Tales of Suspense #52

(April 1964)

The Crimson Dynamo Strikes Again! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Don Rico [as N. Korok] (script)

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Crimson Dynamo [Boris Turgenev] (introduction); Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff] (introduction); Dr. Anton Vanko; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan

Synopsis:

The Black Widow and Boris are sent to America to kill Anton Vanko, the Crimson Dynamo, for defecting to America. They are also tasked with killing both Iron Man and Tony Stark.

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #12
• In Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1
• in Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Magazine (Marvel, 2010 series) #1

The Magician (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

[G-719]

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Howard; Uncle Bart

Synopsis:

A TV studio page and aspiring magician gets a lucky break when he meets a real sorcerer time traveling from the past.

Reprinted:

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #34 (August 1955) [page 1]

Indexer Notes

Continues in next issue.

The Seance! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Larry Lieber

Inks:

Chic Stone

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ray Holloway

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Great Kamir; Hugo; Mrs. Wentworth

Synopsis:

A fake medium uses special effects to simulate supernatural powers, but he is taken into the spirit world by real ghosts as punishment.

Two More Triumphs for Marvel..! (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.8 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (original covers)

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Advertises Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 (March 1964) and X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 (March 1964). This shares a page with the statement of ownership.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Average monthly paid circulation/print run October 1962–September 1963 (issues #37–48): 188,245/318,952. Paid circulation/print run for issue #48: 189,110/315,053. This shares the page with the promo.

The Failure! (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:

Paul Reinman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Watcher [Uatu] (narrator); Kenn Bentley; Valeria Reynolds

Synopsis:

The Earth of the future is overwhelmingly materialistic, except for one idealistic young man and his lover. They are abducted by aliens, who have determined that he is the best suited to be absolute ruler of their empire.

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #13 (February 1968)
• in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #55 (May 15, 1973) [as "Il fallimento", Italian translation]

Indexer Notes

This is the last general science fiction story narrated by the Watcher in Tales of Suspense, future issues feature stories about the Watcher himself.