Iron Man #62 [Regular Edition]

(September 1973)

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

Whiplash Returns! (Table of Contents: 2)

Iron Man / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Friedrich (credited)

Pencils

P. Craig Russell (credited as Craig Russell); John Romita (credited as J. Romita) (assist (see notes))

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited as M. Esposito); Frank Giacoia (credited as F. Giacoia)

Colors

Stan Goldberg (credited as S. Golberg)

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

Job Number

1584 Z

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Whiplash [Mark Scarlotti; also as Mark Scott] (villain); Pepper Potts Hogan; Happy Hogan; Vicki Snow

Synopsis

Whiplash is plotting revenge, laying in wait in Cincinnati, but he's also trying to climb the Stark Industries corporate ladder, and insensitively relegates his fiance, the plant manager, to kitchen duty in front of Tony and Pepper. Stealing Tony's latest Micro-Power Cell Whiplash challenges Iron Man to recover it. When he does Whiplash takes the upper hand by destroying Iron Man's weapons one by one. Using his Magnetic Disks Iron Man steals Whiplash's whip. Defeated Whiplash engages one last ploy and escapes. In the epilogue Vicki breaks the engagement due to Mark realizing incompatibility.

Reprints

• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #57 (5 septembre 1974)
• in Iron Man : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2008 series) #1973 (janvier 2016)

Keywords

Magnetic Disks; Micro-Power Cell; Quantum IX manned orbiting laboratory; Star Jump space shuttle; Uni-Beam

Indexer Notes

Colorist credit is misspelled S. Golberg.

From observing panels of pencil art by Russell that were crossed out and revised before publication Nick Caputo suspects Romita assisted Russell on some of the storytelling on several pages.

References previous battle with Whiplash in Tales of Suspense issues #97-99.

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Outdoor Careers Guide Book / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Universal Self-Defense System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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La Salle Extension University / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Blair Quality Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Savage Tales / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Centre Coin's Album or Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Guinness Book of World Records / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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North American School of Animal Sciences / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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Cannon Ball; Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

More Mirth-Inducing Memorabilia from Memo-Minded Marvel! (Or: Savage Tales Is Alive and Well Living in a Suburb Outside Cimmeria!) (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

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Friends of Ol' Marvel / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Sock It to Shell-Head / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Rich Roder, Joe Gordon and Gary Frazier.

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Tales of the Zombie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)