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3 unusual facts about Tales of Suspense


Tales of Suspense

Son of Origins of Marvel Comics includes Iron Man stories from Tales of Suspense #39 and 97, 249 pages, October 1975, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-0671221669

The first Marvel superhero work by future company editor-in-chief Roy Thomas was his scripting the Iron Man story "My Life for Yours" in #73 (Jan. 1966), working from a plot by editor Lee as well as a plot assist from Marvel secretary-receptionist Flo Steinberg.

Wong-Chu

Created by writer Larry Lieber and artists Jack Kirby and Don Heck, he first appeared in Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963), as the first villain that Iron Man faced.


Headmen

That comic's five reprinted stories included the introduction of Dr. Arthur Nagan, the Gorilla-Man, from Mystery Tales #21 (art by Bob Powell); Chondu the Yogi, from Tales of Suspense #9 (art by George Evans); and Dr. Jerry Morgan, a.k.a. Shrunken Bones, from World of Fantasy #11 (art by Angelo Torres).

Red Barbarian

First appearing in Tales of Suspense #42 (June, 1963), the Red Barbarian was created by Stan Lee, Robert Bernstein and Don Heck.


see also

Shadow of the Raven

This time the composers Joseph Vargo and William Piotrowski honor Edgar Allan Poe, the author of "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Fall of the House of Usher, "The Tell-Tale Heart" and other tales of suspense and horror, as well as the famous poem "The Raven".