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Issue: Tales of Suspense #40
Publication Date: April 1963
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Issues: #40 of 99 Issues (172 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/10/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1963, page 429, registration number B17487.
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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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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Original Artwork
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Gargantus
First Line: His size alone does not worry me! But...
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2003
In Issue: FlagThe Invincible Iron Man Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2008
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #1 published January 2010
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #20 published October 1992
as Tales of Suspense #40 [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 #40 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense No. 39 [Marvel Legends] #[nn] published February 2006
as Tales of Suspense #40 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Iron Man versus Gargantus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jeanne; Marion; Gargantus (introduction, origin); aliens
First Line: History has recorded many a bitter duel to the death!
Synopsis: Tony takes his newest date, Marion, to the circus. When the wild animals escape, he rounds them up as Iron Man. His grey armor scares the onlookers. Marion suggests that a golden metal might make him look more heroic. A golden Iron Man then battles Gargantus, who turns out to be a mighty robot built by aliens. Iron Man defeats Gargantus by hurling three magnets at him. The magnets float around the robot, ripping its body to pieces. Iron Man then throws the magnets at a flying saucer he just spotted. The aliens flee and, next day, Tony has another date with Marion.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2003
In Issue: FlagThe Invincible Iron Man Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2008
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #1 published January 2010
In Issue: FlagIron Man Epic Collection #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #3 published June 1966
as Iron Man versus Gargantus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic! #3 published March 1967
as Iron Man versus Gargantus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 1
In Content Item: FlagFantastic! #4 published March 1967
as Iron Man versus Gargantus! [part 2] [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 2
In Content Item: FlagFakkelen og Jernmannen #1/1968 published January 1968
as Jernmannen mot Gargantus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #8 [Direct Edition] published July 1986
as Book VIII: Fateful Encounters! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #20 published October 1992
as Iron Man versus Gargantus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Iron Man #1 [1st Printing] published November 2000
as Iron Man versus Gargantus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense No. 39 [Marvel Legends] #[nn] published February 2006
as Iron Man versus Gargantus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: X-131
Disclose Notes: George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index incorectly credts Jon D'Agostino as letterer.
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Wrong Number

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Joey Doakes; Phil Turner
First Line: Joey Doakes dozed fitfully and dreamed of bygone days.
Synopsis: An ordinary man realizes that he is really a medieval knight.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #39 published January 1956
was Wrong Number [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
Job Number: H-721
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. The first page of this story is printed between the pages of the Iron Man story, while the second is printed between the two back-up stories. The last page is split with the statement of ownership.
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Work of Art!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Frans Ridderkerk; Henrick Rammp
First Line: All his life he had longed for a masterpiece!
Synopsis: An unsuccessful artist tries to force a new painter to show him how to paint lifelike pictures. The painter is a sorcerer, and traps the artist in one of his paintings, the secret to his realism.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as Work of Art! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-132
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Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208)

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Average sales per issue October 1961–September 1962 (issues #26–36), despite monthly cover dates): 126,140. This shares the last page of "Wrong Number".
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Prophet of Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Charlie; Joe
First Line: There didn't seem to be anything strange about him--until he took off his hat!
Synopsis: A man from the future arrives in the present day in order to set himself up as ruler. He attempts to extort 100 million dollars from the Secretary General of the United Nations only to be shocked when the Secretary reveals that he too is from the future and that there are agents planted in every era in order to apprehend criminals who may attempt to alter the course of events.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDemonen #3/1968 published March 1968
as Dommedagsprofeten [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 1-3
In Content Item: FlagDemonen #4/1968 published April 1968
as Dommedagsprofeten [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 4-5
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as Prophet of Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-817

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