• Genre:superhero

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:I trusted you... helped you!!
Universe:Marvel : mainstream

• Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]

  (introduction)
• Crimson Dynamo [Boris Turgenev]

  (introduction)
• Crimson Dynamo [Anton Vanko]

  (also in flashback, death)
• Happy Hogan
• Iron Man [Tony Stark]

  (also in flashback)
• Nikita Khruschev
• Pepper Potts

Synopsis:

The Black Widow and Boris are sent to America to kill Anton Vanko, the Crimson Dynamo, for defecting to America. They are also tasked with killing both Iron Man and Tony Stark.

Reprints (26)

• in Tales of Suspense (Panini Deutschland, 1999 series) #52
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #21 (8 July 1967) [Black and white. Pages 1 to 8 only.], #22 (15 July 1967) [Black and white, pages 9-13 only, plus a one page recap.]
• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #12 (December 1967)
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #70 (15 June 1974), #71 (22 June 1974)
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #47 ([November 1976]), #48 ([November 1976])
• in Titan Pocket Book (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #7 (1980)
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #193 (janvier 1986)
• in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #13 (December 1986) [excerpt]
• in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (November 2000) [black and white]
• in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008), #1 (2008)
• in Black Widow: The Sting of the Widow (Marvel, 2009 series) [Premiere Edition] (2009)
• in Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Magazine (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (June 2010)
• in Marvel's The Avengers: Black Widow Strikes (Marvel, 2012 series) (2012)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #2 (2012)
• in Marvel's Mightiest Heroes (Hachette Partworks, 2014 series) #27 - Black Widow
• in Iron Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - The Golden Avenger (2014)
• in Black Widow Epic Collection (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 - Beware the Black Widow (2019)
• in The Black Widow Strikes Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Marvel Tales: Black Widow (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
• in True Believers: Introducing the Black Widow (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 (June 2020)
• in Marvel's Black Widow Prelude (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
• in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 [Second Edition] (2023)
• in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #13 - Iron Man 2 (1963) ([Februar 2024])

• Genre:fantasy-supernatural
• Job Number:[G-719]

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Working as a page in a television studio was a very good start in the...

Synopsis:

A TV studio page and aspiring magician gets a lucky break when he meets a real sorcerer time traveling from the past.

Reprints (1)

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #34 (August 1955) [page 1]

Continues in next issue.

• Genre:horror-suspense

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:You, out there! Yes, you with the doubting eyes and sneering smile!

Synopsis:

A fake medium uses special effects to simulate supernatural powers, but he is taken into the spirit world by real ghosts as punishment.

Reprints (4)

• in Tales of Suspense (Panini Deutschland, 1999 series) #52
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #33 (mai 1974) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Docteur Strange (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #6 - La reine de l'ombre (février 1983)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 (2012)

Average monthly paid circulation/print run October 1962–September 1963 (issues #37–48): 188,245/318,952. Paid circulation/print run for issue #48: 189,110/315,053. This shares the page with the promo.

• Genre:science fiction; superhero
• Job Number:[X-580]

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:I am the Watcher, ageless observer of the ever-changing universe! I have seen...
Universe:Marvel : mainstream

• The Watcher [Uatu]

  (narrator)

Synopsis:

The Earth of the future is overwhelmingly materialistic, except for one idealistic young man and his lover. They are abducted by aliens, who have determined that he is the best suited to be absolute ruler of their empire.

Reprints (7)

• in Tales of Suspense (Panini Deutschland, 1999 series) #52
• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #29 (28 October 1967)
• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #13 (February 1968)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #55 (15 Maggio 1973) [as "Il fallimento", Italian translation]
• in Submariner (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #3 (avril 1977) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Rarities (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
• in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - Génesis (Junio 2016)

This is the last general science fiction story narrated by the Watcher in Tales of Suspense. Future issues star the Watcher as a protagonist.

Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo.