Tales of Suspense 1959 #50 - 2.5 - $125.00

The Pentagon sends Iron Man into red China to get information on the Mandarin, an evil scientist feared even by the Communist regime. Iron Man struggles to overcome the Mandarin's powerful rings and martial arts, but he escapes his castle.

A man frantically tries to convince passersby that he is being chased by storybook characters. He is arrested by the police, but disappears from his jail cell, as he himself is a fictional character created by Larry Lieber.

A meek and lonely space pilot volunteers for a suicide mission to investigate a strange cosmic cloud. The cloud hides a utopian planet, whose inhabitants only want humans brave enough to face the unknown to visit them.

Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Is the second issue without text pages. On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1963, page 420, registration number B72338.

• The Mandarin! - Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
• The Hands of the Mandarin! - Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo: https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/complete-story/don-heck-tales-of-suspense-50-complete-13-page-story-the-hands-of-the-mandarin-original/a/7248-91015.s In this story Pepper gets a makeover and is consequently redrawn as a more attractive woman.
• Another Marvel Masterpiece - Advertises Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #9 (February 1964). Printed between the pages of the Iron Man story.
• Them! - Info from St?phane Petit via the GCD Error Report (September 28, 2009).
• Another Marvel Masterpiece - Advertises Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #23 (February 1964).
• Journey's End! - Lettering credit is from the reprint in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #5.(Checked by Merlin Haas from that issue, October 1, 2009.)