{"id":351,"date":"2014-07-25T22:28:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T22:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2014\/07\/for-sale-tales-of-suspense-vol-1-59-november-1964-featuring-iron-man-and-captain-america.html"},"modified":"2014-07-25T22:28:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T22:28:00","slug":"for-sale-tales-of-suspense-vol-1-59-november-1964-featuring-iron-man-and-captain-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2014\/07\/for-sale-tales-of-suspense-vol-1-59-november-1964-featuring-iron-man-and-captain-america.html","title":{"rendered":"For sale: Tales of Suspense, Vol 1, #59, November 1964, featuring Iron Man and Captain America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

According to sellmycomicbooks.com<\/a>, this particular issue is noteworthy for being the first solo appearance of Captain America in the \u201cSilver Age,\u201d and has sold for as high as $6,800.<\/p>\n

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\"Tales<\/p>\n

The copy we bought at the Goodwill for 10 cents earlier today? \u00a0It\u2019s coverless and has a page missing \u2014 the title page for the second story \u2014 which renders it effectively worthless to collectors.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s interesting, in its own way. \u00a0The two stories were nothing much, really: \u00a0in the first, Iron Man must battle the Black Knight, and most of the story is an extended fight scene, while at the same time, Pepper Potts and Happy try to break into his steel-reinforced private office because Tony Stark has retreated there looking desperately ill, and (unlike the movies) Iron Man is his secret identity, so they don\u2019t know he needed to recharge his \u201cprotective chest device\u201d and then suit up for battle. \u00a0In the second, Captain America is alone at the Avengers Mansion when a mob outfit attacks with the plan to \u201cgrab all the Avengers\u2019 secret plans we can find.\u201d \u00a0Apparently in this incarnation, Captain America doesn\u2019t have any superpowers, so they figure he\u2019ll be easy pickings, but his exceptional training means that he can overcome this team of villians. <\/p>\n

Was this a typical storyline? \u00a0No clue. \u00a0Surely there was usually more of a storyline than just \u201chero battles villian.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

In any event, a couple weeks ago, I took the boys to the comic book store that\u2019s kitty-corner from the upscale ice cream place in the suburb next-door, and they picked out a couple \u2014 though in the end, they were disappointed that the X-Men weren\u2019t the X-Men of the movies, and the Avengers weren\u2019t the movie Avengers. \u00a0I was also surprised at how soap-opera-like the modern comics are, by which I mean that the story seems to be extended over a great many issues, with relatively little happening in each issue. \u00a0And, of course, I\u2019d read that Marvel is now fully-PC and introducing gay characters, and, lucky us, we happened to get one in which the gay X-Man agonized over his relationship with his boyfriend, culminating in a proposal, and, we\u2019re shown as a preview of the next issue, a gay wedding. \u00a0(The used comics were cheaper, and I figured it wouldn\u2019t make a difference, but they were all packaged in plastic bags, so, other than looking at the cover, there wasn\u2019t any pre-viewing possible.)<\/p>\n

What\u2019s also interesting are the ads: \u00a0in the modern-day ones, there are ads for toys and other merchandise. \u00a0In 1964, these were the ads:<\/p>\n