Tales of Suspense #50

(February 1964)

The Hands of the Mandarin! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ray Holloway

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; The Mandarin (villain, introduction); Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan; Bill

Synopsis:

The Pentagon sends Iron Man into red China to get information on the Mandarin, an evil scientist feared even by the Communist regime. Iron Man struggles to overcome the Mandarin's powerful rings and martial arts, but he escapes his castle.

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

In this story Pepper gets a makeover and is consequently redrawn as a more attractive woman.

Another Marvel Masterpiece (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Advertises Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #9 (February 1964). Printed between the pages of the Iron Man story.

Them! (Table of Contents)

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 [as S. Rosen]

Job Number:

X-535

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Adam Bentley; Larry Lieber

Synopsis:

A man frantically tries to convince passersby that he is being chased by storybook characters. He is arrested by the police, but disappears from his jail cell, as he himself is a fictional character created by Larry Lieber.

Indexer Notes

Info from Stéphane Petit via the GCD Error Report (September 28, 2009).

Another Marvel Masterpiece (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Advertises Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #23 (February 1964).

Journey's End! (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:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-526

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Watcher [Uatu] (narrator); Wilbur Weems; Sally

Synopsis:

A meek and lonely space pilot volunteers for a suicide mission to investigate a strange cosmic cloud. The cloud hides a utopian planet, whose inhabitants only want humans brave enough to face the unknown to visit them.

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #5 (October 1966)
• in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #53 (April 3, 1973) [as "La fine del viaggio!", Italian translation]

Indexer Notes

Lettering credit is from the reprint in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #5.(Checked by Merlin Haas from that issue, October 1, 2009.)