| Issue | #39 |
| Published | March 1963 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in December 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Iron Man [Tony Stark] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index. |
| Reprinted | in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1975 series) #[nn] (1975); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #20 (1992); in Marvel Milestone Edition: Tales of Suspense #39 (Marvel, 1994 series) #[nn] (November 1994); in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) #[nn] (1997); in Essential Iron Man (Marvel 2000 series) #1 (2000) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2003 Series) #1 (2003); in Tales of Suspense No. 39 (Marvel, 2006 Series) #[nn] (February 2006); in Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008) |
| Characters | Iron Man [Tony Stark] (introduction, origin); Wong-Chu (villain, introduction), Professor Yinsen (introduction, death) |
| Synopsis | Playboy industrialist and weapons designer Tony Stark is injured in Vietnam and captured by communists. While pretending to build a weapon for his captors he builds a suit of battle armor to keep his injured heart beating and uses it to escape and beat the communist commander. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | This is the first Iron Man story. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964); in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1975 Series) #[nn] (1975); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #20 (1992); in Marvel Milestone Edition: Tales of Suspense #39 (Marvel, 1994 series) #[nn] (November 1994); in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) #[nn] (1997); in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (2000) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2003 Series) #1 (2003); in Tales of Suspense No. 39 (Marvel, 2006 Series) #[nn] (February 2006); in Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008) |
| Characters | Tommy Miller; Mr. Miller; Mrs. Miller; Wish |
| Synopsis | A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes. |
| Genre | occult |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #36 (October 1955) |
| Characters | Adam; Eve |
| Synopsis | When the sun starts dieing humanity goes into space, except for two nature lovers. Just as the last rocket leaves a new sun flares to life, and the two remaining humans, Adam and Eve, rename the planet Earth. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ? |
| Pencils | Gene Colan |
| Inks | Gene Colan |
| Letters | Ray Holloway |
| Notes | This is a retelling of "I Am the Last Man on Earth!" drawn by Don Heck in Strange Worlds (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (December 1958). Script and letters credits from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Milestone Edition: Tales of Suspense #39 (Marvel, 1994 series) #[nn] (November 1994) |
| Characters | Gundar |
| Synopsis | A shipwrecked man finds cursed viking ghosts on an island, and his descent from the captain that cursed them releases them. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Reprinted | in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #22 (March 1973); in Marvel Milestone Edition: Tales of Suspense #39 (Marvel, 1994 series) #[nn] (November 1994) |