Tales of Suspense #46

(October 1963)

Iron Man Faces the Crimson Dynamo! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein (credited as R. Berns) (script)

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

X-411

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The rocket isn't falling naturally!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Crimson Dynamo [Anton Vanko] (introduction, origin); Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev; Happy Hogan; Pepper Potts

Synopsis

Khrushchev sends the Crimson Dynamo to the United States to "wreck Stark's project and get rid of Iron Man." Iron Man defeats the Crimson Dynamo and convinces him to defect.

Reprints

• in Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #8
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #71
• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #9 (June 1967)
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #17 (10 June 1967) [Black and white, pages 1-8 only], #18 (17 June 1967) [Black and white; pages 9-13 only. New splash page create from the cover of Tales Of Suspense #46.]
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #62 (20 April 1974), #63 (27 April 1974)
• in Titan Pocket Book (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #3 (1980)
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #193 (janvier 1986)
• 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] (2003)
• in Biblioteca Marvel: Iron Man (Panini España, 2005 series) #1 ([Febrero] 2005)
• in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008), #1 (2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
• in Iron Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - The Golden Avenger (November 2014)
• in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #6 - El Invencible Iron Man 1 ([Febrero 2023])
• in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 [Second Edition] (2023)
• in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #6 - Iron Man 1 (1963) ([November] 2023)

Keywords

Russia

The Utopia (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Michelle Wright (credited as M.)

Inks

Michelle Wright (credited as M.)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

[K-188]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Every year Bob Winkle and Fred Dunn met for lunch in the city.

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Bob Winkle; Fred Dunn

Synopsis

Two old friends deceive each other about their own success, until a dream of a heavenly restaurant teaches them the importance of honesty.

Reprints

• from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #53 (September 1956)

Keywords

The Utopia (restaurant)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

The Gargoyles (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

?

Letters

Ray Holloway

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He knew he had to warn the world about the gargoyles!

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A man discovers a race of creatures that come up from below ground that the African natives base their wood carvings upon. Since they keep their presence secret, the man worries they mean humanity harm, but everyone he speaks to refuses to believe his fantastic tale. Finally, an African expert agrees to listen to his story, but convinces the man he is imagining things. After he leaves the expert's office, the expert is shown removing a rubber mask revealing him as one of the gargoyles.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #71
• in Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #8
• in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #46 (1966 ?)
• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #24 (23 September 1967)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #45 (3ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Dracula Lives (Marvel UK, 1974 series) #16 (8 February 1975)
• in Giant-Size Dracula (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (March 1975)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)
• in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)

Keywords

Africa

Mr. Flubb's Flashlight (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Sol Brodsky

Inks

Sol Brodsky

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When is a flashlight not a flashlight??

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Fenwick Flubb

Synopsis

A lazy and incompetent reporter saves a stranger's life. When he's offered a flashlight as a reward he is offended and turns it down, so the stranger uses the light (a transporter) to return to Alpha Centauri.

Reprints

• in Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #8
• in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #46 (1966 ?)
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #6 (25 March 1967)
• in Fantastic Annual (IPC, 1967 series) #1969 [2-color reprint, black and red.]
• in Cosmos (Arédit-Artima, 1967 series) #34 (juin 1975) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)

Keywords

New York