*Marvel: Iron Man’s very first appearance, in the pages of Tales of Suspense #39; abducted by Reds behind the Bamboo Curtain and forced to manufacture advanced weapons to crush capitalism, Tony Stark turned the tables on his captors by devising a cybernetic suit of armour which transformed him into an unstoppable juggernaut of justice – but at the cost of a near-fatal injury to his heart, which required constant contact with his robotic armour to keep beating! Under the artistic talents of (usually) Don Heck (who devoted special attention, bless him, to the many shapely ladies Tony Stark romanced), the sophisticated world of Tony Stark vied with the action-adventure of his Iron Man persona for the readers’ attention. With two fantasy back-ups, one by Steve Ditko.
This is a pence printed copy with an unmarked cover and good colours. The spine is worn, with small splits along its length, an upper split of about 3 cm and a much shorter lower split with slight creasing at the corner of the spine base. The body is secured well at the staples, which are also firm at centrefold. There are a couple of small chips out at cover right edge. Minor tanning on inside covers, particularly along bottom edges, but decent off-white page quality. Plenty of images shown here; high resolution images are available on request. 
PICTURED: TALES OF SUSPENSE #39 GD p £3,850