Dates
- Cover date
- December 1965
- On sale
- September 9, 1965
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #72 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition10d [0-0-10 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 10d [0-0-10 GBP].
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Creators
Stories
- Hoorah for the Conquering Hero! · 12 pages
Back in New York Iron Man is lauded for his victory over Titanium Man. An aggrieved Countess Stephanie de la Spirosa visits the Mad Thinker to enlist his aid in discovering Iron Man's identity. The Awesome Android is sent to abduct Tony Stark. In the Mad Thinker's lab Tony tricks his foes with a sleep gas-filled briefcase. He dons his armor and defeats the Android. The Thinker's lab explodes. Iron Man rescues the Thinker and the Countess. Meanwhile, in hospital, Happy's condition has worsened. Tony cannot visit him because he needs to recharge his chest plate, much to Pepper's annoyance!
- The Sleeper Shall Awake! · 10 pages
Captain America goes after the Sleepers, sleeper agents planted by the Red Skull who were to activate the Sleeper robots 20 years after the War.
Characters
Reprinted in
The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (2008), Captain America Omnibus (2011), Fantastic! (1967), Captain America Annual (1971), Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Essential Captain America (2000), Essential Iron Man (2000), Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (2003), Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (2010), Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (2010), Iron Man Epic Collection (2013), Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set (2014), Captain America Epic Collection (2014), Captain America: The 75th Anniversary Vibranium Collection (2016), Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (2022)