• Genre:superhero
• Job Number:X-672

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Being a superhero like Iron Man isn't all fun and glamor!

Synopsis:

Tony's observer missiles have failed in Vietnam. So, he goes to investigate, wich leads him to the Mandarin. He attacks the Mandarin's castle, but he is captured.

Reprints (14)

• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #25 (5 August 1967) [Black and white, pages 1-8 only.], #26 (12 August 1967) [Black and white, pages 9-13 only, plus new recap page.]
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #79 (17 August 1974) [Pages 1-8], #80 (24 August 1974) [Pages 9-13 plus new splash, o.t. "The Mandarin's Revenge!"]
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #51 ([Januar 1977]), #52 ([Januar 1977])
• in Titan Pocket Book (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #8 (1980)
• in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (November 2000) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([May] 2005)
• in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008), #1 (2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #2 (2012)
• in Iron Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - The Golden Avenger (2014)
• in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 [Second Edition] (2023)
• in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #19 - Iron Man 3 (1964) ([Mai] 2024)

The Mandarin last appears in issue #50 (February 1964). This story continues next issue.

• Genre:spy
• Job Number:H-487

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:"The effect of sound waves upon matter have always been a problem of interest to scientists, Mr. Bolton," Professor Carmichael told...

Synopsis:

A bookkeeper dreams that he is a government agent hunting a mad scientist with a destructive sound device.

Reprints (1)

• from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #43 (January 1956)

Sequence inclusion due to David Postle via the GCD Error List (27 February 2007). The first page is printed between the pages of the Iron Man story, while the second page is printed between the back-up story and Tales of the Watcher story. The last page is split with a promo.

• Genre:science fiction
• Job Number:X-656

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:If you're a faithful reader of our mags, you know that fantasy tales can begin at the most unlikely places... even on...
• Keywords:spectro-scanner

Synopsis:

An invincible alien invader has weapons that can disable all Earth's armed forces, but he is frightened off when he see's an old lady's fox-fur collar, since his people have never been able to beat a fox-like alien race, and he thinks that the humans have beat and skinned them.

Reprints (1)

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 (2012)

This is the last non superhero comic story to appear in Tales of Suspense.

• Genre:science fiction; superhero
• Job Number:X-654

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:On a distant spinning sphere stands the strangest figure in the heavens--the majestic Watcher, whom we now...
• Keywords:radioactive waste

Synopsis:

The Watcher is tempted to break his vow of non-interference, but sees that it is for the best to obey.

Reprints (6)

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #10 (August 1967)
• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #31 (11 November 1967)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #59 (10 Luglio 1973)
• in Frankenstein (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #9 (1er trimestre 1978) [N&B et recadré [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)