Tales of Suspense Vol 1 54

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Tales of Suspense Vol 1 #54

June, 1964

Editor-in-Chief

Stan Lee

Cover Artists

Jack Kirby

Publisher

Marvel Comics

"Secret Mission"

"Hands Off"

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Appearing in "Mandarin's Revenge!"

Featured Characters:

•  Iron Man (Tony Stark) 

Supporting Characters:

• Stark Industries
  •  Happy Hogan 
  •  Pepper Potts 

Adversaries:

•  Mandarin 

Other Characters:

• United States Army
  • Various officials

Locations:

• Stark Industries
• People's Republic of China
  • Valley of Spirits
    • Mandarin's Castle
• Washington DC
  • Pentagon

Items:

• Iron Man Armor MK III
• Iron Man's Briefcase
• Makluan Power Rings
• Stark Industries' Observer Missile (First appearance)

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "Mandarin's Revenge!"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

  Appearing in "Secret Mission"

• Appearances not yet listed
  

Synopsis for "Secret Mission"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

  Appearing in "Skrang Strikes Tonight"

Featured Characters

• Skrang

Other characters

• Planet Taker Corps
• Mrs Hotchkiss
  
  

Synopsis for "Skrang Strikes Tonight"

Skrang of the Planet Taker Corps lands on Earth, intending to conquer it with his matchless weaoponry, but is frightened off when he sees old Miss Hotchkiss's fox fur wrap; the Fox People being his people's ancient enemies and regarded as unbeatable any race that can wear a fox head as a trophy must be too tough to mess with!

Appearing in "Hands Off"

Featured Characters:

• The Watcher (Uatu)

Supporting Characters:

• Ikor (Uatu's father) (Only in flashback)
• Emnu
• Yrds (First appearance)

Locations:

• Yrest (First appearance)
  
  

Synopsis for "Hands Off"

Starting where the previous issue ended, Uatu is still angry and confused by the vow that he was forced to take, never to interfere, only to observe. On another planet, alien beings have run out of room to store all their radioactive waste, and have decided to shoot it into outer space, even though this action may harm another world, because it will at least save their own. Uatu sees the radioactive waste hurtling through space, and he also sees a runaway planet heading towards another world. He briefly considers stopping both of these potentially calamitous events, but remembers his vow. The radioactive waste hits the runaway planet, stopping both in their tracks, and disaster is averted without the Watcher having done anything but observe. He now sees the wisdom of the vow of his people.

Notes

• Iron Man first appears with his Rivet-faced helmet in this story, replacing the horned helmet adopted in Tales of Suspense #48.
• The Iron Man story (Sequence One) is Job #X-762.
• A two page text piece, (Sequence II) "Secret Mission" (Job #H-487) is contained between pages 5 and 6.
• Sequence III is "Skrang Stikes Tonight"-- Job #X-656
• Sequence IV is "The Watcher"-- Job #X-654
• This issue features Tony Stark smoking a pipe.
• This issue is reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

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See Also

• Discuss Tales of Suspense Vol 1 54 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Tales of Suspense series

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Recommended Reading

• Iron Man last appeared in Avengers #6; He appears next in Tales of Suspense #55 (Next Issue)
• The Mandarin last appeared in Tales of Suspense #50; He appears next in Tales of Suspense #55 (Next Issue)

Links and References

• None.