(January 1964)
- 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.
The New Iron Man Meets the Angel!
The New Iron Man -
2.
Strange Encounter
-
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
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