(October 1964)
Marvel,
1959 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1964-07-09
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Vista Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Printer
- The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor, uncredited)
Issue Notes
Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1964, page 349, registration number B121800.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
In Mortal Combat with Captain America!
Iron Man / cover / 1 page
- Script
- Stan Lee (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (uncredited)
- Inks
- Chic Stone (uncredited)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg (uncredited)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (sourced)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #33 (30 September 1967) -
in Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #400 (May 1992) [cover] - in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (November 2000) [black and white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([May] 2005)
- in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008), #1 (2008)
- in Iron Man / Captain America (Marvel, 2010 series) ([May] 2010)
-
in Marvel Gold. Capitán América (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - La leyenda Viviente (Julio 2011) - in Captain America: Road to War (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 (June 2016)
- in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 [Second Edition] (2023)
-
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In Mortal Combat with Captain America!
Iron Man / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Heck (credited); Jack Kirby (sourced)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (credited)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ? (uncredited)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- Job Number
- X-762
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- While I'm down here in the bay testing my built-in emergency underwater...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Chameleon [Dmitri Smerdyakov] (impersonating Captain America, also flashback); Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Happy Hogan; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Kraven the Hunter [Sergei Kravinoff]; Pepper Potts; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Charlie
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The Chameleon tricks Iron Man into attacking Captain America, and the two fight until the misunderstanding is discovered.
- Reprints
- in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #33 (30 September 1967) [Black and white. First half of story reprinted - pages 1 to 8 and panels 1 to 4 of page 9.], #34 (7 October 1967) [Black and white. Reprints pages 10-18. 'New' splash page.]
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #18 (December 1968)
- in Marvel a Full Colour Comic Album (World Distributors, 1969 series) #1 (1969)
- in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #86 (5 October 1974) [Pages 1-11], #87 (12 October 1974) [Pages 12-18]
- in Giant-Size Iron Man (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (October 1975)
-
in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #59 ([April 1977]), #60 ([Mai 1977]) -
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #133 (5 janvier 1981) - in Mighty Marvel Team-Up Thrillers (Marvel, 1983 series) (1983)
- in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (November 2000) [black and white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([May] 2005)
- in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008), #1 (2008)
- in Iron Man / Captain America (Marvel, 2010 series) ([May] 2010)
- in Marvel Gold. Capitán América (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - La leyenda Viviente (Julio 2011)
- in Iron Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - The Golden Avenger (2014)
- in Captain America Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - Captain America Lives Again (2014)
- in Captain America: Road to War (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 (June 2016)
- in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 [Second Edition] (2023)
-
Indexer Notes
This story sets up the launch of an ongoing Captain America feature in the next issue.
More Triumphs for Marvel..!
Amazing Spider-Man; Fantastic Four; Marvel Tales / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (uncredited); Steve Ditko (uncredited)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (uncredited); Sol Brodsky (uncredited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (uncredited); Artie Simek (uncredited); typeset
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Advertises Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964), Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #2 (1964) and Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964). Printed between the pages of the Iron Man story.
The Runner!
text story / 1 page
- Job Number
- G-555
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mike; Hermes; Snaky Blake
- Synopsis
- A chance encounter with Hermes teaches a boy how to run fast.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #26 (September 1955) [page 2]
-
Indexer Notes
Continues from last issue. Printed between the Iron Man story and the Tales of the Watcher story. This is the last text story page published in Tales of Suspense.
The Watcher Must Die!
Tales of the Watcher / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- George Tuska (credited)
- Inks
- George Tuska (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited)
- Job Number
- X-770
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In a far distant galaxy, the most merciless warlord of his time points to...
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- The Watcher [Uatu]; Warlord Wrogg
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- An alien warlord attacks the Watcher, and is instantly destroyed by accelerated aging.
- Reprints
- in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #36 (16 December 1967)
- in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #24 (December 1969)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Rarities (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
- in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - Génesis (Junio 2016)
-
- Keywords
- Sector 14X
Indexer Notes
This is the last Tales of the Watcher story in Tales of Suspense. Another series starts as a back-up in Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (August 1968).
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Table of Contents
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0.
In Mortal Combat with Captain America!
Iron Man -
1.
In Mortal Combat with Captain America!
Iron Man -
2.
More Triumphs for Marvel..!
Amazing Spider-Man; Fantastic Four; Marvel Tales -
3.
The Runner!
-
4.
The Watcher Must Die!
Tales of the Watcher
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Steve Dasinger
- Bill Devine
- Del Gruber
- Ethan Hoddes
- Darrel McCann
- Mark Q
- Douglas Sederberg
- Jim Van Dore
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