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Issue: Tales of Suspense #55
Publication Date: July 1964
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Issues: #55 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: 04/09/1964
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): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newsstands in April 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 B102933.
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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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No One Escapes the Mandarin!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin
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: FlagEssential Iron Man #1 [1st Printing] published November 2000
as Tales of Suspense #55 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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No One Escapes the Mandarin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin; Happy Hogan; Pepper Potts
First Line: Last issue we left Iron Man trapped by the most powerful arch-villain of the Orient... the mysterious Mandarin!
Synopsis: Iron Man escapes the Mandarin and destroys the ray he used to interfere with US missiles. Meanwhile, Happy struggles to keep the company operating in Tony's absence.
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 Issue: FlagIron Man Epic Collection #1 [unnamed variant] published November 2014
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #15 published June 1968
as No One Escapes the Mandarin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Iron Man #1 [1st Printing] published November 2000
as No One Escapes the Mandarin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: X-673
Disclose Notes: Continues from last issue. The Mandarin next appears in issue #61 (January 1965).
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Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertises Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #14 (July 1964) and Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #28 (July 1964).
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All About Iron Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]; Mandarin; Scarecrow [Ebenezer Laughton]; Mister Doll [Nathan Dolly]; Gargantus; Crimson Dynamo [Anton Venko]; Jack Frost [Gregor Shapanka]; Pepper Potts [Virginia Potts]; Happy Hogan
Synopsis: A detailed guide to Iron Man's armor with some information about his personal life and supporting cast.
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 Issue: FlagIron Man Epic Collection #1 [unnamed variant] published November 2014
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #20 published October 1992
as All About Iron Man [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Iron Man #1 [1st Printing] published November 2000
as All About Iron Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-697
Disclose Notes: The first time we learn Pepper's real name: Virginia Potts.
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Pepper Potts' Pin-Up Page

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Pepper Potts
Character(s): Pepper Potts [Virginia Potts]; Happy Hogan
First Line: I've been out of film for the past hour!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #20 published October 1992
as Pepper Potts' Pin-Up Page [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Iron Man #1 [1st Printing] published November 2000
as Pepper Potts' Pin-Up Page [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The first time we learn Pepper's real name: Virginia Potts.
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The Atomizer

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Charlie Smith; Will; Joe; Charlie's mother
First Line: On his way home from school, Charlie Smith had stopped in at...
Synopsis: A boy stumbles across a secret disintegrating formula stolen from a government lab.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystic #39 published September 1955
was The Atomizer [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: [G-542]
Disclose Notes: Continues in next issue. This page includes a teaser for the next issue: "Next Ish: 'Iron Man Meets the Unicorn!'"
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The Sun-Stealer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Watcher [Uatu]; Xakku
First Line: Because he is sworn never to interfere in the lives of others, the Watcher, most powerful being in...
Synopsis: The Watcher must save Earth from an alien without breaking his vow of non-interference.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #20 published April 1969
as The Sun-Stealer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #60 published July 1973
as Il ladro del sole! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Il ladro del sole!", Italian translation
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-693

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