Iron Man #53 (1972) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Fate is the Black Lama!	cover	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Raga, Son of Fire; Black Lama
1	The Black Lama!	comic story	20	script: Mike Friedrich; pencils: George Tuska, Jim Starlin; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Black Lama [King Jerald] (first appearance, villain); Raga, Son of Fire (villain, death); MacKenzie Davies; Jeff Baker; Cynthia
2	Dramatic Data, Dynamic Dispatches, and Death-Defying Declarations of Decidedly Dubious Distinction!	in-house column	0.8	script: Stan Lee
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.2	pencils: Mike Ploog; inks: Mike Ploog
4	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Edition	How to tell
British	price 0.06 GBP

Collection	Year
Essential Iron Man #4 ISBN 978-0-7851-4254-6	2010	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #8 ISBN 978-0-7851-6623-8	2013	On eBay ›
Battle Royal ISBN 978-1-302-93361-6	2022	On eBay ›
The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-1-302-95540-3	2024	On eBay ›

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Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
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