Marvel Released April 1963

Tales of Suspense #40 (1963) First Print

Tales of Suspense #40 is an issue of the Tales of Suspense series from Marvel, released April 1, 1963. Written by Stan Lee with artwork by Jack Kirby. Notable appearances include Iron Man. This page represents the regular first-print edition. Separate pages are available for the 1 incentive, retailer-exclusive and later-printing variant cover.

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Published April 1963

Pages 32

"Iron Man Versus Gargantus!"Chaos erupts when circus animals break free while Tony is on a date at the Circus. The animals prove no challenge to the powerful Iron Man armor, but Tony discovers Iron Man's intimidating image frightens the audience. At a suggestion from his date, Tony decides to paint his armor a more inspiring color -- Gold.Later, a thick wall emerges around Granville, sealing it off from the rest of the world. Iron Man sneaks in to investigate and finds the populace hypnotized into serving the massive, neanderthal-like Gargantus, a tool by which aliens intend to conquer the Earth. After working that Gargantus is a robot, Iron Man rips it apart with magnets, then frees the town."Wrong Number""Work of Art!""Prophet of Doom!"