Tales of Suspense #45

(September 1963)

The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost! (Table of Contents)

Iron Man / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Job Number:

X-347

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jack Frost [Gregor Shapanka] (introduction, origin, later called Blizzard); Happy Hogan (introduction); Pepper Potts (introduction)

Synopsis:

A washed up boxer saves Stark's life, and he hires him as a chauffeur. Meanwhile, a scientist fired by Stark creates a suit that gives him the power to freeze whatever is near him. He attacks Stark and Iron Man stops him.

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #8 (April 1967)
• 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

Happy Hogan is based on pro wrestler-turned-actor Nat Pendleton; Pepper Potts is based on actress Ann B. Davis. [per Henry Kujawa]

Another Big One from Marvel! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Synopsis:

Advertises the Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (September 1963). Printed between the pages of the Iron Man story.

Marvel Comics Group Ushers in the Marvel Age of Comics! (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers (Fantastic Four Annual); Unknown (Strange Tales Annual and X-Men)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Advertises Fantastic Four Annual (Marval, 1963 series) #1 (1963), Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #2 (1963) and the launch of the X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series). Printed between the Iron Man story and the back-up story.

I Come From Far Centaurus! (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:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-366

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Victor Farrington

Synopsis:

A greedy man is delighted when an alien shows that he will be rich, but he is sentenced to exile for fraud, and imprisoned on an asteroid where his money is useless.