Tales of Suspense #43

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].

  This edition’s page

Creators

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.

Publisher’s description

Down, down to the center of the earth goes Iron man, on his most dangerous mission of his career! The fate of the entire world hangs in the balance as a fantastic duel takes place at the earth's core between two ultra-powerful foes! Iron Man and Kala, Queen of the Netherworld!

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)