Tales of Suspense

Tales of Suspense
Tales of Suspense #1 (Jan. 1959). Cover art by Don Heck.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	monthly
Format	Ongoing
Publication date	January 1959 - March 1968 (becomes Captain America)
Number of issues	99
Main character(s)	Iron Man The Watcher Captain America
Creative team
Writer(s)	Robert Bernstein, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Penciller(s)	Dick Ayers, Steve Ditko, Don Heck, Gil Kane, Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman, John Romita, Sr.,
Inker(s)	Frank Giacoia, Joe Sinnott, John Tartaglione

Tales of Suspense is the name of an American comic book series and two one-shot comics published by Marvel Comics. The first, which ran from 1959 to 1968, began as a science-fiction anthology that served as a showcase for such artists as Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Don Heck, then featured superheroes Captain America and Iron Man during the Silver Age of Comic Books before changing its title to Captain America with issue #100 (cover-dated April 1968). Its sister title was Tales to Astonish.

Tales of Suspense and its sister publication Tales to Astonish were both launched with a January 1959 cover date. Initially published under Atlas Comics, the 1950s forerunner of Marvel, it fell under the Marvel banner with issue #19 (July 1961), the first with a cover sporting the early "MC" box. It contained science-fiction mystery/suspense stories written primarily by editor-in-chief Stan Lee and his brother, Larry Lieber, with artists including Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Don Heck. Issue #9 (May 1960) introduced Chondu the Mystic as an anthological-story character; he would be reintroduced as a supervillain in the 1970s.