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Iron Man #55

Marvel · Series began 1968 · February 1973

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Dates

Cover date: February 1973
On sale: October 31, 1972
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #55 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition20¢ cover
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UK pence edition0.06 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.06 GBP.
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Creators

pencils: Jim Starlininks: Joe Sinnott, Mike Espositoletters: Gaspar Saladino, Morrie Kuramoto, John Costanzascript: Jim Starlin, Mike Friedrich, Stan Lee

Stories

Beware the... Blood Brothers! · 20 pages

Characters

Tony StarkIron ManThanosDrax the DestroyerArthur DouglasErosA'LarsMentorI.S.A.A.C.KronosGh'Ree BloodR'Hos Blood

Reprinted in

The Life of Captain Marvel (1985), The Life of Captain Marvel (1990), Marvel Milestone Edition: Iron Man #55 (1992), Essential Iron Man (2000), The Life and Death of Captain Marvel (2002), Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (2003), Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel (2005), Essential Captain Marvel (2008), The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (2008), Avengers vs. Thanos (2013), Iron Man Epic Collection (2013), Marvel's Mightiest Heroes (2014), Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Solo Classic Omnibus (2015), Captain Marvel by Jim Starlin: The Complete Collection (2016), Drax: Guardian of the Galaxy (2016), Marvel Comics Digest (2017), True Believers: Thanos the First (2018), Marvel-Verse: Thanos (2019), The Thanos Wars: Infinity Origin Omnibus (2019)