Tales of Suspense #43 Pacific Coast pedigree (Marvel, 1963) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages....

Auction amount: $7,767.50

Sold: Jul 28, 2012

Tales of Suspense #43 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1963

About Tales of Suspense #43

First appearance of Kala, Queen of the Netherworld. Iron Man cover by Jack Kirby. Story art by Kirby and Steve Ditko.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Kala, Queen of the Netherworld!

Characters: Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Kala; Jim; Evans

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Artie Simek

STORY DETAILS

(4 Stories)

Title: Kala, Queen of the Netherworld!

Characters: Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Kala (introduction); General Baxu (introduction); Jim; Evans

Synopsis: Stark is abducted by the queen of an underground kingdom to help her invade the surface. As Iron Man, Stark shows her that she would rapidly age on the surface, convincing her to call off the invasion.

Pages: 13.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein (script) [as R Berns]

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Don Heck

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #6 (December 1966)

Notes: Kala next appears in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #127 (October 1972).

Title: You Can't Change the Past!

Characters: Simon Stanley; Jukes

Synopsis: A scientist creates a time machine just to prove that it can be done, but never plans to use it, since he knows that it would be too dangerous to attempt to alter the past. His assistant, however, is envious of the fame such a journey would bring and so clouts the scientist on the jaw and takes off in the machine, only to find himself stuck in the past rendered insubstantial by fate like a ghost unable to affect anything.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Title: I Was A Victim of Venus!

Characters: Dirk Morgan; Siblus Sladd

Synopsis: A criminal steals a valuable diamond from Venus, but it is irradiated and makes him sick. He needs to steal the money to pay a doctor, but when he choses a target at random he kills the only doctor who could cure him.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils: Larry Lieber

Inks: Matt Fox

Letters: Tom Foral

Notes: Set in 2005.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	1	3	7	3	13	17	28	36	60	42	45	39	49	43	47	35	47	20	18	9	9	2	0	0	0	573
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	4	2	5	0	2	8	5	9	3	3	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	57
Total	0	0	0	1	3	7	4	13	22	30	42	64	49	47	42	59	50	57	38	51	29	20	10	10	2	0	0	0	650

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