Tales of Suspense #39

(March 1963)

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)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

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.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #84 [Black and white]
• in Tales of Suspense (Panini Deutschland, 1999 series) #39
• in Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 ([September] 1964)
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #1 (18 February 1967) [part 1], #2 (25 February 1967) [Second half of story, page 8 (panels 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9) and pages 9 to 13 only]
• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #1 (15 April 1967) [excerpt only]
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #1 (5 janvier 1970) [reworked]
• in El Hombre de Hierro (Ediciones Vértice, 1969 series) #21 (1972)
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #50 (January 26, 1974)
• in Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #1 ([Oktober] 1975)
• in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1975 series) (1975)
• in Iron Man (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) (2ème trimestre 1980)
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #145 (5 janvier 1982)
• in Heróis da TV (Editora Abril, 1979 series) #100 (outubro 1987) [recolorida]
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #20 ([October] 1992)
which is reprinted
• in Marvel : Les origines (Panini France, 2002 series) #2 (décembre 2003)
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #292 hors série (5 avril 1994)
• in Marvel Limited: Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 1994 series) (May 1994)
• in Marvel Milestone Edition: Tales of Suspense #39 (Marvel, 1994 series) (November 1994)
• in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) (November 1997)
• in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (November 2000) [black and white]
• in Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 2002 series) (January 2002)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Regular Edition] (2003)
• in Biblioteca Marvel: Iron Man (Panini España, 2005 series) #1 ([Febrero] 2005)
• in Marvel Milestones: Iron Man, Ant-Man & Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) ([March] 2005)
• in Tales of Suspense No. 39 (Marvel, 2006 series) (February 2006)
• in Tales of Suspense No. 39 [MGA Die-Cast Car] (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (September 2007)
• in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008), #1 (2008)
• in Iron Man: Requiem (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (January 2010)
which is reprinted
• in Iron Man: The End (Marvel, 2010 series) (2010)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
• in Iron Man: Legacy (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (June 2010)
• in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2011 series) #1 (février 2011)
• in Marvel Firsts: The 1960s (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection - Classic (Hachette Partworks, 2014 series) #1 - Marvel Origins: The 60s (January 2014)
• 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 Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #1 - Marvel Origins: Die Sechzigerjahre (März 2015)
• in Stan Lee Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 2016 series) (2016)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #91 - Классика Marvel: 60-е Годы
• in Tales of Suspense No. 39 Facsimile Edition (Marvel, 2020 series) (November 2020)
• in The Best Marvel Stories by Stan Lee Omnibus (Marvel, 2022 series) (2022)
• in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #6 - El Invencible Iron Man 1 ([Febrero 2023])
• in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 [Second Edition] (2023)
• in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #6 - Iron Man 1 (1963) ([November] 2023)

Indexer Notes

This is the first Iron Man story.

The Treasure (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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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.

Reprints

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #36 (October 1955)
• in Marvel Milestone Edition: Tales of Suspense #39 (Marvel, 1994 series) (November 1994)
• in Tales of Suspense No. 39 Facsimile Edition (Marvel, 2020 series) (November 2020)

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

• in Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #1 (1962)
• in Edderkoppen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #3/1968 ([mars] 1968) [pages 1-3], #4/1968 ([april] 1968) [pages 4-5]
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #39 (June 30, 1973) [panels 2 and 3 of page 1 deleted, panel 1-4 of page 2 deleted, panels 1 and 2 of page 4 deleted to bring the story down to 4 pages]
• in Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #1 ([Oktober] 1975)
• in Marvel Milestone Edition: Tales of Suspense #39 (Marvel, 1994 series) (November 1994)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)
• in Tales of Suspense No. 39 Facsimile Edition (Marvel, 2020 series) (November 2020)

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.

Reprints

• in Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #1 (1962)
• in Edderkoppen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #7/1968 ([juli] 1968) [pages 1-3], #8/1968 ([august] 1968) [pages 4-5]
• in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #22 (March 1973)
• in Doctor Who Weekly (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #37 (26th June 1980) [Additional dialogue added from Fourth Doctor as introduction to story.]
• in Marvel Milestone Edition: Tales of Suspense #39 (Marvel, 1994 series) (November 1994)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)
• in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)
• in Tales of Suspense No. 39 Facsimile Edition (Marvel, 2020 series) (November 2020)