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Tales of Suspense#62
Cover: Jack Kirby & Dick Ayers

Tales of Suspense #62

Feb 1965 · Marvel · 0.12 USD
“The Origin of the Mandarin!”
writer Stan Lee · artist Don Heck · inker Dick Ayers · colorist Stan Goldberg · letterer S. Rosen · cover Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers

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Full credits

writer Stan Lee
artist Don Heck
colorist Stan Goldberg
letterer S. Rosen
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover inks Dick Ayers

Full plot ⚠ may contain spoilers

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Iron Man is a prisoner of the Mandarin, held fast to a giant wheel by concentrated titanium bonds, Mandarin proceeds to relate his origin. The Mandarin then declares his intentions to conquer the world and to "spin" Iron Man to death. The Mandarin leaves, not realizing that the spinning wheel is recharging Iron Man's armor, like a bicycle wheel recharges a small generator. Iron Man then thwarts Mandarin's world-domination plan by disrupting a Chinese missile launch and then redirecting the missile back to China. They fight until the Chinese turn up, branding Mandarin a traitor. Mandarin flees.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).