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  • Tales of Suspense Vol 1 55
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Letterer1
  • Artie Simek
  • Sam Rosen
Recommended
  • *The Mandarin last appeared in Tales of Suspense #54 ; He appears next in Tales of Suspense #61. *These events are re-imagined in Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin Vol 1.
Editor-in-Chief
  • Stan Lee
Writer1
  • Stan Lee
Penciler1
  • Don Heck
Writer1
  • Stan Lee
StoryTitle
  • No One Escapes the Mandarin!
  • All About Iron Man!
  • The Atomizer
  • The Sun-Stealer!
Penciler1
  • Don Heck
Appearing
  • Featured Characters: * Supporting Characters: * ** ** Adversaries: * Other Characters: * Locations: * * * ** *** * ** Items: * * * * * Vehicles: *
  • Featured Characters: * Adversaries: * Other Characters: *
  • Featured Characters: * Supporting Characters: * * Adversaries: * Images of: ** Black Widow ** Melter ** Mandarin ** Scarecrow ** Mr. Doll ** Crimson Dynamo ** Gargantus ** Jack Frost Other Characters: * Locations: * Items: * Vehicles: *
Letterer1
  • Artie Simek
  • Sam Rosen
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CoverArtist
  • Jack Kirby
Country
  • USA
Month
  • 7
Synopsis
  • A special feature which explains the technology and features of Iron Man's MK III armor. It is followed up by a pin-up of Pepper Potts.
  • The Watcher is watching is his favorite planet, Earth, when he is startled by a spaceship suddenly landing near his observatory. The spaceship was piloted by an alien known as Xakku who begs for the Watcher's help in fixing his craft, but the Watcher informs him that he is forbidden to interfere in anything. Xakku then reveals that the spaceship is still in perfect order, and he had only asked for the Watcher's help as a test, to see if the rumors are true that the Watcher can never help anyone. He tells the Watcher about his home planet, where the sun is dying out, and scientists have invented a machine that will allow them to steal another sun from a different solar system. The Watcher knows that if Xakku steals his sun, it will destroy the solar system which includes the planet Earth. He asks Xakku several questions about his planet and the machine, and by the time that Xakku realizes the Watcher is merely stalling for time, his spaceship has fallen too deep into a pool of quicksand that he had landed on, foiling Xakku's plan and saving Earth. Now Xakku begins to beg the Watcher for help once again, and once again the Watcher turns away.
  • Prisoner of the Mandarin, Iron Man is about to be destroyed when Iron Man tells the Mandarin that Tony Stark is still outside somewhere. While the Mandarin looks for Stark Iron Man breaks free and recharges his power supply. Iron Man foils the Mandarin's plot to collect missiles which the Mandarin has stolen, and destroying the device before riding one of the stolen US missiles back to the States as Tony Stark where he has a date with Pepper Potts.
Notes
  • *Sequence II features a special bonus featurette "All About Iron Man", including a detailed description of his armor. This features the first appearance of Iron Man's armor with Belt Pods. Page 5 of this bonus section is a pin-up of Pepper Potts. * Sequence III is a one page text story: "The Atomizer". It is concluded in Tales of Suspense 56 as "Pouf". * Sequence IV is "The Watcher", Job #X-654 * This issue is reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.
Publisher
  • Marvel Comics
Year
  • 1964