CATALOG RECORD

Tales of Suspense #44

Marvel · Series began 1959 · August 1963

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Dates

Cover date: August 1963
On sale: May 9, 1963
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #44 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, Don Heck, Larry Lieber, Steve Ditkoinks: Dick Ayers, Don Heck, Paul Reinman, Steve Ditkocolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek, Sam Rosen

Stories

The Mad Pharoah! · 13 pages
After waking up from a 2000 years long sleep, Hatap, the Mad Pharoah [sic], brings Tony Stark in the past to resume his war against Cleopatra. Stark helps Cleopatra defeat Hatap as Iron Man.
The Tree · 2 pages
When a family moves to a house in the country their son finds a gnarled little tree on their land that grants wishes.
One of Us Must Die! · 5 pages
When a space passenger yacht is damaged, one of the passengers must be sacrificed for the others to survive. The captain lies in order to discover which is the most selfish and trick that person into making the sacrifice.
I Come From the Sky! · 5 pages
A communist agent in Africa is supplying guns and explosives to tribesmen to encourage uprisings. When flying his plane to another group, he gets struck by lightning and ditches his plane near an unknown tribe. These natives are like the ones in King Kong who have built a huge wall to keep out some horrible beast. The agent uses his lighter and last bullet to convince them he is a sky-god, but they deposit him outside the wall, alone and unarmed, with instructions to use his divine powers to defeat their huge beast.

Reprinted in

Creepy Worlds (1962), The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (2008), Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2006), Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (1965), Fantastic! (1967), Star Wars Weekly (1978), 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)