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
Values
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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.
Publisher’s description
Watch his awesome approach! Listen to his ponderous footsteps as he lumbers closer... closer... for today you are destined to encounter - THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN!
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)