Tales of Suspense #54

(June 1964)

The Mandarin's Revenge! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

X-672

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Being a superhero like Iron Man isn't all fun and glamor!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan

Synopsis

Tony's observer missiles have failed in Vietnam. So, he goes to investigate, wich leads him to the Mandarin. He attacks the Mandarin's castle, but he is captured.

Reprints

• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #25 (5 August 1967) [Black and white, pages 1-8 only.], #26 (12 August 1967) [Black and white, pages 9-13 only, plus new recap page.]
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #79 (17 August 1974) [Pages 1-8], #80 (24 August 1974) [Pages 9-13 plus new splash, o.t. "The Mandarin's Revenge!"]
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #51 ([Januar 1977]), #52 ([Januar 1977])
• 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 Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - The Golden Avenger (2014)
• in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 [Second Edition] (2023)

Indexer Notes

The Mandarin last appears in issue #50 (February 1964). This story continues next issue.

Secret Mission (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

H-487

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"The effect of sound waves upon matter have always been a problem of interest to scientists, Mr. Bolton," Professor Carmichael told...

Genre

spy

Characters

Ezra Bolton; Prof. Carmichael; Prof. Greever

Synopsis

A bookkeeper dreams that he is a government agent hunting a mad scientist with a destructive sound device.

Reprints

• from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #43 (January 1956)

Indexer Notes

Sequence inclusion due to David Postle via the GCD Error List (27 February 2007). The first page is printed between the pages of the Iron Man story, while the second page is printed between the back-up story and Tales of the Watcher story. The last page is split with a promo.

Skrang Strikes Tonight! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Larry Lieber

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

X-656

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If you're a faithful reader of our mags, you know that fantasy tales can begin at the most unlikely places... even on...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Skrang; Miss Hotchkiss; Fox-People

Synopsis

An invincible alien invader has weapons that can disable all Earth's armed forces, but he is frightened off when he see's an old lady's fox-fur collar, since his people have never been able to beat a fox-like alien race, and he thinks that the humans have beat and skinned them.

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)

Keywords

spectro-scanner

Now on Sale! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Avengers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

Advertises The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (May 1964). This shares the last page of "Secret Mission".

Hands Off! (Table of Contents: 5)

Tales of the Watcher / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Larry Lieber

Inks

Chic Stone

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

X-654

First Line of Dialogue or Text

On a distant spinning sphere stands the strangest figure in the heavens--the majestic Watcher, whom we now...

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Watcher [Uatu]; Ikor (Uatu's father, flashback); Emnu (flashback)

Synopsis

The Watcher is tempted to break his vow of non-interference, but sees that it is for the best to obey.

Reprints

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #10 (August 1967)
• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #31 (11 November 1967)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #59 (10 Luglio 1973)
• in Frankenstein (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #9 (1er trimestre 1978) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• 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

radioactive waste