Dates
- Cover date
- February 1964
- On sale
- November 12, 1963
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #50 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
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Creators
Stories
- The Hands of the Mandarin! · 13 pages
The Pentagon sends Iron Man into red China to get information on the Mandarin, an evil scientist feared even by the Communist regime. Iron Man struggles to overcome the Mandarin's powerful rings and martial arts, but he escapes his castle.
- Them! · 5 pages
A man frantically tries to convince passersby that he is being chased by storybook characters. He is arrested by the police, but disappears from his jail cell, as he himself is a fictional character created by Larry Lieber.
- Journey's End! · 5 pages
A meek and lonely space pilot volunteers for a suicide mission to investigate a strange cosmic cloud. The cloud hides a utopian planet, whose inhabitants only want humans brave enough to face the unknown to visit them.
Reprinted in
The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (2008), Weird Planets (1962), Out of This World (1963), Uncanny Tales (1963), Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (1965), Terrific! (1967), Fantastic! (1967), Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), Titan Pocket Book (1980), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Bring Back the Bad Guys (1998), Essential Iron Man (2000), Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (2003), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2006), Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (2010), Iron Man Epic Collection (2013), Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set (2014), Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Rarities (2014), True Believers: The Criminally Insane - Mandarin (2020)