Comics:Tales of Suspense Vol 1 66

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"If I Fail a World is Lost!"

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Tales of Suspense Vol 1 #66
June, 1965

Cover Artists

Jack Kirby, Frank Giacoia

Writers

Stan Lee

Pencilers

Don Heck

Inkers

Mickey Demeo

Letterers

Sam Rosen

"The Fantastic Origin of the Red Skull!"

Writers

Stan Lee

Pencilers

Jack Kirby

Inkers

Chic Stone

Letterers

Artie Simek

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Appearing in "If I Fail a World is Lost!"

Featured Characters:

• Iron Man (Tony Stark)

Supporting Characters:

• Happy Hogan
• Pepper Potts

Villains:

• Attuma
• Atlanteans

Other Characters:

• Senator Harrington Byrd

Locations:

• Stark Industries
• The Atlantic Ocean

Items:

• Iron Man Armor MK IV (First appearance)
• Nautilium (First appearance)

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "If I Fail a World is Lost!"

US Sentator Harrington Byrd has commissioned Stark Industries to build a new submarine, which is to be tested by Iron Man. When Happy Hogan offers to test the sub in Iron Man's place, Tony Stark declines which puts Happy down.
While testing the sub out at sea, Iron Man soon stumbles upon Attuma and his army who are building giant weapons for Attuma's latest plan to try and take over the surface world. Attacking before Attuma can impliment a missile which would make it hard for humans to breath on the surface, Iron Man makes quick work of Attuma's troops and super weapons. However in a one-on-one battle with Attuma, Iron Man is quickly defeated and imprisoned by the Atlantian warlord.
Breaking free of his prison, Iron Man then uses the experimental sub to destroy Attuma's weapon, before returning to the surface. There, Iron Man doesn't tell the others of Attuma's attack, and Senator Byrd assumes that the tests failure is due to Tony Stark's apparent Playboy attitude. To make matters worse, Happy Hogan had left while Iron Man was fighting Attuma.

Appearing in "The Fantastic Origin of the Red Skull!"

Featured Characters:

• Captain America (Steve Rogers)

Supporting Characters:

Villains:

• The Red Skull (Johann Schmidt)

Other Characters:

• Adolf Hitler

Locations:

Items:

• Captain America story reprinted in Bring on the Bad Guys

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Fantastic Origin of the Red Skull!"

Captured while attempting to sneak into Nazi Germany, Captain America is now the prisoner of his mortal enemy, the evil Red Skull. Reviving Cap, the two talk about how the man named Maxon whom Cap fought last month wasn't really the Red Skull but an imposter.
With this fact cleared up, the Red Skull decides to tell Captain America his lifes story:
The young boy who would one day become the Red Skull was an orphan who lived on the streets and had to steal to survive. Finding himself in and out of jail and working as cheap labour, this young man would grow up full of hatred for others. During the rise of the Nazi party to power, the young boy was a bell hop for a hotel. One night, the young bell hop happened to have the oppertunity to wait on Adolf Hitler, who was staying there. Realizing the boys hatred and potential, Hitler took the boy under his wing and trained him to be his greatest soldier, eventually earning the costume and title of the Red Skull. A figure, that even Adolf Hitler would come to fear.
The Skulls story is interupted when Cap tries to escape, however, the Red Skull easily knocks him down and continues his story.
From there he spoke of how during the early days of the war, he had managed to spread destruction and terror whever he went. Slowly eliminating all who's ranks were above him until he was second only to Hitler himself.
Finishing his story, the Skull is attacked again by Cap, but suddenly a drug that was administered to him kicks in and Cap passes out. Joined by a Nazi doctor, it is revealed that Cap was given a drug that made his mind a clean slate ready for brain washing. Conditioning him to believe in the Nazi ideal, Captain America is ordered by the Red Skull to seek out and murder the supreme commander of the Allied armies. This story is continued next issue...

Notes

• Iron Man last appeared in Avengers #16; He appears next in Marvel Heroes & Legends 1997.
• Attuma last appeared in Tales to Astonish #64; He appears next in Fantastic Four Annual #3.
  

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• Discuss Tales of Suspense Vol 1 66 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Tales of Suspense series

Recommended Reading

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