Lot # 1798: 1964-1968 Marvel Tales of Suspense Iron Man/Captain America Double Feature Near-Complete Run (36/42)

Tales of Avengers founding fathers and longtime leaders Iron Man and Captain America are told, in this 1964-1968 Marvel Tales of Suspense collection. These iconic super-heroes are billed as a double feature throughout this classic Silver Age comic book run, which ranges in condition as 44% Fn to Fn-Vf, 50% Gd to Vg-Fn, 6% lesser. Introduced in 1963, in issue #39 of this title, Iron Man was joined by Captain America in 1964, to make Tales of Suspense an irresistible lure on neighborhood newsstands. Cap had made a big name for himself back in the early days of the Golden Age, when Marvel was still known as Timely Comics. After years on ice, the Star-Spangled Avenger was thawed out in the Silver Age in Avengers #4. He popularity zoomed and his solo stories in this title quickly followed. This important selection begins with issue #58, a prized comic featuring a battle between Captain America and Iron Man. In all, this offering accounts for (36/42) Tales of Suspense issues starring these mega-popular heroes.

Featured issue numbers are: 58 classic cover with Iron Man batting Captain America Gd, 61, 64, 65 first Silver Age Red Skull in WWII stories Gd, 67, 69 first Titanium Man Vg-, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 first Agent 13 Gd+, 76 second Batroc/first cover Vg-, 77 first Peggy Carter Gd-Vg, 78, 79 iron Man and Sub-Mariner battle begins, first Cosmic Cube, first modern Red Skull Fn-Vf, 80 classic Red Skull cover Fn+, 81, 82 introduction of the Adaptoid by Jack Kirby Fn-Vf, 83, 84, 85 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92 first Nick Fury crossover as Agent of SHIELD Fn-Vf, 93, 94 introduction of MODOK Fn+, 95, 96, 97 first Whiplash Fn+, 98 Captain America and Black Panther classic cover Fn+, 99 final issue, first full appearance of new Zemo Vg-Fn.