Tales of Suspense #63 White Mountain pedigree (Marvel, 1965) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages....

Auction amount: $10,755.00

Sold: Nov 20, 2009

Tales of Suspense #63 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1965

About Tales of Suspense #63

Captain America and Iron Man stories. First Silver Age origin of Captain America. Jack Kirby cover.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Origin of Captain America!

Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Phantom [Dr. Birch]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Agent R (introduction; called Agent X-13 in original telling of origin story, "Captain America Comics" #1, March 1941)

Pencils: Jack Kirby (Captain America) ; Don Heck (Iron-Man)

Inks: Sol Brodsky (Captain America) ; Dick Ayers (Iron-Man)

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Reprint information and character appearance supplied by Henry Kujawa via GCD Errors list (August 2007). Brodsky inks per Nick Caputo, Jan 2011. Former indexer listed Frank Giacoia. Iron-Man insert taken from interior scenes, per Nick Caputo.

STORY DETAILS

(3 Stories)

Title: Somewhere Lurks the Phantom!

Characters: Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan; Phantom [Dr. Birch]; Sam; Pete; Bill; Adams

Synopsis: Pepper and Happy are mourning Tony Stark's "death". Meanwhile, Stark builds a transistorized chest device that enables him to appear in public without his armor. Stark then leaves his lab, revealing that he is very much alive. This revelation causes Pepper to faint. Stark realizes that Happy loves Pepper. Stark then upsets an employee, Dr. Birch, by not making time to speak to him. Iron Man goes on to stop industrial saboteur the Phantom, who turns out to be an embittered Dr. Birch. Pepper and Happy go on a date. Tony is left alone to brood because he secretly loves Pepper too.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Don Heck

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: Sam Rosen

Reprints: Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #22 (August 1969)

Notes: Some reprint information for this sequence supplied by Henry Kujawa via GCD Errors list (August 2007).

Title: The Origin of Captain America!

Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky Barnes; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; General Phillips; Dr. Anderson (introduction); Agent R [Cynthia Glass] (security, "Project Rebirth"); Dr. Erskine (inventor, super-soldier formula, dies); Heinz Kruger (Nazi spy, dies); Sarge [Sgt. Duffy] (unnamed, Camp Lehigh instructor)

Synopsis: President Roosevelt institutes the top-secret program, "Project Rebirth." In a secret lab, scientist Dr. Erskine gives army 4F reject and volunteer Steve Rogers the "Super-soldier serum," which turns him into a virtual superman. But a Nazi spy who got past security murders Erskine before he can create an army of men like Rogers, and is killed when he runs headlong into some electrical machinery. Rogers becomes the costumed Captain America, as a symbol of freedom, and begins a career of smashing spy rings and the like. When Bucky discovers Steve's double-identity, he becomes Cap's partner.

Pages: 10.000

Script: Stan Lee; Jack Kirby (co-plot)

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Frank Giacoia [as Frank Ray]

Letters: Art Simek

Reprints: Giant-Size Captain America (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (1975), | Captain America Annual (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (January 1971)

Notes: Retelling of the story by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (March 1941). Professor Reinstein from the original version renamed Dr. Erskine here. Summary, notes, and other corrections submitted by Henry Kujawa via the GCD Errors list (August 2007).

Pages: 1.000

Script: Stan Lee

Letters: Typeset

Notes: Letters from Joe Adams, Richard Wilkee, Ira Friedman, George Hagenauer, Richard Dickson and a special announcements section. Marvel Checklist - comics listed with a synopsis are Fantastic Four #36, Spider-Man #22, Avengers #13, Daredevil #6, Thor (Journey Into Mystery) #113, Strange Tales #130, Astonish #65 and Sgt. Fury #15.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	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	3	0	1	1	4	14	26	32	38	55	61	54	75	92	93	88	77	94	55	34	20	13	0	0	0	930
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Signature Series	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	5	4	4	3	5	3	10	10	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	59
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	6	7	5	2	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	39
Total	3	0	2	2	4	15	28	37	40	62	67	60	80	99	104	105	92	101	61	38	21	15	0	0	0	1036

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