Tales of Suspense #46

(October 1963)

Iron Man Faces the Crimson Dynamo! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-411

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Crimson Dynamo [Anton Vanko] (introduction, origin); Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev; Happy Hogan; Pepper Potts

Synopsis:

Khrushchev sends the Crimson Dynamo in the United States to "wreck Stark's project and get rid of Iron Man". Iron Man defeats the Crimson Dynamo and convinces him to defect.

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #9 (June 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)

The Utopia (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Maneely

Inks:

Joe Maneely

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

[K-188]

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Bob Winkle; Fred Dunn

Synopsis:

Two old friends deceive each other about their own success, until a dream of a heavenly restaurant teaches them the importance of honesty.

Reprinted:

• from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #53 (September 1956)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

The Gargoyles (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ray Holloway

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Synopsis:

A man discovers a race of creatures that come up from below ground that the African natives base their wood carvings upon. Since they keep their presence secret, the man worries they mean humanity harm, but everyone he speaks to refuses to believe his fantastic tale. Finally, an African expert agrees to listen to his story, but convinces the man he is imagining things. After he leaves the expert's office, the expert is shown removing a rubber mask revealing him as one of the gargoyles.

Reprinted:

• in Giant-Size Dracula (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (March 1975)

Mr. Flubb's Flashlight (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Sol Brodsky

Inks:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Fenwick Flubb

Synopsis:

A lazy and incompetent reporter saves a stranger's life. When he's offered a flashlight as a reward he is offended and turns it down, so the stranger uses the light (a transporter) to return to Alpha Centauri.