| Issue | #57 |
| Published | September 1964 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in June 1964. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Letters | Sam Rosen |
| Notes | Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index. |
| Reprinted | in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (2000) [black and white); in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 (2004); in Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008) |
| Characters | Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (introduction, origin); Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan |
| Synopsis | A carnival marksman tries to become a super-hero, but after a misunderstanding with the police he falls in with the Black Widow. Hawkeye attacks Iron Man at the Widow's request, but when he accidentally injures his partner in the fight he flees to get her to safety. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Letters | Sam Rosen |
| Notes | Black Widow last appears in issue #53 (May 1964), the Widow and Hawkeye next appear in issue #60 (December 1964). |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #17 (October 1968); in Giant-Size Iron Man (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (October 1975); in Thunderbolts (Marvel, 1997 series) #39 (June 2000); in Iron Man Essentials (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (2000) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 (2004); in Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008) |
| Characters | Mike; Hermes; Snaky Blake |
| Synopsis | A chance encounter with Hermes teaches a boy how to run fast. |
| Genre | occult |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Continues next issue. Printed between the pages of the Iron Man story. Below the story is a teaser for the next issue: "Iron Man Battles Captain America Next Issue! Don't Miss It!" |
| Reprinted | from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #26 (September 1955) [page 1] |
| Notes | Advertises Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964) and Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964). Printed between the Iron Man story and the Tales of the Watcher story. |
| Characters | Watcher [Uatu] |
| Synopsis | Space Pirates plan to attack a rich planet, thinking the Watcher will not interfere. They are destroyed, because they unknowingly targeted the Watcher's home world, the one planet that he can interfere with. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot), Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Larry Lieber |
| Inks | George Roussos (as George Bell) |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Reprinted | in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #23 (October 1969); in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #62 (August 21, 1973) [as "Il potere dell'Osservatore", Italian translation] |