Tales of Suspense #40

(April 1963)

Iron Man versus Gargantus! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein [as R. Berns] (script)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jon D'Agostino [as Duffi]

Job Number:

X-131

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Gargantus (introduction, origin)

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #3 (June 1966)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #20 (1992)
• in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (2000) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #1
• in Tales of Suspense No. 39 (Marvel, 2006 Series) #[nn] (February 2006)
• in Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.

Wrong Number (Table of Contents)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

H-721

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Joey Doakes; Phil Turner

Synopsis:

An ordinary man realizes that he is really a medieval knight.

Reprinted:

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #39 (January 1956)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration. The first page of this story is printed between the pages of the Iron Man story, while the second is printed between the two back-up stories. The last page is split with the statement of ownership.

Work of Art! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot), Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Larry Lieber

Inks:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

?

Letters:

Vivian Berg

Job Number:

X-132

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Frans Ridderkerk; Henrick Rammp

Synopsis:

An unsuccessful artist tries to force a new painter to show him how to paint lifelike pictures. The painter is a sorcerer, and traps the artist in one of his paintings, the secret to his realism.

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208) (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Average sales per issue October 1961–September 1962 (issues #26–36), despite monthly cover dates): 126,140. This shares the last page of "Wrong Number".

Prophet of Doom! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-817

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A man from the future arrives in the present day in order to set himself up as ruler. He attempts to extort 100 million dollars from the Secretary General of the United Nations only to be shocked when the Secretary reveals that he too is from the future and that there are agents planted in every era in order to apprehend criminals who may attempt to alter the course of events.