Tony Stark goes to Egypt to help an
archeologist friend of his explore a newly-discovered pyramid. The
Professor wants Tony to create a device to help them locate the
burial chamber within, Tony suggests that Iron Man would be more
helpful. Returning to Cairo to recharge his chest plate overnight, he
returns as Iron Man and uses a fluoroscopic viewer to pinpoint the
tomb inside and his diamond drills to tunnel into the chamber. There
they discover the sarcophagus of the Mad Pharaoh, Hatap. Iron Man
leaves and returns as Tony Stark to the news that the mummy has been
stolen. Not quite—Hatap is alive and well and reveals himself to
Tony, explaining that he had been at war with Cleopatra’s forces
all those centuries ago and put himself in suspended animation for
2000 years under the guise of drinking poison. Hatap infects the
local workers with a plague to force Tony to agree to go to the past
and help him defeat Cleopatra. Tony agrees so Hatap cures the workers
and uses a golden charm to summon the Chariot of Time, which whisks
them back twenty centuries. Arriving among the dunes, Tony seizes the
opportunity to escape and change into Iron Man, frightening Hatap.
Shellhead zooms off to find Cleopatra and discovers her palace under
siege by the Roman army. He destroys their mighty engines of war and
drives them off and is directed by the defenders to the Queen’s
barge. There he sinks a Roman galley and is ushered into the presence
of the great Cleopatra. He fills her in on the return of Hatap and
offers to help her. Meanwhile, the mad usurper has reassembled his
army and is heading toward the palace. Iron Man affixes casters to
his back and propels himself at the approaching chariots like a
super-powered go-kart. He smashes them to bits causing Hatap to
panic. The villain attempts to use his golden charm to escape into
the future but he stumbles and falls on an upturned sword and dies.
Cleopatra declares her love for Iron Man but he must return to his
own time using the magic device. Back in the present, Tony and his
archeologist are amazed to discover a hieroglyphic in the tomb that
resembled an armor-clad figure. Tony just smiles….
“The Tree”
Writer: Unknown.
Artist: Unknown.
Synopsis: A boy
discovers that a weird looking tree in the yard grants wishes and convinces his
parents not to cut it down!
“One of Us Must
Die!”
Writer: Larry
Lieber. Plot: Stan Lee. Pencils: Larry Lieber. Inks: Paul Reinman. Colors: ?
Letters: Artie Simek.
Synopsis: A space
pilot is flying a ship with five millionaires aboard when an accident damages
the air supply, requiring one man to die so the other five can live. The pilot
then says that there is only enough air for one man to survive and a rich guy
pulls a gun and forces his way into the oxygen chamber only to discover he has
ejected himself into space, having proved he was the one who least deserved to
live! Set in 1998!
“I Come from the
Sky!”
Writer: Stan Lee. Art:
Steve Ditko. Colors: ? Letters: Artie Simek.
Synopsis: A
Communist agent in Africa convinces a lost tribe that he is a god—so they send
him out to slay the monster that has been terrorizing them for generations!