Tales of Suspense, #72
Published: December 1965
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The Sleeper Shall Awake!
Characters
- Captain America (mainstream Universe)
- Steve Rogers (mainstream Universe)
- First Sleeper
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Mike Esposito
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Sam Rosen
Hoorah for the Conquering Hero!
"After last month's dramatic victory over the powerful Titanium Man..."
Storyline
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!
Characters
- Awesome Android (mainstream Universe)
- Senator Harrington Byrd (mainstream Universe)
- Iron Man (mainstream Universe)
- Mad Thinker (mainstream Universe)
- Pepper Potts (mainstream Universe)
- Countess Stephanie de la Spirosa (mainstream Universe)
- Tony Stark (mainstream Universe)
- Bill
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Don Heck
- Inks: Jean-Luc Marty
- Letters: Artie Simek
"Face front!"
Story Notes
Items, The Mighty Marvel Checklist, list of 26 M.M.M.S. members, order blank for Iron Man T-shirt & Marvel Stationery Kit.
The Sleeper Shall Awake!
"Your story about "The Castle of Dr. Rawlings" was quite a spellbinder, Cap!"
Storyline
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
- Clint Barton (mainstream Universe)
- Captain America (mainstream Universe)
- Hawkeye (mainstream Universe)
- Pietro Maximoff (mainstream Universe)
- Wanda Maximoff (mainstream Universe)
- Quicksilver (mainstream Universe)
- Red Skull (mainstream Universe)
- Steve Rogers (mainstream Universe)
- Scarlet Witch (mainstream Universe)
- Johann Shmidt (mainstream Universe)
- Sleepers [Herr von Kimmer
- Erica Wolfmann]
- First Sleeper
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Pencils: George Tuska
- Inks: Wally Wood
- Inks: George Tuska
- Letters: Sam Rosen
- Inks: Carl Hubbell (uncertain)
Story Notes
Possible Hubbell inks per Nick Caputo, 2012. This story marks the return of the 1960s setting.
"Dear Stan, Yes, I am a Marvel Madman, too!"
Story Notes
Letters from: Donn Macpherson, Henry Gross, Nathan Zimmerman, George Hagenauer (future comic book dealer), Joey Smoroso; next issue blurb; order blank for joining M.M.M.S.