Tales of Suspense #40
Marvel Comics
United States
- Published
- April 1963
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.12 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Silver Age size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/17622
Credits
- Editing
- Stan Lee, Editor
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Iron Man)
Cover, 1 page
"His size alone does not worry me! But..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Iron Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Gargantus
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, scripter
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Don Heck, inker
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg, colourist
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #20 (1992) — Untitled
-
Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (November 2000) — Tales of Suspense #40 (black and white)
-
Tales of Suspense No. 39 (Marvel, 2006 series) (February 2006) — Tales of Suspense #40
- Printed in
- Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #2 (April 1975)
- The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
- True Believers: Kirby 100th - Iron Man (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (October 2017)
- Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #43 (1964)
- Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
1"History has recorded many a bitter duel to the death!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Iron Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- X-131
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jeanne; Marion; Gargantus (introduction, origin); aliens
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, plotter [credited]
- Robert Bernstein, scripter [credited] (script)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller [credited as J. Kirby]
- Don Heck, inker [credited]
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg, colourist
- Text
- John Duffy, letterer [credited as Difficult]
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Marvel's Greatest Comics (Yaffa/Page, 1977? series) #2 ([1980?]) — Iron Man Versus Gargantus!
-
Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #20 (1992) — Iron Man versus Gargantus
-
Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (November 2000) — Iron Man versus Gargantus! (black and white)
-
Tales of Suspense No. 39 (Marvel, 2006 series) (February 2006) — Iron Man Versus Gargantus!
- Printed in
- Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #3 (June 1966)
- Fakkelen og jernmannen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #1/1968 (1968)
- Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #3 (4 March 1967)
- Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #4 (11 March 1967)
- The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #8 (July 1986)
- Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #2 (April 1975)
- The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
- True Believers: Kirby 100th - Iron Man (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (October 2017)
- Titan Pocket Book (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #1 (1980)
- Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #43 (1964)
- Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
Synopsis
Tony takes his newest date, Marion, to the circus. When the wild animals escape, he rounds them up as Iron Man. His grey armor scares the onlookers. Marion suggests that a golden metal might make him look more heroic. A golden Iron Man then battles Gargantus, who turns out to be a mighty robot built by aliens. Iron Man defeats Gargantus by hurling three magnets at him. The magnets float around the robot, ripping its body to pieces. Iron Man then throws the magnets at a flying saucer he just spotted. The aliens flee and, next day, Tony has another date with Marion.
Notes
Duffy credit per Nick Caputo. George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index incorectly credts Jon D'Agostino.
2"Joey Doakes dozed fitfully and dreamed of bygone days."
Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- H-721
- Characters
- Joey Doakes; Phil Turner
Credits
- Writing
- , author
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Reprint history
- Original
- Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #39 (January 1956)
Synopsis
An ordinary man realizes that he is really a medieval knight.
Notes
Text story with illustration. The first page of this story is printed between the pages of the Iron Man story, while the second is printed between the two back-up stories. The last page is split with the statement of ownership.
3"All his life he had longed for a masterpiece!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- X-132
- Characters
- Frans Ridderkerk; Henrick Rammp
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, plotter
- Larry Lieber, scripter (script)
- Art
- Larry Lieber, penciller
- Sol Brodsky, inker
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg, colourist
- Text
- Vivian Berg, letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)
- Demonen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #7/1968 ([juli] 1968)
- Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #1 (1962)
- Das Monster von Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #25 (Januar 1976)
- Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #21 (août 1972)
Synopsis
An unsuccessful artist tries to force a new painter to show him how to paint lifelike pictures. The painter is a sorcerer, and traps the artist in one of his paintings, the secret to his realism.
4Credits
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Average sales per issue October 1961–September 1962 (issues #26–36), despite monthly cover dates): 126,140. This shares the last page of "Wrong Number".
5"There didn't seem to be anything strange about him--until he took off his hat!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Code
- V-817
- Characters
- Charlie; Joe
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Steve Ditko, line art [signed]
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg, colourist
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Demonen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #3/1968 ([mars] 1968)
- Demonen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #4/1968 ([april] 1968)
- Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([September] 2012)
- Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #11 (29 April 1967)
- Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #1 (1962)
- Fantastic Annual (IPC, 1967 series) #1969
- Captain America (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #[2] (2ème trimestre 1979)
Synopsis
A man from the future arrives in the present day in order to set himself up as ruler. He attempts to extort 100 million dollars from the Secretary General of the United Nations only to be shocked when the Secretary reveals that he too is from the future and that there are agents planted in every era in order to apprehend criminals who may attempt to alter the course of events.
Notes
Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1963, page 429, registration number B17487.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.