Tales of Suspense #57
Marvel Comics
United States
- Published
- September 1964
- Page count
- 36?
- Cover price
- 0.12 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/18622
Credits
- Editing
- Stan Lee
Issue contents
Cover
Hawkeye
(Iron Man)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Iron Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]
Credits
Notes
Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index. Cover comprised of figures from interior story.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Iron Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- X-742
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (introduction, origin); Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan
Credits
Reprint history
-
First published in this issue
- Also printed
-
Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #17 (October 1968) — Untitled
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Giant-Size Iron Man (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 ([October 1975?]) — Hawkeye, the Marksman!
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The Avengers (Newton, 1975 series) #8 (18 October 1975) — Iron Man Faces Hawkeye the Marksman
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Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (November 2000) — Hawkeye, the Marksman!
Synopsis
A carnival marksman tries to become a super-hero, but after a misunderstanding with the police he falls in with the Black Widow. Hawkeye attacks Iron Man at the Widow's request, but when he accidentally injures his partner in the fight he flees to get her to safety.
Notes
Black Widow last appears in issue #53 (May 1964), the Widow and Hawkeye next appear in issue #60 (December 1964).
2Featuring
- Genre
- Occult
- Code
- [G-555]
- Characters
- Mike; Hermes; Snaky Blake
Credits
- Author
- Letters
- typeset
Synopsis
A chance encounter with Hermes teaches a boy how to run fast.
Notes
Continues next issue. Printed between the pages of the Iron Man story. Below the story is a teaser for the next issue: "Iron Man Battles Captain America Next Issue! Don't Miss It!"
3Notes
Advertises Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964) and Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964). Printed between the Iron Man story and the Tales of the Watcher story.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Tales of the Watcher
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Code
- X-732
- Characters
- Watcher [Uatu]
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee (plot), Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils
- Larry Lieber
- Inks
- George Roussos (as George Bell)
- Letters
- Artie Simek
Synopsis
Space Pirates plan to attack a rich planet, thinking the Watcher will not interfere. They are destroyed, because they unknowingly targeted the Watcher's home world, the one planet that he can interfere with.
Notes
Distributed to newstands in June 1964. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
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.