Tales of Suspense #50 features the first appearance of Tony's A-list adversary. As Mandarin stories go, it's pretty meh. But it does involve an escape...

... using the power of math! (By the way, the built-in slide-rule makes me laugh out loud. That right there is how you know this was written in the 60's.) (Also, I can't tell if Stan actually got the calculations right because he didn't indicate the initial angle. So if you were expecting me to bust out my trig skills to check this -- sorry to disappoint you. *wink*)

Moving on...

Please note that Tony isn't an asshole boss who doesn't allow his employees to challenge him. Here, he stops an over-zealous Hap before his bodyguard roughs up a guy who was complaining. "We don't settle things with fists at my factory!!" Ah, how classically liberal, my dear!

Meanwhile, on the personal drama front, we're starting to see the first signs that the junior high sex between Pep and Hap maaaay progress to actual sexy times. Unfortunately...

... none of these dummies actually knows how to communicate, so the love triangle shenanigans will continue for many more issues. Stay tuned!