Comics:Tales of Suspense Vol 1 54
From Marvel Database
| "Mandarin's Revenge!"
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| "Secret Mission"
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| "Skrang Strikes Tonight"
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| "Hands Off"
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Appearing in "Mandarin's Revenge!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- The Mandarin
Other Characters:
- Various US Military Officials
Locations:
- Stark Industries
- The Mandarin's Castle in the Valley of Spirits, the People's Republic of China
- The Pentagon in Washington DC
Items:
- Iron Man Armor MK III
- Iron Man's Briefcase
- Makluan Power Rings
- Stark Industries' Observer Missile
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Mandarin's Revenge!"
While out testing his new armor, Iron Man is called back to Stark Industries, changing back to Tony Stark, Pepper informs Tony that he is needed at the Pentagon immediately. Deciding to go there as Iron Man, Stark gets to the Pentagon in record time. There the military asks Stark to deploy Iron Man to help recover a US satellite that has crashed in a region of China.
Realizing that the satellite crashed in territory controlled by the Mandarin, and reflects back on his first encounter with his foe. Traveling to the region in his civilian guise to avoid early detection, Stark is attacked by the Mandarin's goons, however Stark manages to get away and change into Iron Man. Battling the Mandarin, Iron Man begins to lose the fight as his power begins to run out. At his weakest point, he is tied up in unbreakable steel bands and put about dynamos that will destroy him.
Appearing in "Secret Mission"
- Appearances not yet listed
Synopsis for "Secret Mission"
No synopsis written
Appearing in "Skrang Strikes Tonight"
- Appearances not yet listed
Synopsis for "Skrang Strikes Tonight"
No synopsis written
Appearing in "Hands Off"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Ikor (Uatu's father) (Appearance in flashback only)
Synopsis for "Hands Off"
No synopsis written
Notes
- Iron Man first appears with his Rivet-faced helmet in this story, replacing the horned helmet adopted in Tales of Suspense #48.
- The Iron Man story (Sequence One) is Job #X-762.
- A two page text piece, (Sequence II) "Secret Mission" (Job #H-487) is contained between pages 5 and 6.
- Sequence III is "Skrang Stikes Tonight"-- Job #X-656
- Sequence IV is "The Watcher"-- Job #X-654
- This issue features Tony Stark smoking a pipe.
Trivia
- No trivia.
See Also
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- Cover gallery for the Tales of Suspense series
Recommended Reading
- Iron Man last appeared in Avengers #6; He appears next in Tales of Suspense #55 (Next Issue)
- The Mandarin last appeared in Tales of Suspense #50; He appears next in Tales of Suspense #55 (Next Issue)
Links and References
- None.
