Iron Fist #6 [25¢]
(August 1976)

Marvel, 1975 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1976-05-04
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860217608
Editing
Marv Wolfman (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #130.
This issue has variants:

The Shocker You Never Thought You Would See...Death-Match!! (Table of Contents)

Iron Fist / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You have searched for your beloved Colleen Wing for months, Iron Fist--
Genre
martial arts; superhero
Characters
Iron Fist; Yu-Ti; Colleen Wing
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Giacoia cover credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo.

Death Match! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte
Colors
? (left blank)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page one); Karen Mantlo

Job Number
JV337
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Jera'ad Al-Din, Halwan--Saturday, 1 May, 1976.
Genre
martial arts; superhero
Characters
Iron Fist (Origin details); Colleen Wing; Misty Knight; Yu-Ti; Lei Kung, the Thunderer; Jeryn Hogarth; Master Khan (villain); Angar the Screamer (villain); Shakirah (cameo flashback, introduction, Wendell Rand's first wife); Wendell Rand (cameo flashback); Alan Cavanaugh (cameo flashback); Lee Wing (cameo flashback); Lt. Rafael Scarfe (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
On his flight to Master Kahn's fortress with Misty Knight, Danny learns from his father's lawyer, Jeryn Hogarth, that he is a very rich man. Back in K'un-Lun, the Thunderer catches Yu-Ti spying on Iron Fist in a giant crystal. Iron Fist finally finds Colleen but she has been brainwashed into hating him and attacks. While battling one of his closest friends and being assaulted by Angar's mindstorm, Iron Fist is able to break Colleen's conditioning by using his powers to meld minds with her. This saps all of his remaining strength and he is assaulted by Khan's goons.
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Keywords
Halwan; Heathrow Airport; Jera'ad Al-Din

Indexer Notes

There is a listing for "colorist" in the credits, but it's blank where the name should be.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Iron-Fist Fuls / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Glenn Rowsam and Ed Via.

A Pulse-Pounding Palimpsest of Pajandrums Pure, Palaver Paradisic, and Paens Pandemic! (Table of Contents: 3)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed); ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Captain America and the Red Skull (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain America; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I want my part in the Bicentennial Celebration to be the most patriotic,
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]
Synopsis
The Red Skull tries to take over the United States before the bicentennial and uses the Cosmic Cube to transport Captain America to him. Captain America is able to stop him when he gives the Cosmic Cube a Hostess Twinkie and it stops obeying the Red Skull.
Reprints
Keywords
Cosmic Cube
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Shocker You Never Thought You Would See...Death-Match!!
    Iron Fist
  2. 1. Death Match!
    Iron Fist
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Iron-Fist Fuls
  4. 3. A Pulse-Pounding Palimpsest of Pajandrums Pure, Palaver Paradisic, and Paens Pandemic!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. Captain America and the Red Skull
    Captain America; Hostess Twinkies
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