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36April 1971
$0.15

Iron Man #36

Marvel · April 1971 · on sale 1971-01-05

First appearance: RamrodFirst appearance: Marianne RodgersFirst appearance: Darren Bentley1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue
#36
Publication date
April 1971
Key date
1971-04-00
On-sale date
1971-01-05
Indicia publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Ramrod - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Marianne Rodgers - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Darren Bentley - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Ted Calloway - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Spymaster - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema; letters: Sam RosenIron Man, Ramrod First, Tony Stark
2...Among Men Stalks the Ramrod!comic story19script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Mike Esposito; colors: Sharon Cohen; letters: Artie SimekAquarius, Darren Bentley First, Ted Calloway First, Capricorn, Daredevil, Nick Fury, Iron Man, Madame Masque, Matt Murdock, Whitney Frost, Ramrod First, Marianne Rodgers First, Sagittarius, Jasper Sitwell
4-in-house column0.4script: ? (promo copy); colors: ? (panel backgrounds only); letters: typeset
5Fearpromo (ad from the publisher)0.6pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Ditko
13-in-house column1script: Stan Lee
16-letters page1.6pencils: Don Heck; inks: Johnny CraigIron Man [Tony Stark]; Controller [Basil Sandhurst]
17-promo (ad from the publisher)0.4pencils: Barry Windsor-Smith; inks: Barry Windsor-Smith; letters: Morrie KuramotoConan

Plus 12 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]

Where to read it

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Essential Iron Man #3
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The Fury of the Firebrand
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Daredevil Omnibus #2
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Series context

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Sources

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