*Marvel: it’s not very often we come across a copy of Iron Man’s second appearance in Tales Of Suspense #40. This is the one where he comes up against Gargantus – a neanderthal giant with a big club – and has the brainwave of changing his armour to gold (to make himself less frightening to women and children, natch). Thus Iron Man only stayed grey for one issue, just like the Hulk.
PICTURED: TALES OF SUSPENSE #40 GD p £200. A lower graded but perfectly serviceable copy of this significant issue. Pence printed. The cover scene is okay, but there are a fair number of colour-breaking creases across the logo, edges and centre. Slight nicks at top and bottom spine, and a bit tired overall. marvel chipping to right edge, but not too bad; small chip out edge back cover and edge wear generally with corner blunting. Staples are fairly tight at spine and centrefold and page quality is a reasonable off-white to cream.