(September 1963)
Marvel,
1959 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-06-11
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Vista Publications, Inc.
- Brand
- Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Editing
- Stan Lee
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Silver Age U.S.
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
Distributed to newsstands in June 1963. This issue includes 9 pages of paid advertisements and is the first issue of Tales of Suspense without text pages.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost
Iron Man / cover / 1 page
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (Iron Man); Steve Ditko ?; Don Heck ?
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once I seal you within my unbreakable cube of ice, even your strength will be...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jack Frost [Gregor Shapanka]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan
- Reprints
-
in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #4 (1960), #49 (1964), #49 (1964) -
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 Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #7 - in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #1
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006). Iron Man figure statted from splash page of the Iron Man story in issue #43 (July 1963).
The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost!
Iron Man / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein [as R. Berns] (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 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 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 Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #7
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #1
-
- 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]
I Come From Far Centaurus!
comic story / 5 pages
- 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
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost
Iron Man -
1.
The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost!
Iron Man -
2.
Another Big One from Marvel!
The Avengers -
3.
Marvel Comics Group Ushers in the Marvel Age of Comics!
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4.
I Come From Far Centaurus!
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Ethan Hoddes
- Tony R. Rose
- Nick Caputo
- Bill Devine
- Mike Nielsen
- Del Gruber
- Jim Van Dore
- R. S. Martin
- Pierre Freyssonnet
- Steve Dasinger
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Klein
- Martin O'Hearn
- Tony R. Rose
- Robert Wood
- Ramon Schenk
- Henry R. Kujawa
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