Tales of Suspense #39 [British]
(March 1963)

Marvel, 1959 Series
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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
MC
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) #39.

Iron Man! (Table of Contents)

Iron Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Don Heck
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek (sourced)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Who? Who? Who?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]
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Iron Man Is Born! (Table of Contents: 1)

Iron Man / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (script)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Don Heck (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number
X-51
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Watch his awesome approach! Listen to his ponderous footsteps as he lumbers closer... closer... for today you are destined to encounter-- the Invincible Iron Man!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark] (origin) (featured) (introduction); Wong-Chu (villain) (introduction); Professor Yinsen (death) (introduction)
Synopsis
Playboy industrialist and weapons designer Tony Stark is injured in Vietnam and captured by communists. While pretending to build a weapon for his captors he builds a suit of battle armor to keep his injured heart beating and uses it to escape and beat the communist commander.
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Indexer Notes

This is the first Iron Man story.

The Treasure (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
[G-980]
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tommy's scrawny yellow pup was a wishing dog.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Tommy Miller; Mr. Miller; Mrs. Miller; Wish (dog)
Synopsis
A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes.
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Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

The Last Rocket! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (sourced) (plot); Larry Lieber (sourced) (script)
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Gene Colan
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Ray Holloway (sourced)

Job Number
X-52
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Don't be fools!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Adam; Eve
Synopsis
When the sun starts dieing humanity goes into space, except for two nature lovers. Just as the last rocket leaves a new sun flares to life, and the two remaining humans, Adam and Eve, rename the planet Earth.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This is a retelling of "I Am the Last Man on Earth!" drawn by Don Heck in Strange Worlds (Marvel, 1958 series) #1 (December 1958).

Gundar! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
X-53
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Take one lone man, shipwrecked on a strange isle...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Gundar
Synopsis
A shipwrecked man finds cursed viking ghosts on an island, and his descent from the captain that cursed them releases them.
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Iron Man!
    Iron Man
  2. 1. Iron Man Is Born!
    Iron Man
  3. 2. The Treasure
  4. 3. The Last Rocket!
  5. 4. Gundar!
This issue was modified by
  • David Bruce
  • Steve Coates
  • Jay Flash
  • Jim Stangas
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)