Tales of Suspense, #56 British
Published: August 1964
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The Uncanny Unicorn!
Characters
- Iron Man (mainstream Universe)
- Milos Masaryk (mainstream Universe)
- Pepper Potts (mainstream Universe)
- Tony Stark (mainstream Universe)
- Unicorn (mainstream Universe)
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Dick Ayers
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
The Uncanny Unicorn!
"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
- Giant-Man (mainstream Universe)
- Happy Hogan (mainstream Universe)
- Iron Man (mainstream Universe)
- Milos Masaryk (mainstream Universe) [Origin]
- Pepper Potts (mainstream Universe)
- Hank Pym (mainstream Universe)
- Tony Stark (mainstream Universe)
- Thor (mainstream Universe)
- Unicorn (mainstream Universe) [Origin]
- Janet Van Dyne (mainstream Universe)
- Wasp (mainstream Universe)
- Don Blake (mainstream Universe)
- Crimson Dynamo [Anton Vanko] (flashback)
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Don Heck
- Inks: Don Heck
- Letters: Xenia Pamfil
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).
Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!
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.
Story Notes
Appears after page 10 of the Iron Man story.
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Appears after page 13 of the Iron Man story.
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Advertisement for a coin bank shaped like a replica of the Unisphere from the 1964 New York World's Fair from Hanover Distributors.
Camouflage Paint (1)
Story Notes
Sold by Novel Products Corp. Appears after the last page of the Iron Man story.
Make $3 to $5 an Hour Starting Soon (1)
Story Notes
Advertisement for home electronics course.
Pouf!
Storyline
A boy stumbles across a secret disintegrating formula stolen from a government lab.
Characters
- Charlie Smith
- Will
Story Notes
Text story with illustration. Printed between the Iron Man story and the Tales of the Watcher story. Continues from last issue.
Stamps; Shop By Mail (1)
Story Notes
Classified advertisements appearing between the text story and the Watcher story.
The Watcher's Sacrifice!
"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.
Characters
- Watcher [Uatu]
- Queen Kalthea
- Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo)
- Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo)
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (cameo)]
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Script: Larry Lieber
- Pencils: Larry Lieber
- Inks: Jamie Chase
- Letters: Blake Seals
Hey Fellas... Now You Can Build Your Own Go-Kart (1)
Stamps; Shop By Mail
Story Notes
Various classified-style advertisements.