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1May 1968
$0.12

Iron Man #1

Marvel · May 1968 · on sale 1968-02-01

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Identification plate

Series
Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
May 1968
Key date
1968-05-00
On-sale date
1968-02-01
Indicia publisher
Atlas Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Big Premiere Issuecover1pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Mike Esposito; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam RosenIron Man [Tony Stark]; A.I.M.; Mordius; Jasper Sitwell; Big M [Whitney Frost]
2Alone Against A.I.M.!comic story17script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Artie SimekIron Man [Tony Stark]; S.H.I.E.L.D. [Jasper Sitwell; Nick Fury; Gabriel Jones; Dum Dum Dugan]; Maggia [Big M [Whitney Frost]]; Whiplash [Mark Scarlotti]; A.I.M. [Mordius (introduction)]
4Marvel Super-Heroes T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kitpromo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? (promo copy); pencils: various; inks: variousCaptain Marvel; Spider-Man; Hulk; Iron Man; Thing; Thor; The Fantastic Four; The Avengers; Daredevil
8-in-house column1script: Smiley
12The Origin of Iron Mancomic story3script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Artie SimekIron Man [Tony Stark] (origin retold); Wong-Chu; Professor Yinsen (death)
14-letters page2script: Gary Friedrich; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Sam RosenIron Man [Tony Stark]; Whiplash [Mark Scarlotti]
15-promo (ad from the publisher)1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan, John Buscema; inks: Vince Colletta, Sol Brodsky; letters: Artie Simek, Sam RosenSub-Mariner; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

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Essential Iron Man #2
ISBN 0-7851-1487-4
2004On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #4
ISBN 0-7851-2678-3
2007On eBay ›
USPS Marvel Comics Limited Edition Comic Book and Stamps Set #[nn]2007On eBay ›
The Invincible Iron Man #252008On eBay ›
The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus #2
ISBN 978-0-7851-4225-6
2009On eBay ›

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