| Issue | #45 |
| Published | September 1963 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in June 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements and is the first issue of Tales of Suspense without text pages. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jack Frost [Gregor Shapanka]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby (Iron Man); Steve Ditko ?; Don Heck ? |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | Art credits from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006). Iron Man figure statted from splash page of the Iron Man story in issue #43 (July 1963). |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #8 (April 1967); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #20 (1992); in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (2000) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003); in Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008) |
| Characters | Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jack Frost [Gregor Shapanka] (introduction, origin, later called Blizzard); Happy Hogan (introduction); Pepper Potts (introduction) |
| Synopsis | A washed up boxer saves Stark's life, and he hires him as a chauffeur. Meanwhile, a scientist fired by Stark creates a suit that gives him the power to freeze whatever is near him. He attacks Stark and Iron Man stops him. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein [as R. Berns] (script) |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Letters | Sam Rosen |
| Notes | Happy Hogan is based on pro wrestler-turned-actor Nat Pendleton; Pepper Potts is based on actress Ann B. Davis. [per Henry Kujawa] |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #8 (April 1967); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #20 (1992); in Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (2000) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003); in Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008) |
| Synopsis | Advertises the Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (September 1963). Printed between the pages of the Iron Man story. |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Synopsis | Advertises Fantastic Four Annual (Marval, 1963 series) #1 (1963), Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #2 (1963) and the launch of the X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series). Printed between the Iron Man story and the back-up story. |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers (Fantastic Four Annual); Unknown (Strange Tales Annual and X-Men) |
| Characters | Victor Farrington |
| Synopsis | A greedy man is delighted when an alien shows that he will be rich, but he is sentenced to exile for fraud, and imprisoned on an asteroid where his money is useless. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Larry Lieber |
| Inks | Matt Fox |
| Letters | Artie Simek |