Iron Man #57 (1973) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Mandarin Strikes Back!	cover	1	pencils: George Tuska; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Iron Man, Mandarin, Tony Stark, Gene Kahn
2	Strike!	comic story	20	script: Steve Gerber; pencils: George Tuska; inks: Esposito, Giacoia; colors: P. Goldberg; letters: Shelly Leferman	Black Bolt, Blackagar Boltagon, Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon, Gorgon, Pepper Potts, Iron Man, Karnak, Mandarin, Milos Masaryk, Medusa, Jasper Sitwell, Tony Stark, Triton, Unicorn
12	Four or Five Phenomenal Flashes, Fitfully Fashioned to Fight Lethargy! (Or: Those Wedding Bells Are Waking Up That Old Bullpen Gang of Mine!)	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
13	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset

Plus 13 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
British	price 0.06 GBP

Collection	Year
Essential Iron Man #4 ISBN 978-0-7851-4254-6	2010	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #9 ISBN 978-0-7851-9190-2	2015	On eBay ›
Battle Royal ISBN 978-1-302-93361-6	2022	On eBay ›
The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-1-302-95540-3	2024	On eBay ›

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