Casey embraced the goofiness of the Silver Age while still managing to mold Mandarin into a more menacing and fleshed out villain. As Casey did with Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (and Marvel's Season One graphic novels are doing currently), Enter the Mandarin used a handful classic comics as a foundation but expanded and modernized the material to form a more cohesive story. Mandarin's actual first appearance happened way back in Tales of Suspense #50, but it wasn't until issue #62 that Stan Lee really shed light on how Mandarin came to be and what made him tick.īut while those issues are interesting as early glimpses of the Mandarin, the definitive Mandarin origin can currently be found in Joe Casey and Eric Canete's mini-series Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin. Mandarin's origin story and first encounter with Iron Man has been retold and re-imagined several times as new writers have tackled the character. You either die a hero or live long enough to see your origin story retold over and over again. 1 #50 & 62, Iron Man - Enter the Mandarin #1-6, Invincible Iron Man Annual #1
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