(January 1964)

Marvel, 1959 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.12 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Vista Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Marvel Comics Group
Editing:
Stan Lee
Format:
4 Color; Standard Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.

Distributed to newstands in October 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.

Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.


The Angel (Table of Contents)

The New Iron Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Steve Ditko
Colors:
Stan Goldberg
Letters:
Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]
Reprinted:
  • 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

Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006); the original indexer credited Dick Ayers.


The New Iron Man Meets the Angel! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee
Pencils:
Steve Ditko
Inks:
Paul Reinman
Colors:
?
Letters:
Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Happy Hogan; Pepper Potts; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers] (cameo); Beast [Hank McCoy] (cameo); Iceman [Bobby Drake] (cameo); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (cameo); The Avengers [Hulk [Bruce Banner] (cameo); Thor [Don Blake] (cameo); Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (cameo); The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (cameo)]
Synopsis:
The Angel is affected by an atomic test done at one of Stark's weapons plant. 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.
Reprinted:
  • in Giant-Size Iron Man (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (October 1975)
  • 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) #21 (2008)

Strange Encounter (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Joe Maneely
Inks:
Joe Maneely
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
Job Number:
[G-47]

Content Information

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.
Reprinted:
  • from Spy Thrillers (Marvel, 1954 series) #4 (May 1955)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.


The Saga of the Sneepers! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Watcher / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Pencils:
Larry Lieber
Inks:
George Roussos [as G. Bell]
Colors:
?
Letters:
Sam Rosen
Job Number:
X-464

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Watcher [Uatu] (narrator)
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.
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #3 (June 1966)
  • in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #52 (March 20, 1973) [as "La saga degli Sneepers!", Italian translation]

Indexer Notes

This is the first Tales of the Watcher story in Tales of Suspense.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The New Iron Man Meets the Angel!
    The New Iron Man
  2. 2. Strange Encounter
  3. 3. The Saga of the Sneepers!
    Tales of the Watcher
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Pierre Freyssonnet
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Nick Caputo
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bob Klein
  • Martin O'Hearn
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Robert Wood
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Henry R. Kujawa