Tales of Suspense #51

(March 1964)

The Sinister Scarecrow! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarecrow [Ebenezer Laughton, stage name "Uncanny Umberto"] (introduction, origin); Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan; Veronica Vogue

Synopsis:

A contortionist becomes the Scarecrow and steals some plans from Tony Stark to sell them to Cuba. Iron Man follows the Scarecrow and steals back the plans.

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #11 (October 1967)
• in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (2000) [black and white]
• Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 (2004)
• in Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)

Indexer Notes

Scarecrow next appears in a cameo in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 (1965) before appearing in X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #22 (July 1966).

The Recipe (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

K-338

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Josie

Synopsis:

A tomboyish girl tries out cooking to appease her mother, but accidentally cooks a witch's brew, totally inappropriate for a fairy like her.

Reprinted:

• from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #150 (September 1956)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

The Green Thing! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot), Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Larry Lieber

Inks:

Matt Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-564

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A psychic alien plant lands on Earth and torments a human to prove its power, but it is eaten by a crow.

Reprinted:

• in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #21 (January 1973)
• in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #24 (July 1973) [as "La chose verte!", French translation]

The Primitive! (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

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Watcher [Uatu] (narrator); Vince Harding; Paul Harding

Synopsis:

A space explorer finally gives up his quest to find a more advanced species, not knowing that the primitives he found were more advanced, until they invented the cobalt bomb.

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #19 (February 1969)
• in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #54 (April 30, 1973) [as "Il primitivo!", Italian translation]