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Issue: Tales of Suspense #72
Publication Date: December 1965
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Issues: #72 of 99 Issues (166 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/09/1965
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1965, page 308, registration number B215982.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In19
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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The Sleeper Shall Awake!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; First Sleeper
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #69 published September 1967
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Captain America #1 [unnamed variant] published July 2000
as Tales of Suspense #72 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagEssential Iron Man #1 [1st Printing] published November 2000
as Tales of Suspense #72 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Captain America #1 [Regular Edition] published June 2003
as [Tales of Suspense #72] The Sleeper Shall Awake! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCaptain America Omnibus #1 [Ron Garney Cover] published May 2011
as Tales of Suspense #72 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Gold. Capitán América #1 published July 2011
as The Sleeper Shall Awake! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Hoorah for the Conquering Hero!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; The Mad Thinker; Awesome Android; Pepper Potts; Countess Stephanie de la Spirosa; Senator Harrington Byrd
Synopsis: 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!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagIron Man Epic Collection #1 [unnamed variant] published November 2014
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #69 published September 1967
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic! #46 published December 1967
as Hoorah for the Conquering Hero [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Iron Man #1 [1st Printing] published November 2000
as Hoorah for the Conquering Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Bullpen Bulletins
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Items, The Mighty Marvel Checklist, list of 26 M.M.M.S. members, order blank for Iron Man T-shirt & Marvel Stationery Kit.
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The Sleeper Shall Awake!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): Carl Hubbell ? (pages 8-10 uncredited)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]; Sleepers [Herr von Kimmer; Erica Wolfmann]; First Sleeper
Synopsis: Cap goes after the Sleepers, sleeper agents planted by the Red Skull who were to activate the Sleeper robots 20 years after the War.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagCaptain America Epic Collection #1 published December 2014
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #69 published September 1967
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCaptain America Annual #2 published January 1972
as The Sleeper Shall Awake! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #14 published September 1990
as The Sleeper Shall Awake! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Captain America #1 [unnamed variant] published July 2000
as The Sleeper Shall Awake! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Captain America #1 [Regular Edition] published June 2003
as The Sleeper Shall Awake! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCaptain America Omnibus #1 [Ron Garney Cover] published May 2011
as The Sleeper Shall Awake! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Gold. Capitán América #1 published July 2011
as ¡Y el Durmiente Despertará! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: This story marks the return of the 1960s setting.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCaptain America Omnibus #1 [Ron Garney Cover] published May 2011
as [untitled] [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose 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.

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