Tales of Suspense 1959 #62 - 6.0 - $19.00
Iron Man is a prisoner of the Mandarin, held fast to a giant wheel by concentrated titanium bonds, Mandarin proceeds to relate his origin. The Mandarin then declares his intentions to conquer the world and to "spin" Iron Man to death. The Mandarin leaves, not realizing that the spinning wheel is recharging Iron Man's armor, like a bicycle wheel recharges a small generator. Iron Man then thwarts Mandarin's world-domination plan by disrupting a Chinese missile launch and then redirecting the missile back to China. They fight until the Chinese turn up, branding Mandarin a traitor. Mandarin flees.
Cap breaks up a prison riot.
On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1964, page 349, registration number B147182.
- - Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006); the original indexer credited Vince Colletta.
- The Origin of the Mandarin! - Axonn-Karr is an intelligent extraterrestrial that resembles a dragon.
- - Letters from Arthur Shimkus, Steve Goss, Lynn Barber, Paul Moslander, Michael Havery and a special announcements section. Marvel Checklist - comics listed with a synopsis are Fantastic Four #35, Spider-Man #21, Avengers #12, X-Men #9, Thor (Journey Into Mystery) #112, Strange Tales #129, Astonish #64 and Sgt. Fury #14.
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