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3July 1968
$0.12

Iron Man #3

Marvel · July 1968 · on sale 1968-04-02

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Identification plate

Series
Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
July 1968
Key date
1968-07-00
On-sale date
1968-04-02
Indicia publisher
Atlas Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0My Friend, My Foe...the Fearsome Freak!cover1pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam RosenIron Man [Tony Stark]; Pepper Potts; the Freak [Happy Hogan]
2My Friend, My Foe... the Freak!comic story20script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Artie SimekIron Man [Tony Stark]; Pepper Potts-Hogan; the Freak [Happy Hogan]; Miss Greer (introduction); Jasper Sitwell; Maggia; Big M [Whitney Frost]
4Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kitpromo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? (ad copy)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
10-in-house column1script: SmileyIron Man {Tony Stark}
13-letters page2letters: typeset
14Spectacular Spider-Manpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: John Romita; inks: John RomitaSpider-Man [Peter Parker]

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

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Essential Iron Man #2
ISBN 0-7851-1487-4
2004On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #5
ISBN 978-0-7851-3493-0
2008On eBay ›
The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus #2
ISBN 978-0-7851-4225-6
2009On eBay ›
The Man Who Killed Tony Stark
ISBN 978-1-302-91630-5
2019On eBay ›
The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus #2 [Second Edition]
ISBN 978-1-302-95899-2
2024On eBay ›

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Series context

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