Dates
- Cover date
- March 1965
- On sale
- December 10, 1964
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Somewhere Lurks the Phantom! · 12 pages
Pepper and Happy are mourning Tony Stark's "death". Meanwhile, Stark builds a transistorized chest device that enables him to appear in public without his armor. Stark then leaves his lab, revealing that he is very much alive. This revelation causes Pepper to faint. Stark realizes that Happy loves Pepper. Stark then upsets an employee, Dr. Birch, by not making time to speak to him. Iron Man goes on to stop industrial saboteur the Phantom, who turns out to be an embittered Dr. Birch. Pepper and Happy go on a date. Tony is left alone to brood because he secretly loves Pepper too.
- The Origin of Captain America! · 10 pages
President Roosevelt institutes the top-secret program, "Project Rebirth." In a secret lab, scientist Dr. Erskine gives army 4F reject and volunteer Steve Rogers the "Super-soldier serum," which turns him into a virtual superman. But a Nazi spy who got past security murders Erskine before he can create an army of men like Rogers, and is killed when he runs headlong into some electrical machinery. Rogers becomes the costumed Captain America, as a symbol of freedom, and begins a career of smashing spy rings and the like. When Bucky discovers Steve's double-identity, he becomes Cap's partner.
Reprinted in
The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (2008), Captain America Omnibus (2011), Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (1965), Fantastic! (1967), Captain America Annual (1971), The Mighty World of Marvel (1972), Giant-Size Captain America (1975), Captain America Sentinel of Liberty (1979), Stan Lee Presents Captain America (1979), Titan Pocket Book (1980), The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Marvel Limited: Fantastic Firsts (1994), Essential Iron Man (2000), Essential Captain America (2000), Fantastic Firsts (2002), Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (2003), Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (2003), Captain America: Forever Allies (2010), Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (2010)