WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
first Iron Man
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) — introduction · origin
- Professor Yinsen (from Iron Man) — introduction
- Wong-Chu (from Iron Man) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- March 1963
- On sale
- December 10, 1962
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #39 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
This edition’s page
Tales of Suspense No. 39 Facsimile Edition (2020). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.
Creators
Stories
- Iron Man Is Born! · 13 pages
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.
- The Treasure · 2 pages
A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes.
- The Last Rocket! · 5 pages
When the sun starts dieing humanity goes into space, except for two nature lovers. Just as the last rocket leaves a new sun flares to life, and the two remaining humans, Adam and Eve, rename the planet Earth.
- Gundar! · 5 pages
A shipwrecked man finds cursed viking ghosts on an island, and his descent from the captain that cursed them releases them.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Milestone Edition: Tales of Suspense #39 (1993), The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (2008), Tales of Suspense No. 39 Facsimile Edition (2020), Weird Planets (1962), Uncanny Tales (1963), Fantastic! (1967), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2006), Marvel Tales Annual (1964), Sinister Tales (1964), Terrific! (1967), Creatures on the Loose (1971), The Mighty World of Marvel (1972), Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), Son of Origins of Marvel Comics (1975), Doctor Who Weekly (1979), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Marvel Limited: Fantastic Firsts (1994), Son of Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (1997), Essential Iron Man (2000), Fantastic Firsts (2002)