Tales of Suspense Vol 1 45

Tales of Suspense #45
Previous Issue	Tales of Suspense #44
Next Issue	Tales of Suspense #46
Cover Date	September, 1963
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Stan Lee
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Country	USA

1. "The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Stan Lee Robert Bernstein
Penciler(s)	Don Heck
Letterer(s)	Sam Rosen
Editor(s)	Stan Lee
2. "I Come from Far Centaurus"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Stan Lee Larry Lieber
Penciler(s)	Larry Lieber
Editor(s)	Stan Lee

Appearing in "The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost!"

Featured Characters:

•  Iron Man (Tony Stark) 

Supporting Characters:

• Stark Industries
  • Happy Hogan  (First appearance)
  •  Pepper Potts  (First appearance)

Adversaries:

• Jack Frost (Gregor Shapanka)  (First appearance)(Origin revealed)

Other Characters:

• Mike (Single appearance) (mechanic in Tony's pit crew)
• New York policemen

Locations:

• Indiana
  • Indianapolis (First appearance)
    • Indianapolis Motor Speedway
• New York
  • New York City
    • Queens
      • Flushing
        • Stark Enterprises Main Plant
      • Shea Stadium (First appearance)
  • Long Island (Mentioned)

Items:

• Blizzard Armor (First appearance)
• Iron Man Armor MK II
• Iron Man's Briefcase
• Iron Man's tools
  • Miniature furnace

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost!"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "I Come from Far Centaurus"

Featured Characters:

• Victor Farrington
• The alien from Centaurus
• Items:
• Time sphere

Locations:

• Far Centaurus
• Solar Sector XB-61
• Earth

Synopsis for "I Come from Far Centaurus"

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• Cover art: pencils by Ditko and Kirby (Iron Man figure), inks by Heck. The Iron Man Figure is a stat taken from the splash page of "Iron Man Versus Kala, Queen of the Netherworld! in Tales of Suspense #43 slightly modified.

• This issue introduces a number of supporting elements to the Iron Man series:
  • Pepper Potts, Tony Stark's secretary and love interest
  • Happy Hogan, Tony Stark's chaffuer who will eventually become his close confidant
  • Stark Industries, its primary location identified this issue in the Long Island area.

• Jack Frost is Iron Man's first costumed superpowered foe.

• Stark refers to Iron Man as a "good friend" who drops by when he's in the neighborhood. Stark will later refer to Iron Man as his "bodyguard".

• This issue features the first time Iron Man utilized his armor's Jet-powered Boot Skates and uses his Monobeam as a Heat ray.

• Stark Industries' main plant is identified as being just off the Grand Central Parkway, "near" the new baseball stadium and the 1964 World's Fair.

• This issue is reprinted in comics and books, see references for more info.

Trivia

• Not long after suffering an almost fatal heart attack, Anthony Stark is seen smoking a pipe!!

• Tony Stark accidentally calls Pepper "Kitty" when introducing Happy.

• Iron Man appeared last in Iron Man: The Iron #1; He appears next in Tales of Suspense #46 (Next Issue). Also, some of the events in Iron Man: The Iron Age #2 take place between the events of this issue.

• Jack Frost appears next as Blizzard in Iron Man #86.

• A dream version of Jack Frost created by Count Nefaria appears in Tales of Suspense #67.

See Also

• 1 reprint(s) of Tales of Suspense Vol 1 45