Tales of Suspense #48

Dates

Cover date

December 1963

On sale

September 10, 1963

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #48 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

• The Mysterious Mr. Doll! · 18 pages

  Mister Doll uses magic dolls to take over whole companies. Iron Man stops him with the help of a new suit of armor. In the process Tony enrages Pepper by toying with her affections to create a diversion.

• The Pact · 2 pages

  A historian writing about the trial and execution of his ancestor for witchcraft interviews the only remaining party concerned in the case: the Devil.

• Kraddak · 5 pages

  An alien tells a greedy mine owner that he will be killed in a fall. The mine owner hides at the lowest possible point in his mine, but is killed in a cave-in.

Characters

Reprinted in

The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (2008), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Fantastic! (1967), Spellbound (1960), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Marvel Tales Annual (1964), Terrific! (1967), Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), Titan Pocket Book (1980), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Essential Iron Man (2000), Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (2003), Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (2005), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2006), Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (2010), Iron Man Epic Collection (2013), Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set (2014), Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (2019)