Tales of Suspense #45

(September 1963)

The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost! (Table of Contents: 1)

Iron Man / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein (script)

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen

Job Number

X-347

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, Iron Man!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jack Frost [Gregor Shapanka] (introduction, origin, later called Blizzard); Happy Hogan (introduction); Pepper Potts (introduction)

Synopsis

A washed up boxer saves Stark's life, and he hires him as a chauffeur. Meanwhile, a scientist fired by Stark creates a suit that gives him the power to freeze whatever is near him. He attacks Stark and Iron Man stops him.

Reprints

• in Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #7
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #1
• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #8 (April 1967)
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #15 (27 May 1967) [Black and white; first 10 pages only. ], #16 (3 June 1967) [Black and white, last eight pages only. New splash page.]
• in Titan Pocket Book (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #3 (1980)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #20 ([October] 1992)
• in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (November 2000) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Regular Edition] ([November] 2003)
• in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008), #1 (2008)
• in Iron Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - The Golden Avenger (November 2014)
• in True Believers: Iron Man 2020 - Pepper Potts (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 (April 2020)

Keywords

Indianapolis

Indexer Notes

Happy Hogan is based on pro wrestler-turned-actor Nat Pendleton; Pepper Potts is based on actress Ann B. Davis. [per Henry Kujawa]

Another Big One from Marvel! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

The Avengers [superhero] / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Marvel Comics Group Ushers in the Marvel Age of Comics! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

I Come From Far Centaurus! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Larry Lieber

Inks

Matt Fox

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

X-366

First Line of Dialogue or Text

My home is on far Centaurus...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Victor Farrington

Synopsis

A greedy man is delighted when an alien shows that he will be rich, but he is sentenced to exile for fraud, and imprisoned on an asteroid where his money is useless.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #24 (1965 ?)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)

Keywords

time sphere