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CATALOG RECORD

Tales of Suspense #46

Marvel · Series began 1959 · October 1963

Dates

Cover date
October 1963
On sale
July 9, 1963
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #46 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

script: Stan Lee, Robert Bernsteinpencils: Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Michelle Wright, Steve Ditko, Sol Brodskyinks: Dick Ayers, Don Heck, Michelle Wright, Steve Ditko, Sol Brodskycolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek, Sam Rosen, Ray Holloway

Stories

  • Iron Man Faces the Crimson Dynamo! · 13 pages

    Khrushchev sends the Crimson Dynamo to the United States to "wreck Stark's project and get rid of Iron Man." Iron Man defeats the Crimson Dynamo and convinces him to defect.

  • The Utopia · 2 pages

    Two old friends deceive each other about their own success, until a dream of a heavenly restaurant teaches them the importance of honesty.

  • The Gargoyles · 5 pages

    A man discovers a race of creatures that come up from below ground that the African natives base their wood carvings upon. Since they keep their presence secret, the man worries they mean humanity harm, but everyone he speaks to refuses to believe his fantastic tale. Finally, an African expert agrees to listen to his story, but convinces the man he is imagining things. After he leaves the expert's office, the expert is shown removing a rubber mask revealing him as one of the gargoyles.

  • Mr. Flubb's Flashlight · 5 pages

    A lazy and incompetent reporter saves a stranger's life. When he's offered a flashlight as a reward he is offended and turns it down, so the stranger uses the light (a transporter) to return to Alpha Centauri.

Reprinted in

Fantastic! (1967), The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (2008), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Weird Planets (1962), Uncanny Tales (1963), Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2006), Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (1965), Fantastic Annual (1967), Terrific! (1967), Giant-Size Dracula (1974), Dracula Lives (1974), Chiller Pocket Book (1980), 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)

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