Tales of Suspense #69 (Marvel, 1965) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $2,629.00
Sold: Feb 24, 2012
Tales of Suspense #69 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1965
About Tales of Suspense #69
Featuring Iron Man. Origin and first appearance of the Titanium Man. Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, and Don Heck art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Titanium Man [Boris Bullski]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [James Buchanan Barnes]
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Don Heck; Mike Esposito (bottom tier only)
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Sam Rosen
Notes: Mike Esposito credit added by Nick Caputo, December 2008.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan; Titanium Man [Boris Bullski] (introduction); Senator Byrd; Countess de la Spiroza
Synopsis: Communist camp commander Boris Bullski wants to take on Iron Man and releases some of his prisoners to construct an armor, making him Titanium Man. Senator Byrd wants Iron Man to take up the challenge. Tony, worried about his heart, upgrades his armor and flies to Alberia along with Pepper and Happy. At the hotel, the Countess de la Spiroza flirts with Tony, making Pepper jealous. Iron Man battles Titanium Man but stumbles into a secretly-prepared minefield and is caught up in the resulting explosion. Happy wonders why Tony hasn't come to watch the battle.
Pages: 12.000
Script: Stan Lee
Pencils: Don Heck
Inks: Vince Colletta
Letters: Sam Rosen
Reprints: Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #27 (June 1970)
Notes: First appearance of Titanium Man.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
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Universal |
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 31 | 35 | 22 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 308 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 27 | 32 | 38 | 23 | 36 | 32 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 327 |
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