Iron Man #59 (1973) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Final Triumph of Firebrand!	cover	1	pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: John Costanza	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Firebrand [Gary Gilbert]
2	A Madness In Motown!	comic story	20	script: Mike Friedrich; pencils: George Tuska; inks: Mike Esposito; colors: Petra Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Firebrand [Gary Gilbert] (villain); Roxanne Gilbert (first appearance); Pepper Potts Hogan; Happy Hogan; Marianne Rodgers (flashback)
13	Bite-Size Bits and Beatific Bromides! (Or: Half a Bullpen Page Is Better Than None!)	in-house column	0.5	letters: typeset
14	-	letters page	0.5	letters: typeset
15	The Ultimate Fan Club!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
16	Dracula Lives!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5

Plus 13 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, 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 #9 ISBN 978-0-7851-9190-2	2015	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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