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Iron Man Villains: First Appearance Comic Book Values
Origin and first appearance stories are the key to the most expensive comic books. The first time a hero or villain is published is a big deal.
Collectors seek these origin stories and first appearances keenly. This demand drives up prices.
Iron Man antagonists are not immune to this phenomenon. And that's great news if you happen to find them in your collection!
Most of the key issues on this page are from Tales of Suspense comics. They feature not only the first Iron Man appearances, but many of the bad guys too.
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Strange Tales #146
1st Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M.)
Lowest price $10
Average price $132
Record price $1,700
A.I.M. is a branch of HYDRA dedicated to the use of technology to achieve world domination. Think Tesla meets Meta...
Iron Man #114
1st Arsenal
Lowest price $1
Average price $40
Record price $180
Arsenal was a giant fighting robot. Created by Howard Stark to be used in last resort during WWII, it was stored, but was activated and attacked the Avengers.
Iron Man #86
1st Blizzard
Lowest price $5
Average price $60
Record price $315
Blizzard is a spin-off from the original cold-generating battle suit created by Jack Frost in Tales of Suspense #45. (See below.)
Avengers #48
First Silver Age Black Knight
Lowest price $40
Average price $200
Record price $10,600
Dane Whitman is the Silver Age Black Knight, part of the MCU.
Iron Man #55
First Blood Brothers and Thanos
Lowest price $100
Average price $500
Recent 9.8 Sale $8,000
Record price $19,000
Thanos famously snapped his fingers and made half the universe die in the Endgame saga.
Blood Brothers also debut here. They are ape-like aliens who serve Thanos.
Tales to Astonish #81
1st Boomerang
Lowest price $10
Average price $70
Record price $445
Boomerang was a disgraced major league baseball pitcher.
Recruited by the Secret Empire, he committed crimes by... drum roll... throwing boomerangs.
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Avengers #13
1st Count Nefaria
Lowest price $25
Average price $140
Record price $8,300
Count Nefaria is a long-running criminal who masterminds crimes against various Marvel heroes, including Captain America, the X-Men and the Avengers.
Tales of Suspense #46
1st Crimson Dynamo
Lowest price $30
Average price $250
Record price $12,700
Crimson Dynamo is a B-list Iron Man villain whose race was pretty much run by the Bronze Age of comics.
Strange Tales #154
1st Dreadnought
Lowest price $5
Average price $100
Record price $1,000
Created by HYDRA, Dreadnought is a non-sentient robot for use in commando operations.
Strange Tales #89
1st Fin Fang Foom
Lowest price $250
Average price $1,200
Record price $18,600
Fin Fang Foom was an alien monster in deep slumber. Reawakened by a Chinese scholar, it wreaked havoc on the world.
Iron Man #219
1st Ghost
Lowest price $1
Average price $40
Record price $700
The antagonist in the MCU movie Ant-Man and the Wasp, Ghost has the ability to pass through walls or turn invisible.
Daredevil #18
1st Gladiator
Lowest price $20
Average price $150
Record price $10,800
Gladiator was the handiwork of a deluded costume designer, who believed he was better than superheroes.
Journey into Mystery #107
1st Grey Gargoyle
Lowest price $35
Average price $200
Record price $4,300
Grey Gargoyle was a chemist. He invented a compound which allowed him to turn objects he touched to stone.
Iron Man #31
1st Guardsman
Lowest price $10
Average price $65
Record price $925
Guardsman was Kevin O'Brien, a former friend and colleague of Tony Stark. His brain was affected by a malfunction in his super-suit, and he turned evil.
Strange Tales #135
1st HYDRA; 1st Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Lowest price $65
Average price $350
Record price $20,400
HYDRA is a criminal network bent on world domination.
It is a long-time source of some of the worst threats to humanity, and the backdrop to many of the MCU properties.
Tales of Suspense #45
1st Pepper Potts and Happy Hogan;
1st Jack Frost
Lowest price $150
Average price $700
Record price $24,000
Love interest Pepper Potts (played in the MCU by Gwyneth Paltroe) appears for the first time in this issue. Also Happy Hogan, who you may recall from cameos in various MCU properties.
Jack Frost was the nickname for the villain Gregor Shapanka. His cold-generating battle suit helped him to commit crimes.
Iron Man #120
1st Justin Hammer
Lowest price $1
Average price $45
Record price $555
Justin Hammer is a multi-billionaire criminal who, amongst other acts, pays to bail out costumed criminals from jail.
Giant-Size Defenders #3
1st Korvac
Lowest price $5
Average price $50
Record price $1,500
Michael Korvac was a traitor to humanity whose body was fused to a robot, making him effectively a cyborg.
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Avengers #34
1st Living Laser
Lowest price $10
Average price $80
Record price $3,000
The Living Laser was Arthur Parks, who designed laser projectors for his wrists. He developed an infatuation for the Wasp and kidnapped her.
Iron Man #17
1st Madame Masque
Lowest price $15
Average price $70
Record price $620
Madame Masque is the daughter of Count Nefaria. She wears a gold mask to cover her disfigured face.
Tales of Suspense #50
1st Mandarin
Lowest price $80
Average price $600
Record price $15,000
Mandarin has appeared twice in the MCU, once as an imposter in an Iron Man movie, the other as the antagonist to Shang-Chi.
Tales of Suspense #47
1st Melter
Lowest price $50
Average price $300
Record price $9,500
This is the last appearance of the gold Iron Man armor, and the first appearance of the Melter.
Tales of Suspense #94
1st MODOK
Lowest price $15
Average price $100
Record price $12,600
MODOK is a mutagenics creation, designed originally to do good, who takes over A.I.M. after becoming evil. He debuted in the MCU in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Iron Man #33
1st Spymaster
Lowest price $10
Average price $50
Record price $450
Spymaster was originally a master of espionage, who was hired by Zodiac to infiltrate Stark Enterprises.
There were several Spymasters over the years, and he became one of the most long-running Iron Man villains.
Tales of Suspense #84
1st Super-Adaptoid
Lowest price $20
Average price $100
Record price $3,700
Super-Adaptoid was an android containing a shard of the Cosmic Cube. It was designed to destroy Captain America.
Tales of Suspense #69
1st Titanium Man
Lowest price $15
Average price $100
Record price $1,900
Titanium Man was a member of the KGB. He recruited the creator of Crimson Dynamo to create a suit of titanium armor.
Tales of Suspense #56
1st Unicorn
Lowest price $25
Average price $100
Record price $2,880
Unicorn was created by the Crimson Dynamo, who built him armor. He later allied with Count Nefaria.
Avengers #55
First Ultron
Lowest price $30
Average price $150
Record price $2,300
Ultron, the alien invaders at the end of Age of Ultron, are a stark warning about the dangers of AI.
Iron Man #39
1st White Dragon
Lowest price $5
Average price $40
Record price $450
White Dragon attempted to reprogram Tony Stark's mind to get him to undermine the United Nations.
Tales of Suspense #97
1st Whiplash
Lowest price $5
Average price $80
Record price $980
Whiplash is a rogue employee of Stark Enterprises. He became an Iron Man villain, wielding a special whip of his own design.
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