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Tales of Suspense, #56 British

Published: August 1964

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Issue Contents:
The Uncanny Unicorn!

Story Featuring Iron Man

Characters
Other
Credits
Story Notes

Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.

The Uncanny Unicorn!

Story Featuring Iron Man

"I'm sick of being Iron Man!"

Storyline

A Soviet agent with high-tech armor comes to the US to capture Iron Man. He kidnaps Pepper and injures Happy to draw Iron Man out, and then threatens to blow up Stark's factory unless Iron Man comes with him. Iron Man boards Unicorn's plane, but then destroys it, though the Unicorn escapes.

Characters
Other
The Avengers
Credits
Story Notes

Unicorn next appears in a cameo in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #3 (1965), before appearing in X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #22 (July 1966).

The Watcher's Sacrifice!

Story Featuring Tales of the Watcher

"A little imagination... that's all it takes for us to..."

Storyline

The Watcher falls in love with a courageous alien queen, but his duty forces him to leave her.

Credits
Pouf!
Storyline

A boy stumbles across a secret disintegrating formula stolen from a government lab.

Story Notes

Text story with illustration. Printed between the Iron Man story and the Tales of the Watcher story. Continues from last issue.

Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!

Story Featuring Human Torch , Story Featuring Doctor Strange , Story Featuring Giant-Man and the Wasp

Story Notes

Advertises Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #123 (August 1964) and Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #58 (August 1964). Appears after page 5 of the Iron Man story.

Ad Featuring Famous Artists Schools

Ad Featuring Niresk Fishing Outfits

Ad Featuring American Body Building Club

Stamps; Shop By Mail
Story Notes

Various classified-style advertisements.

Hey Fellas... Now You Can Build Your Own Go-Kart

Ad Featuring Go-Kart and Speed-Bike Easy Plans

Stamps; Shop By Mail
Story Notes

Classified advertisements appearing between the text story and the Watcher story.

Make $3 to $5 an Hour Starting Soon
Story Notes

Advertisement for home electronics course.

Camouflage Paint
Story Notes

Sold by Novel Products Corp. Appears after the last page of the Iron Man story.

Story Notes

Advertisement for a coin bank shaped like a replica of the Unisphere from the 1964 New York World's Fair from Hanover Distributors.

Ad Featuring Grit Newspaper

Story Notes

Appears after page 13 of the Iron Man story.

Ad Featuring Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System

Story Notes

Appears after page 10 of the Iron Man story.

Ad Featuring Christy Trades School Training