Tales of Suspense 1959 #55 - 5.5 - $79.00
Iron Man escapes the Mandarin and destroys the ray he used to interfere with US missiles. Meanwhile, Happy struggles to keep the company operating in Tony's absence.
A detailed guide to Iron Man's armor with some information about his personal life and supporting cast.
A boy stumbles across a secret disintegrating formula stolen from a government lab.
The Watcher must save Earth from an alien without breaking his vow of non-interference.
Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1964, page 349, registration number B102933.
- No One Escapes the Mandarin! - Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006); the original indexer credited Dick Ayers. Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
- No One Escapes the Mandarin! - Continues from last issue. The Mandarin next appears in issue #61 (January 1965).
- Two More Triumphs for Marvel..! - Advertises Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #14 (July 1964) and Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #28 (July 1964).
- All About Iron Man - The first time we learn Pepper's real name: Virginia Potts.
- Pepper Potts' Pin-Up Page - The first time we learn Pepper's real name: Virginia Potts.
- The Atomizer - Continues in next issue. This page includes a teaser for the next issue: "Next Ish: 'Iron Man Meets the Unicorn!'"
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