Tales of Suspense #70 for Sale - First Appearance of Titanium Man - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series)
Issue: #70
Publication date: October 1965
Key date: 1965-10-00
On-sale date: 1965-07-08
Indicia publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Doctor Cedric Rawlings - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Countess Stephanie de la Spirosa - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	If This Be Treason..!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Mike Esposito; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Bucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Steve Rogers
1	Fight On! For a World Is Watching!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Mickey Demeo, Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen	Boris Bullski First, Harrington Byrd, Happy Hogan, Iron Man, Pepper Potts, Countess Stephanie de la Spirosa First, Tony Stark, Titanium Man First
2	If This Be Treason!	comic story	10	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, George Tuska; inks: George Tuska; letters: S. Rosen	Bucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Sergeant Duffy, Celia Rawlings First, Doctor Cedric Rawlings First, Steve Rogers
3	-	letters page	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Mike Esposito

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 10d [0-0-10 GBP]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel's Greatest Comics #28	1970	On eBay ›
Captain America Annual #1	1971	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #14 ISBN 0-87135-630-9	1990	On eBay ›
Essential Iron Man #1 ISBN 0-7851-0759-2	2000	On eBay ›
Essential Captain America #1 ISBN 0-7851-0740-1	2000	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Captain America #1 ISBN 0-7851-1176-X	2003	On eBay ›
Stan Lee Presents Captain America #82581-X ISBN 0-671-82581-X	1979	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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