Tales of Suspense #48, first appearance of new Red/Gold armour. Tales of Suspense #39, first appearance of Iron Man. Tales to Astonish #49, first appearance of Giant-Man. Tales to Astonish #35, first Ant-Man in uniform. Amazing Fantasy #15, first appearance of Spider-Man. Meanwhile the content of this book is listed below. I do have a couple of future stories planned that are related to this book. Look up the Undervalued Spotlight #74 for an excellent report on this book by guest writer Dave. It was very valuable to young readers and collectors who missed out on the initial release of Marvel’s new wave of super-heroes. It has lost some of its importance over time as origin stories have been reprinted countless times since this book cam out. This is one of my favourite books of all time. If you enjoy those 5-7 page horror stories of Marvels early pre-superhero days this book should be near the top of your want list. The Ant-Man takes over this title in issue #35. The Invincible Iron Man takes over in issue #39. The Human Torch takes over the title in issue #101. The Mighty Thor takes over the title in issue #83. The stories in the book are from the following books: Strange Tales Annual #1 pays homage to the era that preceded it with thirteen stories from the late 50’s early 60’s and the four titles that would turn Super-Hero by the end of 1963. The book itself comes at the end of the Strange Tales run as a title of horror books which began in Strange Tales #1 (6/51) and ends with issue #100 (9/62). I don’t know what the rationale behind this was, but there it is. In the 45th Overstreet Price guide they seem to have settled on Strange Tales Annual #1 as the definitive first and Millie maybe #2. 
In previous years the Overstreet Price guide had listed these books with things like –1st Marvel Annual?, 2nd Marvel annual ?, early Marvel annual etc.
Which came first? There are no publishing dates in the books themselves. They were the only two annuals produced by Marvel in 1962 and no annuals were produced by Marvel prior to this date. This book has been long considered Marvel’s first or second annual, along with Millie the Model Annual #1. I confess once again to being completely enamoured with these oversize square bound books and lucky for me there were a lot of them produced from the mid-sixties thru the mid seventies. In our final instalment of Marvel Annuals from the 1960’s we will look at some of the best and my favourite reprints from Marvel’s early days.
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