CATALOG RECORD

Tales of Suspense #43

Marvel · Series began 1959 · July 1963

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Dates

Cover date: July 1963
On sale: April 9, 1963
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #43 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition12¢ cover
Source ↗
UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover

British

Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
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Creators

script: Stan Lee, Robert Bernstein, Larry Lieberpencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Larry Lieberinks: Dick Ayers, Don Heck, Steve Ditko, Matt Foxcolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek, Tom Foral

Stories

Kala, Queen of the Netherworld! · 13 pages
Stark is abducted by the queen of an underground kingdom to help her invade the surface. As Iron Man, Stark shows her that she would rapidly age on the surface, convincing her to call off the invasion.
The Journey · 2 pages
A man finds out that he keeps turning blue because he is really an alien from a planet of blue people.
You Can't Change the Past! · 5 pages
A scientist creates a time machine just to prove that it can be done, but never plans to use it, since he knows that it would be too dangerous to attempt to alter the past. His assistant, however, is envious of the fame such a journey would bring and so clouts the scientist on the jaw and takes off in the machine, only to find himself stuck in the past rendered insubstantial by fate like a ghost unable to affect anything.
I Was A Victim of Venus! · 5 pages
A criminal steals a valuable diamond from Venus, but it is irradiated and makes him sick. He needs to steal the money to pay a doctor, but when he choses a target at random he kills the only doctor who could cure him.

Reprinted in

Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Uncanny Tales (1963), The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (2008), Creepy Worlds (1962), Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2006), Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (1965), Fantastic! (1967), Titan Pocket Book (1980), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Essential Iron Man (2000), Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (2003), Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (2010), Iron Man Epic Collection (2013), Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set (2014), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)