Tales of Suspense #49
Marvel Comics
United States
- Published
- January 1964
- 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/18188
Credits
- Editing
- Stan Lee, Editor
Issue contents
Cover
The Angel
(Iron Man)
Cover, 1 page
"My power jets are exhausted!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Iron Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, scripter
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Steve Ditko, 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 #49 (black and white)
- Printed in
- Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #11 (29 April 1967)
- Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #11 ([August 1976])
- The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
- Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
Notes
Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006); the original indexer credited Dick Ayers.
1"The sky is my element, Iron Man!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Iron Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- [X-514]
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Happy Hogan; Pepper Potts; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers] (cameo); Beast [Hank McCoy] (cameo); Iceman [Bobby Drake] (cameo); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (cameo)]; Avengers [Hulk [Bruce Banner] (cameo); Thor [Don Blake] (cameo); Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (cameo); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (cameo)]
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, scripter
- Art
- Steve Ditko, penciller
- Paul Reinman, inker [as P. Reinman]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Sam Rosen, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Giant-Size Iron Man (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 ([October 1975?]) — The New Iron Man Meets the Angel (-3 pages)
-
Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #20 (1992) — The New Iron Man Meets the Angel
-
Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (November 2000) — The New Iron Man Meets the Angel! (black and white)
- Printed in
- Fakkelen og jernmannen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #3/1968 (1968)
- Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #11 (29 April 1967)
- Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #49 (1964)
- Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #11 ([August 1976])
- The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
- Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #77 (3 August 1974)
- Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #78 (10 August 1974)
- Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
Synopsis
The Angel is affected by an atomic test done at one of Stark's weapons plants. His personality is altered and now he wants to join the Evil Mutants. The X-Men call the Avengers for help but only Iron Man is available.
Notes
Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo.
2"The authorities have asked me for a complete account of my strange experience, and I..."
Featuring
- Genre
- Spy
- Code
- [G-47]
- Characters
- Andre Corday
Credits
- Writing
- , author
- Art
- Joe Maneely, line art [as M.]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Reprint history
- Original
- Spy Thrillers (Marvel, 1954 series) #4 (May 1955)
Synopsis
An American tourist in Paris is unwittingly targeted by a spy as an intelligence courier and is nearly killed.
Notes
Text story with illustration.
3"Observe this distant world!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Tales of the Watcher
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Code
- X-464
- Characters
- Watcher [Uatu] (narrator); Sneepers (extraterrestrials)
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, plotter
- Larry Lieber, scripter (script)
- Art
- Larry Lieber, penciller
- George Roussos, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Sam Rosen, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Marvel's Greatest Comics (Yaffa/Page, 1977? series) #2 ([1980?]) — The Saga of the Sneepers!
- Printed in
- Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #3 (June 1966)
- I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #52 (20 Marzo 1973)
- Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #15 (1963)
- Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #49
Synopsis
An alien race watches humanity's progress, worried that they will one day overtake them. With the invention of the atomic bomb and the Cold War, they decide that humanity will wipe itself out before it poses a threat.
Notes
This is the first Tales of the Watcher story in Tales of Suspense.
Notes
Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1963, page 420, registration number B66783.
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.