Tales of Suspense, #43
Published: July 1963
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Kala, Queen of the Netherworld!
"Either betray your world, Iron Man, or I will slay your friends!"
Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]
- Kala
- Jim
- Evans
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Dick Ayers
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Kala, Queen of the Netherworld!
"Entering our Netherworld was the mistake of your life, Iron Man!"
Storyline
Stark is abducted by the queen of an underground kingdom to help her invade the surface. As Iron Man, Stark shows her that she would rapidly age on the surface, convincing her to call off the invasion.
Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]
- Kala (introduction)
- General Baxu (introduction)
- Jim
- Evans
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Script: Robert Bernstein
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Don Heck
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Kala next appears in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #127 (October 1972).
The Journey
"It didn't take much for Harry to turn blue."
Storyline
A man finds out that he keeps turning blue because he is really an alien from a planet of blue people.
Characters
- Harry
- Al
Story Notes
Text story with illustration.
You Can't Change the Past!
"He told me that I must never dare go into the past, but I thought he was a fool!"
Storyline
A scientist creates a time machine just to prove that it can be done, but never plans to use it, since he knows that it would be too dangerous to attempt to alter the past. His assistant, however, is envious of the fame such a journey would bring and so clouts the scientist on the jaw and takes off in the machine, only to find himself stuck in the past rendered insubstantial by fate like a ghost unable to affect anything.
Characters
- Simon Stanley
- Jukes
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Steve Ditko
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Letters: Artie Simek
I Was A Victim of Venus!
"The year is 2005 and by now interplanetary hops are pretty routine!"
Storyline
A criminal steals a valuable diamond from Venus, but it is irradiated and makes him sick. He needs to steal the money to pay a doctor, but when he choses a target at random he kills the only doctor who could cure him.
Characters
- Dirk Morgan
- Siblus Sladd
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Script: Larry Lieber
- Pencils: Larry Lieber
- Inks: Matt Fox
Story Notes
Set in 2005.