Tales of Suspense, Vol. 1

"Trapped By The Red Barbarian" - Iron Man has been causing trouble for the Red Barbarian, breaking up his spy rings. A spy known as The Actor offers his services, and breaks into Tony's private office by impersonating Stark himself. He's more successful than he imagined, stealing Stark's blueprints (as planned), and discovering that Tony Stark is Iron Man (unplanned.) Not knowing his identity has been compromised, Iron Man allows the Actor to go back to his masters. How will his secret identity stay secret?

"I Speak of the Haunted House!" - Two friends are arguing about the existence of ghosts. One a bet, one man agrees to spend the night in a local haunted house.

"Escape Into Space" - A prisoner is being escorted to an offworld jail, when the spacecraft executes an emergency landing. Realizing that the planet could sustain him indefinitely, the criminal escapes, faking his own death.

"Discovery" - (prose) - Chauncey has always been skinny as a rail. Tired of the ridicule, he decides to visit Muscles Magee at a local fair to get tips on body building, but a chance encounter along the way has unexpected side effects.