(January 1964)
Marvel,
1959 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-10-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Vista Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Printer
- The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1963, page 420, registration number B66783.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
The Angel
Iron Man / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My power jets are exhausted!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #11 (29 April 1967) -
in Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #11 ([August 1976]) -
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 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 Firsts: The 1960s (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
- in Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set (Marvel, 2014 series) #8 - The Invincible Iron Man
- in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 [Second Edition] (2023)
- in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #13 - Iron Man 2 (1963) ([Februar 2024])
-
Indexer Notes
Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006); the original indexer credited Dick Ayers.
![Cover Thumbnail for Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #49 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/852/w100/852856.jpg?3798927957281015949)
The New Iron Man "Meets the Angel!"
Iron Man / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (credited as P. Reinman)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
- Job Number
- [X-514]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The sky is my element, Iron Man!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers: Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (cameo); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (cameo); Thor [Thor Odinson] (cameo); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (cameo)
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Don Blake (cameo); Happy Hogan; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Pepper Potts; Charlie; Rocco - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The Angel is affected by an atomic test done at one of Stark's weapons plants. His personality is altered and now he wants to join the Evil Mutants. The X-Men call the Avengers for help but only Iron Man is available.
- Reprints
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #49 (1964)
- in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #11 (29 April 1967) [Black and white.]
-
in Fakkelen og Jernmannen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #3/1968 (1968) - in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #77 (3 August 1974) [Pages 1-11], #78 (10 August 1974) [Pages 12-18 plus new splash, o.t. "The New Iron Man "Meets the Angel!""]
- in Giant-Size Iron Man (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (October 1975) [-3 pages]
- in Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #11 ([August 1976])
- 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 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 X-Men: Children of the Atom (Marvel, 2019 series) #[1] - X-Men: Silver Age Vol. 1 - Gifted Youngsters (2019)
- in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 [Second Edition] (2023)
- in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #13 - Iron Man 2 (1963) ([Februar 2024])
-
- Keywords
- Westchester
Indexer Notes
Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo.
Strange Encounter
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Michelle Wright (signed as M.)
- Inks
- Michelle Wright (signed as M.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- [G-47]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The authorities have asked me for a complete account of my strange experience, and I...
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- Andre Corday
- Synopsis
- An American tourist in Paris is unwittingly targeted by a spy as an intelligence courier and is nearly killed.
- Reprints
- from Spy Thrillers (Marvel, 1954 series) #4 (May 1955)
-
- Keywords
- Louvre; Paris
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Saga of the Sneepers!
Tales of the Watcher / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- Larry Lieber (credited)
- Inks
- George Roussos (credited as G. Bell)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
- Job Number
- X-464
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Observe this distant world!
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- The Watcher [Uatu] (narrator); Sneepers (extraterrestrials)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- An alien race watches humanity's progress, worried that they will one day overtake them. With the invention of the atomic bomb and the Cold War, they decide that humanity will wipe itself out before it poses a threat.
- Reprints
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #49
- in Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #15 (1963)
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #3 (June 1966)
-
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #52 (20 Marzo 1973) [as "La saga degli Sneepers!", Italian translation] - in Marvel Firsts: The 1960s (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
-
in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - Génesis (Junio 2016)
-
Indexer Notes
This is the first Tales of the Watcher story in Tales of Suspense.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Angel
Iron Man -
1.
The New Iron Man "Meets the Angel!"
Iron Man -
2.
Strange Encounter
-
3.
The Saga of the Sneepers!
Tales of the Watcher
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Steve Dasinger
- Bill Devine
- Pierre Freyssonnet
- Del Gruber
- Ethan Hoddes
- Darrel McCann
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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