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Tales of Suspense comic books issue 42

  • Issue #42
    Tales of Suspense (1959) 42
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #1971615014
    • 1" Spine split from top. Inside cover taped. Water spotting with staple rust.
    • 3.5" cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple.
    • 4.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached, centerfold detached at one staple. Heavy water damage.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3975635004
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Cover oxidation. Staple rust.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
    • 2" cumulative spine split.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Don Heck. "Trapped by the Red Barbarian," script by Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein (as R. Berns) (script), art by Don Heck; A Soviet spymaster sends a master of disguise to steal the design of Tony Stark's latest weapon; The Actor steals the plans and learns Iron Man's secret identity, but Iron Man regains the plans and tricks the communists into killing their own agent. "Discovery" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "I Speak of the Haunted House!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; Two friends make a bet about the existence of ghosts in a haunted house; The doubting friend thinks he saw no ghosts, but the house itself is a ghost. "Escape into Space," script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by Matt Fox; A convict believes that he escaped his captors on a strange planet, but the plan all along was for him to serve his sentence there, thinking that he is free. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

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    $130 Tales Of Suspense #42 1963 Key Marvel Comic Book 4th Appearance Of Iron Man
    $250 Tales of Suspense #42 CGC GRADED 3.5 - 4th app. Iron Man- 1st app. Red Barbarian
    $280 Tales of Suspense #42 (4th Iron Man, 1963) VG Comic Book

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  • Issue #42UK
    Tales of Suspense (1959) UK Edition 42UK

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    UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Don Heck. "Trapped by the Red Barbarian," script by Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein (as R. Berns) (script), art by Don Heck; A Soviet spymaster sends a master of disguise to steal the design of Tony Stark's latest weapon; The Actor steals the plans and learns Iron Man's secret identity, but Iron Man regains the plans and tricks the communists into killing their own agent. "Discovery" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "I Speak of the Haunted House!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; Two friends make a bet about the existence of ghosts in a haunted house; The doubting friend thinks he saw no ghosts, but the house itself is a ghost. "Escape into Space," script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by Matt Fox; A convict believes that he escaped his captors on a strange planet, but the plan all along was for him to serve his sentence there, thinking that he is free. 36 pgs., full color.