Tales of Suspense (1959) comic books

Tales of Suspense (1959) 29 GD- 1.8

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "The Martian Who Stole a City!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A Martian steals a city piece by piece, until a young boy figures out that it is vulnerable to light. "Mystery Mansion" text story. "Nothing Can Save Us!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Trapped on a small planet a group of space pilots almost kill a space dragon out of fear until they realize that it protects the planet from runaway asteroids. "It Was Only a Simple Barber Shop... or Was It??!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; Muggsy Bogar is a crook on the run. A mysterious figure instructs him to hide in a nearby barbershop; He goes in and the barber hides him forever. "The Thing in the Locked Room!", art by Don Heck; Prince Zemu takes a strange painting as part of his booty, only to discover it saps his life and youth from him. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 31 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4735814022

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Monster in the Iron Mask!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A seemingly invincible alien attacks Earth, but a magician realizes that he is using misdirection to keep from facing his one weakness: gas. "Time Machine" text story. "The Man Who Found Shangri-La!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A thief uses his brother to find Shangri-La; He sees a ruin full of savages and flees into the mountains to die, while his brother finds paradise, since in Shangri-La everyone gets what they deserve. "The Crackpot," art by Don Heck; An unsuccessful inventor finally gives up, throwing his final invention away; A boy accidentally uses the gun to disintegrate three communist agents without even noticing. "The Missing Link!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; Scientists find a seemingly primitive man, but they discover that he is really from a future where nuclear war has destroyed civilization. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 36 CGC 2.5 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Off white

Restoration Includes: Small Amount of Glue on Cover.

Label #4391183001

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. "Meet Mr. Meek! The Most Dangerous Man in the World!", script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), art by Don Heck; A formula from an old book seems to give a man an uncontrollable power to turn objects into gold, but his friend figures out that it is actually an alien trick. "The Green Hat" text story. "The Final Weapon," art by Paul Reinman; A billionaire pretends to have invented an ultimate bomb to force the nations of the world to disarm. "The Gorilla from Outer Space!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A ventriloquist makes it seem that a gorilla is talking, and finds out that the gorilla really is a sentient alien. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 37 CGC 8.5

Paper: White

Label #4661981001

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Haag! Hunter of Helpless Humans!", script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), art by Steve Ditko; An alien hunter named Haag comes to earth looking for new game to hunt and sets out to capture humans from around the world. "Muscle Man" text story. "A Voice in the Dark," script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), art by Paul Reinman; A crook hides in a wax museum, but he is scared off by a phonogram record. The curator finds the record, but no one except the statues could have turned it on. "Behold - the Monster!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A publicity agent has a large paper machete monster created to promote a new movie but is despondent when his boss criticizes him for public complaints the object is generating; Unknown to anyone on Earth, an alien invasion force is drawing near when its commander orders the viewscreen to display a typical Earth creature so they will know what to expect. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 42 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4692677011

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.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 53 GD 2.0

Water damage.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Sol Brodsky. Second appearance of the Black Widow in "The Black Widow Strikes Again!", script by Stan Lee (plot) and Don Rico (as N. Korok), art by Don Heck; To redeem herself in the eyes of the communist leader, Black Widow steals the new anti-grav ray device developed by Tony Stark and attacks Fort Knox; Iron Man destroys the ray device, but the Black Widow escapes. "The Magician" text story. "The Omen," script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by George Roussos (as George Bell); A superstitious warlord thinks a flare of light is a good omen for an invasion, but when it is discovered to be a meteor his entire world must evacuate in order to survive. The Watcher origin in the fifth Tales of the Watcher, "The Way It Began," script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by Paul Reinman; The Watcher comes from a super-advanced race that decides to share its technology with others; When their first attempt ends in tragedy, they vow never to interfere with the affairs of less advanced species. The second half of "The Magician" (text story). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 56 GD 2.0

1" Cumulative spine split.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. First appearance of the Unicorn in "The Uncanny Unicorn!", script by Stan Lee, art by Don Heck; A Soviet agent with high-tech armor comes to the US to capture Iron Man; He kidnaps Pepper and injures Happy to draw Iron Man out, and then threatens to blow up Stark's factory unless Iron Man comes with him; Iron Man boards Unicorn's plane, but then destroys it, though the Unicorn escapes; Thor, Wasp, and Giant-Man cameos; Part of this story continues in Avengers #7. "Pouf!" text story. "The Watcher's Sacrifice!", script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by George Roussos (as George Bell); The Watcher falls in love with a courageous alien queen, but his duty forces him to leave her. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 59 CGC 4.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4719574004

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. Iron Man and Captain America double feature begins. The Avengers guest star in the Iron Man story, "The Black Knight," script by Stan Lee, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Chic Stone; Iron Man battles the Black Knight; Wasp, Giant-Man, Captain America, and Thor appear. Part of the story continues in "Captain America," the first Silver Age Captain America solo story, script by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (co-plot), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone; While Cap lounges around Avengers Mansion, thinking about Bucky and his place in the world, a gang of costumed thugs break in intent on stealing any secrets or weapons Stark may have lying about the place, to sell for profit; They figure Cap's "just an acrobat"; Bucky Barnes cameo; First appearance of Jarvis (the Avengers' butler). Letters page begins. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 59 VG- 3.5

Tape on interior cover.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. Iron Man and Captain America double feature begins. The Avengers guest star in the Iron Man story, "The Black Knight," script by Stan Lee, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Chic Stone; Iron Man battles the Black Knight; Wasp, Giant-Man, Captain America, and Thor appear. Part of the story continues in "Captain America," the first Silver Age Captain America solo story, script by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (co-plot), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone; While Cap lounges around Avengers Mansion, thinking about Bucky and his place in the world, a gang of costumed thugs break in intent on stealing any secrets or weapons Stark may have lying about the place, to sell for profit; They figure Cap's "just an acrobat"; Bucky Barnes cameo; First appearance of Jarvis (the Avengers' butler). Letters page begins. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 63 VG/FN 5.0

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby (Captain America) and Don Heck (Iron-Man), inks by Sol Brodsky (Captain America) and Dick Ayers (Iron-Man). "Somewhere Lurks the Phantom!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Dick Ayers; Iron Man stops industrial saboteur the Phantom, who turns out to be one of his employees. Captain America's origin is told for the first time in the Silver Age in "The Origin of Captain America!", script by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (co-plot), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Frank Giacoia (as Frank Ray); While the Nazi war machine marches on, President Roosevelt institutes a top-secret program, "Project Rebirth"; In a secret lab, scientist Dr. Erskine gives army 4F reject and volunteer Steve Rogers the "super-soldier serum," which turns him into a virtual superman; But a Nazi spy who got past security murders Erskine before he can create an army of men like Rogers, and is killed when he runs headlong into some electrical machinery; Rogers becomes the costumed Captain America, as a symbol of freedom; Bucky Barnes appearance; Franklin D. Roosevelt cameo; This is a re-telling of "Meet Captain America" from Captain America Comics #1, March 1941. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 65 VG- 3.5

Cover oxidation. Water spotting.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone. "When Titans Clash!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo); Small-time burglar Weasel Wills stumbles upon Iron Man's armor and Tony Stark must don his old armor to stop his crime spree. First Silver Age appearance of the Red Skull (turns out to be an imposter; the real one appears next issue) in "The Red Skull Strikes!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone; Cap and Bucky track down the Red Skull, only to discover that he is an imposter who replaced tycoon Maxon; The real Red Skull is manipulating the "Maxon" Skull; This is a re-telling of "The Riddle of the Red Skull" from Captain America Comics # 1, March 1941. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 66 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #3864974011

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Frank Giacoia. Iron Man's costume changes slightly in "If I Fail, A World Is Lost!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo); US Senator Harrington Byrd has commissioned Stark Industries to build a new submarine, which is to be tested by Iron Man. "The Fantastic Origin of the Red Skull," script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone; The Red Skull's origin is told and Cap is brainwashed into being a Nazi. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 72 CGC 7.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4719574005

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Esposito. "Hoorah for the Conquering Hero!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo); Returning to America following his battle against the Titanium Man, Iron Man begins to worry over the fate of his bodyguard Happy Hogan, who was critically injured in that battle. "The Sleeper Shall Awake!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby (layouts) and George Tuska (pencils), inks by Wally Wood (pages 1-4 uncredited) and George Tuska (pages 5-7) (pages 8-10 uncredited); Captain America goes after the Sleepers, sleeper agents planted by the Red Skull who were to activate the Sleeper robots 20 years after the War; Guest appearances by the Red Skull, the Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye, and Quicksilver. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 75 GD+ 2.5

Water damage.

Cover pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Jack Abel. "The Fury of ... the Freak!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan (as Adam Austin), inks by Jack Abel (as Gary Michaels); When using the Enervation Intensifier device in order to heal Happy Hogan of his wounds, Iron Man accidentally transforms his friend and body guard into a horrible creature dubbed The Freak. 1st appearance of Sharon Carter (Agent 13) and Batroc the Leaper in "30 Minutes to Live!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby (layouts) and Dick Ayers (pencils), inks by John Tartaglione; Cap tries to keep Batroc from getting his hands on a vial of Inferno 42. Ad for Fantasy Masterpieces #1. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 98 VG/FN 5.0

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Frank Giacoia. "The Claws of the Panther!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott; Captain America and Black Panther join forces to combat the henchmen of Baron Zemo. "The Warrior and the Whip!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Frank Giacoia; Iron Man creates holograms of himself to confuse Whiplash during their battle; Jasper Sitwell has searches for Tony Stark at Stark Industries; He discovers that Morgan Stark took Iron Man away. Letter from comics writer Bob Gale. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.