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Issue: Tales of Suspense #52
Publication Date: April 1964
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Issues: #52 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: 01/10/1964
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newsstands in January 1964. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1964, page 349, registration number B86107.
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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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Disclose Reprinted In17
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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The Crimson Dynamo Strikes Again!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Crimson Dynamo [Boris Turgenev]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #2 [Regular Edition] published May 2005
In Issue: FlagThe Invincible Iron Man Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2008
In Content Item: FlagFantastic! #21 published July 1967
as The Crimson Dynamo Strikes Again! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Saga ™ The Official History of the Marvel Universe #13 [Direct Edition] published December 1986
as Marvel Saga Classic Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)][cover]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Iron Man #1 [1st Printing] published November 2000
as Tales of Suspense #52 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagWomen of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Magazine #1 [Cover A by Alan Davis] published June 2010
as Tales of Suspense #52 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIron Man Epic Collection #1 [unnamed variant] published November 2014
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Crimson Dynamo Strikes Again!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Crimson Dynamo [Boris Turgenev] (introduction); Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff] (introduction); Dr. Anton Vanko; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan
First Line: I trusted you... helped you!!
Synopsis: The Black Widow and Boris are sent to America to kill Anton Vanko, the Crimson Dynamo, for defecting to America. They are also tasked with killing both Iron Man and Tony Stark.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Invincible Iron Man Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2008
In Issue: FlagBlack Widow: The Sting of the Widow #[nn] [premiere edition] published January 2009
In Issue: FlagIron Man Epic Collection #1 [unnamed variant] published November 2014
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #12 published December 1967
as The Crimson Dynamo Strikes Again! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Saga ™ The Official History of the Marvel Universe #13 [Direct Edition] published December 1986
as Book XIII: Evil Dared! [Story on Interior Page(s)]excerpt
In Content Item: FlagEssential Iron Man #1 [1st Printing] published November 2000
as The Crimson Dynamo Strikes Again! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagWomen of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Magazine #1 [Cover A by Alan Davis] published June 2010
as The Crimson Dynamo Strikes Again! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Magician

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Howard; Uncle Bart
First Line: Working as a page in a television studio was a very good start in the...
Synopsis: A TV studio page and aspiring magician gets a lucky break when he meets a real sorcerer time traveling from the past.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #34 published August 1955
was The Magician [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: [G-719]
Disclose Notes: Continues in next issue.
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The Seance!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Great Kamir; Hugo; Mrs. Wentworth
Synopsis: A fake medium uses special effects to simulate supernatural powers, but he is taken into the spirit world by real ghosts as punishment.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #4 [Regular Edition] published September 2012
as The Seance! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: Advertises Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 (March 1964) and X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 (March 1964). This shares a page with the statement of ownership.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: Average monthly paid circulation/print run October 1962–September 1963 (issues #37–48): 188,245/318,952. Paid circulation/print run for issue #48: 189,110/315,053. This shares the page with the promo.
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The Failure!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Watcher [Uatu] (narrator); Kenn Bentley; Valeria Reynolds
First Line: I am the Watcher, ageless observer of the ever-changing universe! I have seen...
Synopsis: The Earth of the future is overwhelmingly materialistic, except for one idealistic young man and his lover. They are abducted by aliens, who have determined that he is the best suited to be absolute ruler of their empire.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #13 published February 1968
as The Failure! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #55 published May 1973
as Il fallimento [Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Il fallimento", Italian translation
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [X-580]
Disclose Notes: This is the last general science fiction story narrated by the Watcher in Tales of Suspense. Future issues star the Watcher as a protagonist.

Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo.

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