Tales of Suspense 1959 #47 - 4.0 - $120.00
A former competitor of Tony Stark becomes the Melter and sabotages one of his plants. Iron Man tries to defend it but must flee before the Melter. He defeats him by constructing an aluminum suit that he cannot melt.
A former pilot can't get anyone to believe his story about the fatal radium poisoning he picked up from an alien, and so keeps spreading it.
A radar operator turns off Earth's defenses when alien raiders offer him the most beautiful woman in the universe, but he finds out too late that she is only beautiful to them.
Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date is the publication date reported in U.S. Copyright Office filings.
- The Mysterious Melter! - Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006); the original indexer credited Dick Ayers.
- Iron Man Battles the Melter! - Aluminum actually has a significantly lower melting point than iron.
- The Green Man - Text story with illustration.
- Shock! - This is a retelling of "The Coming of the Krills" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko from Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #8 (January 1962). Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
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