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Publishers / Marvel / Tales of Suspense (1959) / #44

44August 1963
$0.12

Tales of Suspense #44

Marvel · August 1963 · on sale May 9, 1963

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Identification plate

Series: Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series)
Issue: #44
Publication date: August 1963
Key date: August 1963
On-sale date: May 9, 1963
Indicia publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Mad Pharoah!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Cleopatra VII
1	The Mad Pharoah!	comic story	13	script: Stan Lee, Robert Bernstein; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don Heck; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mad Pharoah [sic] [Hatap] (introduction); Cleopatra VII; Paul (archeologist)
2	The Tree	text story	2	letters: typeset	Wally Hadley; Mr. Hadley; Mrs. Hadley
3	One of Us Must Die!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Larry Lieber; inks: P. Reinman; letters: A. Simek	Darius Wentworth
4	I Come From the Sky!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek	Serge Plotski

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 9d [0-0-9 GBP]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #7	1967	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #20 ISBN 0-87135-912-X	1992	On eBay ›
Essential Iron Man #1 ISBN 0-7851-0759-2	2000	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #1 ISBN 0-7851-1186-7	2003	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #4344 of 99#45 ›

Sources

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