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Tales of Suspense Vol 1 #53

May, 1964

Editor-in-Chief

Stan Lee

"The Black Widow Strikes Again!"
Writers Stan Lee, N. Korok Pencilers Don Heck Letterers Sam Rosen

"The Omen"

"The Way it Began"

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Tales of Suspense #54

Appearing in "The Black Widow Strikes Again!"

Featured Characters:

• Iron Man (Tony Stark)

Supporting Characters:

• Happy Hogan
• Pepper Potts

Villains:

• The Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)
• Crimson Dynamo (Boris Turgenov) (Appearance in flashback only)

Other Characters:

• Senator Harrington Byrd
• Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
• Unnamed Military Officers
• Igor and Stansky

Locations:

• Stark Industries
• The Pentagon in Washington DC
• Fort Knox, Kentucky

Items:

• Iron Man Armor MK III
• Iron Man's Briefcase
• Tony Stark's Anti-Gravity device

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Black Widow Strikes Again!"

When news that Stark Industries have completed an anti-gravity device the Black Widow hopes to steal it. Believing that she can do the job herself, the Black Widow makes an appointment to see Tony Stark. When Stark shows her the device she uses a gas to knock Stark out and steal the device.
The Black Widow then uses the device to sabotage missile bases, Stark tries to duplicate the device to no success amid negative press about Stark's loyalty to his country. Stark decides to go after the Widow as Iron Man, helping the army try to stop her from using the device to damage anymore missile bases. When the Widow tries to crush all her opponents with a mountain, Iron Man is forced to use a device to destroy the inner circuits of the gravity device.
Saving the Black Widow's cohorts from the falling mountain, the Widow herself gets away however.

Appearing in "The Omen"

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Synopsis for "The Omen"

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Appearing in "The Way it Began"

Featured Characters:

• The Watcher (Uatu)

Supporting Characters:

• Ikor (Uatu's father)
• Emnu
  
  

Synopsis for "The Way it Began"

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Notes

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Trivia

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Recommended Reading

• This story takes place between the events depicted in Avengers #5.
• The Black Widow last appeared in Tales of Suspense #52 (Last Issue); She appears next in Tales of Suspense #57.

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