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Issue: Tales of Suspense #45
Publication Date: September 1963
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Issues: #45 of 99 Issues (166 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/11/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.

Distributed to newsstands in June 1963. This issue includes 9 pages of paid advertisements and is the first issue of Tales of Suspense without text pages.

Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jack Frost [Gregor Shapanka]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan
First Line: Once I seal you within my unbreakable cube of ice, even your strength will be...
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMystic #49 published January 1964
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #1 [Regular Edition] published November 2003
In Issue: FlagThe Invincible Iron Man Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2008
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #1 published ?
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #20 published October 1992
as Tales of Suspense #45 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Iron Man #1 [1st Printing] published November 2000
as Tales of Suspense #45 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jack Frost [Gregor Shapanka] (introduction, origin, later called Blizzard); Happy Hogan (introduction); Pepper Potts (introduction)
First Line: Well, Iron Man!
Synopsis: A washed up boxer saves Stark's life, and he hires him as a chauffeur. Meanwhile, a scientist fired by Stark creates a suit that gives him the power to freeze whatever is near him. He attacks Stark and Iron Man stops him.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #1 [Regular Edition] published November 2003
In Issue: FlagThe Invincible Iron Man Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2008
In Issue: FlagIron Man Epic Collection #1 [unnamed variant] published November 2014
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #1 published ?
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #8 published April 1967
as Iron Man and the Icy Fingers of Jack Frost! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #20 published October 1992
as The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Iron Man #1 [1st Printing] published November 2000
as The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Job Number: X-347
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Another Big One from Marvel!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Synopsis: Advertises the Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (September 1963). Printed between the pages of the Iron Man story.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Marvel Comics Group Ushers in the Marvel Age of Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): Unknown (Strange Tales Annual and X-Men)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Advertises Fantastic Four Annual (Marval, 1963 series) #1 (1963), Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #2 (1963) and the launch of the X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series). Printed between the Iron Man story and the back-up story.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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I Come From Far Centaurus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Victor Farrington
First Line: My home is on far Centaurus...
Synopsis: A greedy man is delighted when an alien shows that he will be rich, but he is sentenced to exile for fraud, and imprisoned on an asteroid where his money is useless.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #4 [Regular Edition] published September 2012
as I Come from Far Centaurus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-366

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