
    ad
  9. 8. ["Shop by mail $130.00 profit for just one easy job of interior customizing"]
    ad
  10. 9. ["Shop by mail comic books for sale"]
    ad
  11. 10. ["Shop by mail why pay more? Be the life of the party!"]
    ad
  12. 11. ["Now! Train at Home to be a Veterinary Assistant"]
    North American School of Animal Sciences
  13. 12. Four or Five Phenomenal Flashes, Fitfully Fashioned to Fight Lethargy! (Or: Those Wedding Bells Are Waking Up That Old Bullpen Gang of Mine!)
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Sock It to Shell-Head
  15. 14. ["Charles Atlas, World's No. 1 Body Builder Says:"]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  16. 15. ["Never finished high school?"]
    ad
  17. 16. ["Have you seen this coupon before?"]
    The LaSalle Coupon
This issue was modified by, among others
  • JW "David" Asher
  • David Bruce
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice