IRON MAN AND THE HABIT HEROES "City Under Siege!" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...when faced with an imminent alien threat against the city, Tony Stark finds he can't summon the energy to battle it!

But it's not due to a defect in his Iron Man armor!

It's what he's fueling his body with!

The Habit Heroes advise him about healthier food choices and...

Well, unlike the Captain America/Asthma Monster comic, there was never a sequel!

The rest of the comic features a couple of game pages as well as these full-page splash panels featuring the Habit Heroes and their adult supervisor.

I suspect they were also provided to medical offices as 11x17" (or larger) posters!

Next Week: DC's Medical Tie-In Comics are Coming!

IRON MAN AND THE HABIT HEROES "City Under Siege!" Part 1

Who Are the "Habit Heroes"...

...and what is Tony Stark/The Invincible Iron Man's connection to them?
This never-reprinted giveaway from Marvel and Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield has the answer!

To Be Concluded Next Friday!

Various comic publishers have licensed their characters to organizations and corporations for health-related causes!

Our recent multi-post focus on a Marvel comic revealing Steve Rogers/Captain America had asthma as a kid was one such example!
Other comics covered diseases like cancer, the amazing contributions to public safety by nurses and EMTs during the Covid epidemic, and health-related situations like teen pregnancy and smoking!

You'll be seeing more of them in the future.

DOCTOR DAN DAZZLER "Open and Shut Case!"

Let's return to the adventures of the "interne" who changes appearance with every story!

...and take note of the decidedly-different art style on this story by a "guest" artist!

What you've just read is the first of two never-reprinted Doctor Dan Dazzler stories penciled and inked by Gene Colan from Dell's Ben Casey Comics #6 (1963)!

He also did a couple of one-page fillers about real-life doctors!

You'll see those (and the other Dan Dazzler story) soon!

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CAPTAIN AMERICA "Return of the Asthma Monster" Conclusion

When Last We Left the Living Legend of World War II...

...Captain America and a pair of young allies with asthma defeated the Asthma Monster!

However, the Medical Menace broke out of prison and, swearing vengeance on those who previously-stopped him, attacked the Star-Spangled Avenger (who had asthma as a kid)...

This comic was handed out in offices of doctors who utilized Glaxco asthma products, including inhalers.

("Allen & Hansburys" is a subsidiary of Glaxco)
Both Marvel and DC have specialized licensing divisions who handle comics for both commercial clients like DoorDash, and non-profits like the American Cancer Society!

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CAPTAIN AMERICA "Return of the Asthma Monster" Part 1

The Star Spangled Avenger Defeated the Asthma Monster!

But...

...Geez, why do I even bother to show up?

Fine!

Now that you're caught up, on with the story!

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To Be Continued...Next Friday!

Written by Howard Mackie, penciled by Mark Bagley, and inked by Kim DeMulder, Marvel's Captain America: Return of the Asthma Monster (1989) is a direct sequel to Marvel's Captain America Meets the Asthma Monster (which we showed you HERE and HERE)...despite that it was produced four years later!
Those kids haven't aged a day!
Just Sayin'!

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CAPTAIN AMERICA "Attack of the Asthma Monster" Conclusion

When Last We Left the Star-Spangled Avenger and His New-Found Friends...

...the Asthma Monster attacked a school, using a spray to cause almost everybody to display symptoms of the medical condition!

The only two people unaffected are two asthmatic students, John and Ruth, who had just taken their meds when the villain attacked!

Captain America, who has yet to encounter the fiend, takes the two eyewitnesses along as he tries to figure out where the criminal will strike next...

HE DID???

Read on, True Believer...

Written by Louise Simonson, penciled by Alex Saviuk, and inked by Fred Fredricks (except the cover which Al Milgrom inked), this never-reprinted 1985 one-shot promotional comic by Marvel and the pharmaceutical company Glaxo spawned a sequel after the Asthma Monster escaped from custody!

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