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Issue: Tales of Suspense #55

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Publication Date: July 1964

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Issues: #55 of 99 Issues (166 Printings)

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Variant: UK Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications, Inc.

On Sale Date: 04/09/1964

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

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Price: 9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
7 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s):

Notes: Distributed to newstands in April 1964. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.

Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Tales of Suspense #55 [U.S. Cover Price]

Tales of Suspense #55 [UK Cover Price]

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Content Items (7 total)

No One Escapes the Mandarin!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin

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Pages: 1

No One Escapes the Mandarin!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin; Happy Hogan; Pepper Potts

First Line: Last issue we left Iron Man trapped by the most powerful arch-villain of the Orient... the mysterious Mandarin!

Synopsis: Iron Man escapes the Mandarin and destroys the ray he used to interfere with US missiles. Meanwhile, Happy struggles to keep the company operating in Tony's absence.

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Pages: 13

Job Number: X-673

Notes: Continues from last issue. The Mandarin next appears in issue #61 (January 1965).

Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: superhero

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Pages: 1

Notes: Advertises Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #14 (July 1964) and Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #28 (July 1964).

All About Iron Man

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]; Mandarin; Scarecrow [Ebenezer Laughton]; Mister Doll [Nathan Dolly]; Gargantus; Crimson Dynamo [Anton Venko]; Jack Frost [Gregor Shapanka]; Pepper Potts [Virginia Potts]; Happy Hogan

Synopsis: A detailed guide to Iron Man's armor with some information about his personal life and supporting cast.

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Pages: 5

Job Number: X-697

Notes: The first time we learn Pepper's real name: Virginia Potts.

Pepper Potts' Pin-Up Page

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Pepper Potts

Character(s): Pepper Potts [Virginia Potts]; Happy Hogan

First Line: I've been out of film for the past hour!

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Pages: 1

Notes: The first time we learn Pepper's real name: Virginia Potts.

The Atomizer

Text Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Charlie Smith; Will; Joe; Charlie's mother

First Line: On his way home from school, Charlie Smith had stopped in at...

Synopsis: A boy stumbles across a secret disintegrating formula stolen from a government lab.

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Pages: 1

Job Number: [G-542]

Notes: Continues in next issue. This page includes a teaser for the next issue: "Next Ish: 'Iron Man Meets the Unicorn!'"

The Sun-Stealer!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Watcher [Uatu]; Xakku

First Line: Because he is sworn never to interfere in the lives of others, the Watcher, most powerful being in...

Synopsis: The Watcher must save Earth from an alien without breaking his vow of non-interference.

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Pages: 5

Job Number: X-693