Tales of Suspense #93 - First Appearance of M.O.D.O.K., Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series)
Issue: #93
Publication date: September 1967
Key date: September 1967
On-sale date: June 1, 1967
Indicia publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of M.O.D.O.K. - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Half-Face, Trung Tuan.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Power Vs. Power!	cover	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Boris Bullski, Iron Man, Tony Stark, Titanium Man, Half-Face, Trung Tuan
1	The Golden Gladiator and... the Giant!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Boris Bullski, Iron Man, Jasper Sitwell, Tony Stark, Titanium Man, Half-Face Origin, Trung Tuan Origin
2	Awe-Inspiring Announcements for You to Yawn With!	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
3	Into the Jaws of ... A.I.M.!	comic story	10	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Artie Simek	Agent 13, Captain America, Sharon Carter, M.O.D.O.K. First, Steve Rogers, A.I.M. member
4	-	letters page	1	script: Gary Friedrich; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 10d [0-0-10 GBP]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Essential Captain America #1 ISBN 0-7851-0740-1	2000	On eBay ›
Marvel Double Feature #10	1975	On eBay ›
Marvel Double Feature #17	1976	On eBay ›
Essential Iron Man #2 ISBN 0-7851-1487-4	2004	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Captain America #2 ISBN 0-7851-1785-7	2005	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #4 ISBN 0-7851-2678-3	2007	On eBay ›
Captain America Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-5078-7	2011	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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