Tales of Suspense
#48
[British]
(December 1963)
Marvel,
1959 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 9d [0-0-9 GBP]
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Vista Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Printer
- The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
A price variant intended for distribution in the United Kingdom, with replaced cover price, cover month removed and Thorpe & Porter distribution appended to indicia.
This issue is a variant of Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #48.
This issue is a variant of Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #48.
See the New Iron Man!
Iron Man / cover / 1 page
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky (sourced)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Iron Man is defeated!!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mister Doll [Nathan Dolly]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #61 -
in Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #10 - in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #9 (15 April 1967)
- in Titan Pocket Book (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #4 (1980) [cover edited]
-
in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #20 ([October] 1992) - in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (November 2000) [black and white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Regular Edition] (2003)
- in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008) [Black and white. Mr. Doll is named Mr. Pain in this unedited version.], #1 (2008), #1 (2008)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
- in Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set (Marvel, 2014 series) #8 - The Invincible Iron Man
- in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 [Second Edition] (2023)
- in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #13 - Iron Man 2 (1963) ([Februar 2024]), #13 - Iron Man 2 (1963) ([Februar 2024])
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The Mysterious Mr. Doll!
Iron Man / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
- Job Number
- [X-496]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I warned you, Iron Man!!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Happy Hogan; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mister Doll [Nathan Dolly] (origin) (villain) (introduction); Pepper Potts; Charleton Carter (introduction); Bill
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Mister Doll uses magic dolls to take over whole companies. Iron Man stops him with the help of a new suit of armor. In the process Tony enrages Pepper by toying with her affections to create a diversion.
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #61
- in Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #10
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #49 (1964)
- in Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 ([September] 1964) [page 6: panels 8–9, page 7: panels 1–2, pages 8–10, reformatted]
- in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #9 (15 April 1967) [Black and white, pages 1-10 only.]
- in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #1 (15 April 1967) [excerpt only]
- in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #10 (22 April 1967) [Black and white, pages 11-18 only, with additional recap page.]
- in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #66 (18 May 1974) which is reprinted
- in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #67 (25 May 1974)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #20 ([October] 1992)
- in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (November 2000) [black and white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Regular Edition] (2003)
- in Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
- in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008), #1 (2008)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
- in Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set (Marvel, 2014 series) #8 - The Invincible Iron Man
- in Iron Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - The Golden Avenger (2014)
- in Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
- in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 [Second Edition] (2023)
- in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #13 - Iron Man 2 (1963) ([Februar 2024])
-
Indexer Notes
Iron Man gets his new, modern-looking red and gold armor designed by Steve Ditko.
Mister Doll was originally named Mister Pain, a change noticeable in the lettering and confirmed in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1. It was presumably changed to meet the restrictions of the Comics Code. (Note added by Haydn via the GCD Error Tracker.)
Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo.
The Pact
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (signed as M.)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely (signed as M.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- [9734]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The tall, young man sat at his desk and stared steadily at the sheet of paper in his typewriter.
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Henry Conrad; Frances Conrad; the Devil [Uninvited Guest]; Branders Conrad
- Synopsis
- A historian writing about the trial and execution of his ancestor for witchcraft interviews the only remaining party concerned in the case: the Devil.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #2 (August 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
Kraddak
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- Larry Lieber (credited)
- Inks
- George Roussos (credited as G. Bell)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It has been written that no man can escape his fate!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Hans Hartog; Kraddak
- Synopsis
- An alien tells a greedy mine owner that he will be killed in a fall. The mine owner hides at the lowest possible point in his mine, but is killed in a cave-in.
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #61
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #40
-
in Dracula (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #22 (1er trimestre 1979) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] - in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)
-
Indexer Notes
This is a retelling of "The Man Who Fell!" drawn by Paul Reinman in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #85 (June 1961).
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