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Tales of Suspense #39
March 1963 · 0.12 USD · 36 pages
On sale 1962-12-10
Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Synopsis
Playboy industrialist and weapons designer Tony Stark is injured in Vietnam and captured by communists. While pretending to build a weapon for his captors he builds a suit of battle armor to keep his injured heart beating and uses it to escape and beat the communist commander.
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
- Plot
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Gene Colan, Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Don Heck, Gene Colan, Steve Ditko
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek, Ray Holloway
- Editor
- Stan Lee
Characters
Notes
Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from Marvel's press release as published in "The Comic Reader" #13 and matches the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1963, page 173, registration number B12121.
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