Tales of Suspense, #51
Published: March 1964
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The Scarecrow!
Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]
- Scarecrow
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: George Roussos
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Sam Rosen
Story Notes
Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
The Sinister Scarecrow!
"Well, well!"
Storyline
A contortionist becomes the Scarecrow and steals some plans from Tony Stark to sell them to Cuba. Iron Man follows the Scarecrow and steals back the plans.
Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]
- Scarecrow [Ebenezer Laughton, stage name "Uncanny Umberto"] (introduction, origin)
- Pepper Potts
- Happy Hogan
- Veronica Vogue
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Don Heck
- Inks: Don Heck
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo. Scarecrow 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 Recipe
"Josie was a tomboy."
Storyline
A tomboyish girl tries out cooking to appease her mother, but accidentally cooks a witch's brew, totally inappropriate for a fairy like her.
Characters
- Josie
- Miss White
- Whiskers (cat)
Story Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Green Thing!
"If you look at this man, you'll see nothing unusual about him!"
Storyline
A psychic alien plant lands on Earth and torments a human to prove its power, but it is eaten by a crow.
Characters
- Fernusans (extraterrestrials)
- unnamed farmer
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Script: Larry Lieber
- Pencils: Larry Lieber
- Inks: Matt Fox
- Letters: Artie Simek
The Primitive!
"On another world, light years from our Earth, there stands a strange structure..."
Storyline
A space explorer finally gives up his quest to find a more advanced species, not knowing that the primitives he found were more advanced, until they invented the cobalt bomb.
Characters
- Watcher [Uatu] (narrator)
- Vince Harding
- Paul Harding
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Script: Larry Lieber
- Pencils: Larry Lieber
- Inks: Jannicke Storm Glomsrød
- Letters: Sam Rosen
Story Notes
Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1254829