Marvel Released December 1963

Tales of Suspense #48 (1963) First Print

Tales of Suspense #48 is an issue of the Tales of Suspense series from Marvel, released December 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 December 1963

Pages 32

A new villain, Mr. Doll, emerges with the power to control to cause intense pain to anyone he can mold his doll to resemble -- including Iron Man! One conflict with him leaves Tony so drained that he sees no choice but to build a new, lighter set of armor to relieve the stress on his heart.While Tony works on his secret project, Mr. Doll sets about stealing the fortunes of richest men in the city, and Tony Stark himself is Doll's next target.Iron Man manages to defeat Mr. Doll by shaping his doll with a ray into Mr. Doll's own face, then making him drop it.Accompanying comics include: "Kraddak" (Lee, Lieber, Bell, Simek)