Tales of Suspense #42

(June 1963)

Trapped by the Red Barbarian (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein (script)

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

?

Letters

E. Thomas

Job Number

X-187

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Iron Man you dare to come here... where doom awaits you?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Gregori; Vukov; The Red Barbarian (introduction); The Actor [Sir Reginald] (introduction)

Synopsis

A Soviet spymaster sends a master of disguise to steal the design of Tony Stark's latest weapon. The Actor steals the plans and learns Iron Man's secret identity, but Iron Man regains the plans and tricks the communists into killing their own agent.

Reprints

• in The Avengers (Newton Comics, 1974 series) #4
• in Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #4
• in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #47 (1964)
• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #5 (October 1966)
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #5 (18 March 1967) [part 1, pages 1 to 7 only], #6 (25 March 1967) [Reprints the second half of this story, page 8 (panels 1 to 5 & 7) and pages 9 to 13. Black and white.]
• in El Hombre de Hierro (Ediciones Vértice, 1969 series) #21 (1972)
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #54 (February 23, 1974), #55 (March 2, 1974)
• in Titan Pocket Book (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #1 (1980)
• 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 Biblioteca Marvel: Iron Man (Panini España, 2005 series) #1 ([Febrero] 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 Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #8 - Homem de Ferro 1 (junho 2021)
• 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)

Keywords

General; Russians Comrades; US Army

Discovery (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Maneely

Inks

Joe Maneely

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

[K-479]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Before Chauncey set out for the Hotchkiss Fair, he took his...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Chauncey; Zeke; Muscles Magee

Synopsis

A scrawny man is given a magic candy bar that confers great strength, but he discovers that he already posesses more strength than he suspects.

Reprints

• from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #54 (October 1956)

Keywords

Hotchkiss Fair; Irmegarde (car)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

I Speak of the Haunted House! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

X-181

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Like haunted house stories??

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Rodney; Smith

Synopsis

Two friends make a bet about the existence of ghosts in a haunted house. The doubting friend thinks he saw no ghosts, but the house itself is a ghost.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #97
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #25 (1965 ?)
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #5 (18 March 1967)
which is reprinted
• in Fantastic Annual (IPC, 1967 series) #1970 [Reprinted in 2-colors, black and red.]
• in Demonen og Koloss (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #9/1968 ([september] 1968)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #146 ([circa 1975 - 1976])
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #41 (1er trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Das Monster von Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #25 (Januar 1976)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #180 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
• 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)

Indexer Notes

Plot is similar to the Maneely story "I Was Locked in a... Haunted House!", in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #7.

Escape into Space (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Larry Lieber

Inks

Matt Fox

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

X-188

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There goes the law!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Conrad Zeno

Synopsis

A convict believes that he escaped his captors on a strange planet, but the plan all along was for him to serve his sentence there, thinking that he is free.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #97
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #25 (1965 ?)
• in Pow! Annual (Hamlyn, 1967 series) #1970
• in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #8 (avril 1978) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)