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Issue: Tales of Suspense #39
Publication Date: March 1963
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Issues: #39 of 99 Issues (166 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/10/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.

The on-sale date is from Marvel's press release as published in "The Comic Reader" #13. The date matches the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1963, page 173, registration number B12121.
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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
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In41
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Iron Man!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]
First Line: Who?
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #1 [Regular Edition] published November 2003
In Issue: FlagThe Invincible Iron Man Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2008
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #1 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSon of Origins of Marvel Comics #[nn] published January 1975
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #20 published October 1992
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #20 published October 1992
as Tales of Suspense #39 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Milestone Edition: Tales of Suspense #39 #[nn] [First Print] published November 1994
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSon of Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition #[nn] published November 1997
as Cover - Tales of Suspense #39 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Iron Man #1 [1st Printing] published November 2000
as Tales of Suspense #39 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense No. 39 [Marvel Legends] #[nn] published February 2006
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense No. 39 [MGA Die-Cast Car] #[nn] published September 2007
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagInvincible Iron Man #500 [Direct Edition, Standard Cover] published March 2011
as [untitled] [Credits on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #23 published ?
as Iron Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
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Iron Man Is Born!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark] (introduction, origin); Wong-Chu (villain, introduction); Professor Yinsen (introduction, death)
First Line: Watch his awesome approach!
Synopsis: Playboy industrialist and weapons designer Tony Stark is injured in Vietnam and captured by communists. While pretending to build a weapon for his captors he builds a suit of battle armor to keep his injured heart beating and uses it to escape and beat the communist commander.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagStrange #1 published January 1970
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #1 [Regular Edition] published November 2003
In Issue: FlagThe Invincible Iron Man Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2008
In Issue: FlagMarvel Classic #1 published February 2011
In Issue: FlagIron Man Epic Collection #1 [unnamed variant] published November 2014
In Issue: FlagSinister Tales #84 published ?
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #1 published ?
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales Annual #1 published September 1964
as Iron Man Is Born [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic! #1 published February 1967
as Iron Man is Born! [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 1
In Content Item: FlagFantastic! #2 published February 1967
as Iron Man Is Born! [Part 2] [Story on Interior Page(s)]Second half of story, page 8 (panels 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9) and pages 9 to 13 only
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #1 published April 1967
as Iron Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]excerpt only
In Content Item: FlagSon of Origins of Marvel Comics #[nn] published January 1975
as Iron Man Is Born! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #20 published October 1992
as Iron Man is Born! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Milestone Edition: Tales of Suspense #39 #[nn] [First Print] published November 1994
as Iron Man Is Born! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSon of Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition #[nn] published November 1997
as Iron Man Is Born! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Iron Man #1 [1st Printing] published November 2000
as Iron Man Is Born! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense No. 39 [Marvel Legends] #[nn] published February 2006
as Iron Man Is Born! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense No. 39 [MGA Die-Cast Car] #[nn] published September 2007
as Iron Man Is Born! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: X-51
Disclose Notes: This is the first Iron Man story.
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The Treasure

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Tommy Miller; Mr. Miller; Mrs. Miller; Wish (dog)
First Line: Tommy's scrawny yellow pup was a wishing dog.
Synopsis: A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Milestone Edition: Tales of Suspense #39 #[nn] [First Print] published November 1994
as The Treasure [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #36 published October 1955
was The Treasure [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: [G-980]
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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The Last Rocket!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Adam; Eve
First Line: Don't be fools!
Synopsis: When the sun starts dieing humanity goes into space, except for two nature lovers. Just as the last rocket leaves a new sun flares to life, and the two remaining humans, Adam and Eve, rename the planet Earth.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #3/1968 published March 1968
as Den siste rakett! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 1-3
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #4/1968 published April 1968
as Den siste rakett [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 4-5
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Milestone Edition: Tales of Suspense #39 #[nn] [First Print] published November 1994
as The Last Rocket! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #4 [Regular Edition] published September 2012
as The Last Rocket! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-52
Disclose Notes: This is a retelling of "I Am the Last Man on Earth!" drawn by Don Heck in Strange Worlds (Marvel, 1958 series) #1 (December 1958). Script and letters credits from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
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Gundar!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Gundar
First Line: Take one lone man, shipwrecked on a strange isle...
Synopsis: A shipwrecked man finds cursed viking ghosts on an island, and his descent from the captain that cursed them releases them.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #7/1968 published July 1968
as Gunnar! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 1-3
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #8/1968 published August 1968
as Gunnar [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 4-5
In Content Item: FlagCreatures on the Loose #22 published March 1973
as Gundar! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Milestone Edition: Tales of Suspense #39 #[nn] [First Print] published November 1994
as Gundar! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #4 [Regular Edition] published September 2012
as Gundar! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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