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Tales of Suspense (vol. 1) #58 (Oct. 1964):
“In Mortal Combat with Captain America!”
by Stan Lee, Don Heck, Dick Ayers

Tales of Suspense (vol. 1) #58

Title: “In Mortal Combat with Captain America!”

Feature: Iron Man (Tony Stark)

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 1964

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Don Heck, Dick Ayers


9 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Iron Man Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: I futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous
Force Works; Illuminati...  Marvel 5,673
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers) hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
Chameleon (Dmitri Smerdyakov) villain
CBR Scale: S Communist
HYDRA; Maggia...  Marvel 144
Kraven the Hunter Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff) villain
CBR Scale: D hunting
Sinister Six Marvel 92
Rescue Pepper Potts supporting character hero
  The Order Marvel 324
Happy Hogan Happy Hogan supporting character
  [married Pepper Potts] Marvel 201
Charlie supporting character
  [shocked to see Captain America fighting Iron Man] Marvel 1
Giant-Man Giant-Man (Hank Pym)
(cameo)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: U atheist
Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  Marvel 1,543
The Wasp The Wasp (Janet van Dyne)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: U Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist
Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  Marvel 1,339

Tales of Suspense at this point had featured Iron Man stories along with other back-up stories for many years. This issue's Iron Man story features Captain America. This sets things up for the next issue, in which Captain America will become the permanent co-feature alongside Iron Man.