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Tales of Suspense #71

What Price Victory?

Featuring: Iron Man
Release: August 10, 1965
Cover: November 1965
12 cents
A study in splendor by Stan Lee, writer!
A muse of majesty by Don Heck, artist!
A glimmer of glory by Wally Wood, inker!
A nice lettering job by Art Simek, bon vivant!
12 pages

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My heart must remain as cold as the armor I wear– forever!

Wally Wood on inks. He’s just about done with Marvel, so this will be a rare treat.

He teams up with Kirby for an excellent cover. Iron Man getting a solid Kirbyesque punch in. With Happy dead or dying in the background.

We haven’t seen Wood on Heck before. I think the team works really well.

Last issue featured Happy’s apparent death. So now Iron Man isn’t just fighting Titanium Man for national pride. Now it’s personal.

Tales of Suspense #70

Fight On! For a World is Watching!

Featuring: Iron Man
Release: July 8, 1965
Cover: October 1965
12 cents
Story: Scribbled and scrawled by: Stan Lee
Illustration: Doodled and dawdled by: Don Heck
Delineation: Battered and blotted by: Mickey Demeo
Lettering: Mumbled and jumbled by: Sam Rosen
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That tone in her voice… I never heard it before!! It’s like she really cares! No matter what happens to me now… that makes it all worth it!

Here we go. Forget the space race. The real question is who can build the better fighting suit of armor. America of the Soviet Union. It’s on!

We get a recap that just samples panels from last issue.

Iron Man’s armor is more than capable of standing against Titanium Man’s onslaught. It’s Tony Stark’s heart that may be unable to take the strain.