Iron Man 1968 #8 - 6.0 - $29.99

mildly rusted and off-center staples, some spine stress

• Origin: Whitney Frost, later known as Madame Masque

On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• - Ad, with order coupon, for Crash-Weight bars from Joe Weider. Inside front cover.
• - Ad solicits boys to sell Grit magazine. Located between story pages 3 and 4.
• - Between story pages 6 and 7. Promo for inflatable Spider-Man and Thor plastic pillows. $1.50 each plus 15 cents postage. Also Marvel super-hero t-shirts featuring Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Thor, and the Hulk. $2.00 each including postage. And The Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit for $1.00. Two mail-in coupons: Marvel Comics Group (Dept. PP or Dept. AJ) 625 Madison Ave., N.Y.C., N.Y 10022.
• Free! Giant Stallion Mural Full Color Masterpiece Free! - Ad for oil painting reproductions of majestic horses, between story pages 6 and 7.
• World's Fastest Train - Illustrated ad for Cheerios breakfast cereal, featuring the "New Tokaido" train in Japan, which makes a 320.2 mile trip averaging 101 miles per hour. Located between story pages 9 and 10.
• - Ad, with order coupon, from Hobby Coin Co., located between story pages 15 and 16, on top half of page.
• Stamps; Shop by Mail - Seventeen small ads between story pages 15 and 16, on lower half of page.
• Shop by Mail - Small ads, between story pages 18 and 19.
• - Includes: Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox
• - Ad for H. H. Ward & Co., Inc. hair restorer.
• - Letters from Eric Vinicoff, Vicki Anne Horne, Frederick Lee Zoucha, Mitchell Shields, Brian Hoard, Henry Raines Jr., Bruce Coville, and Sandy Smith.
• - House ad for Spectacular Spider-Man magazine #2 (November 1968), advertised as "Now On Sale!". Cover art shown is unpainted line art version.
• - Inside back cover. Ad for the Creative Card Company.
• - Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.