Tales of Suspense #43

(July 1963)

Kala, Queen of the Netherworld! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-216

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Kala (introduction); Baxu; Jim; Evans

Synopsis:

Stark is abducted by the queen of an underground kingdom to help her invade the surface. As Iron Man, Stark shows her that she would rapidly age on the surface, convincing her to call off the invasion.

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #6 (December 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 (2003)
• in Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)

Indexer Notes

Kala next appears in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #127 (October 1972).

The Journey (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

[F-890]

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Harry

Synopsis:

A man finds out that he keeps turning blue because he is really an alien from a planet of blue people.

Reprinted:

• from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #24 (May 1955)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

You Can't Change the Past! (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-218

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Simon Stanley; Jukes

Synopsis:

A scientist creates a time machine just to prove that it can be done, but never plans to use it, since he knows that it would be too dangerous to attempt to alter the past. His assistant, however, is envious of the fame such a journey would bring and so clouts the scientist on the jaw and takes off in the machine, only to find himself stuck in the past rendered insubstantial by fate like a ghost unable to affect anything.

I Was A Victim of Venus! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Larry Lieber

Inks:

Matt Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

Tom Foral

Job Number:

X-217

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Dirk Morgan; Siblus Slaad

Synopsis:

A criminal steals a valuable diamond from Venus, but it is irradiated and makes him sick. He needs to steal the money to pay a doctor, but when he choses a target at random he kills the only doctor who could cure him.

Indexer Notes

Set in 2005.