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Issue: Tales of Suspense #53

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Publication Date: May 1964

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Issues: #53 of 99 Issues (172 Printings)

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Variant: UK Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

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Price: 9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
6 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

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Format

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

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Tales of Suspense #53 [U.S. Cover Price]

Tales of Suspense #53 [UK Cover Price]

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Content Items (6 total)

The Black Widow Strikes Again!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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Pages: 1

The Black Widow Strikes Again!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Igor; Stansky

First Line: One evening, in the private laboratory of handsome Tony Stark, an...

Synopsis: To redeem herself in the eyes of the communist leader, Black Widow steals the new anti-grav ray device developed by Tony Stark and attacks Fort Knox. Iron Man destroys the ray device, but the Black Widow escapes.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 13

Job Number: X-637

Notes: Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/TalesOfSuspense53splash.jpg/220px-TalesOfSuspense53splash.jpg

Black Widow next appears in issue #57 (September 1964).

The Magician

Text Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, occult

Character(s): Howard; Uncle Bart

Synopsis: A TV studio page and aspiring magician gets a lucky break when he meets a real sorcerer time traveling from the past.

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Pages: 1

Job Number: [G-719]

Notes: Text story with illustration. Continues from last issue.

The Omen

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Lokar

First Line: Are you superstitious?

Synopsis: A superstitious warlord thinks a flare of light is a good omen for an invasion, but when it is discovered to be a meteor his entire world must evacuate in order to survive.

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Pages: 5

Job Number: [X-580]

Notes: Job number revealed on original art.

The splash page title of this feature utilizes the same design as the more modern appearance of the X-men logo, first appearing in X-men #50 (1963) and matching the color scheme in #51 (1963).

Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Pages: 1

Notes: Advertises Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #12 (May 1964) and Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #26 (May 1964)

The Way It Began...

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Prosilicans

First Line: In a tension-filled operating room, grim-faced doctors labor valiantly to...

Synopsis: The Watcher comes from a super-advanced race that decides to share its technology with others. When their first attempt ends in tragedy they vow never to interfere with the affairs of less advanced species.

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Pages: 5

Notes: From here on, the Tales of the Watcher stories in Tales of Suspense are about the Watcher and his people.