Dates
- Cover date
- September 1966
- On sale
- June 9, 1966
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #81 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
- The Return of the Titanium Man! · 12 pages
Tony Stark, as Iron Man, flies to Washington to attend his court hearing with Senator Byrd. Meanwhile, in an unnamed Communist Bloc country, an improved Titanium Man undergoes a final test before being launched by rocket, coincidentally, also towards Washington. An air force jet intercepts the giant rocket and fires a warning shot. Titanium Man rips his way out of the rocket and is immediately confronted by Iron Man.
- The Red Skull Supreme! · 10 pages
Cap fights a seemingly-hopeless battle against The Red Skull who, armed with The Cosmic Cube, can do anything he wishes with a thought. Cap turns the tables by pretending to become the Skull's servant. The Skull fashions a suit of armor made of solid gold. Cap wrestles with him, trying to knock the Cube from his grip. At his thought the island breaks up and sinks into the ocean. Cap knocks the Cube into the water and The Skull dives after it before he realizes that the armor's weight drags him to the ocean floor. The Cube becomes buried in the deep as Cap hopes it will be lost forever.
Characters
Reprinted in
The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (2008), Captain America Omnibus (2011), Iron Man Special (1970), Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), Marvel Double Feature (1973), Captain America Sentinel of Liberty (1979), Captain America: The Secret Story of Marvel's Star-Spangled Super Hero (1981), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Essential Iron Man (2000), Essential Captain America (2000), Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (2003), Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (2003), Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (2010), Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (2010), Captain America vs. the Red Skull (2011), Iron Man Epic Collection (2013), Captain America Epic Collection (2014), Captain America (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (2022), Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (2022), Captain America (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (2022)