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Issue: Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1
Publication Date: December 2013
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide, Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/17/2013
Volume: 1
Pages: 292
ISBN: 9780785167686
UPC/EAN: 978078516768652499
Price: $27.99 CAD
$24.99 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 58 (27 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Cory Sedlmeier
Disclose Notes: Reprints Ant-Man & Giant-Man stories from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 Series) #27 & 35-52.

Color & Art Reconstruction by Michael Kelleher.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publishing Format: Ongoing Series
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reprinted 46 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Richard Isanove
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #35 published September 1962
was The Return of the Ant Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This cover is a painted version of the original cover of Tales to Astonish #35.
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The Marvel Masterworks Library

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Various
Inker(s): Various
Colorist(s): Various
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Marvel Masterworks Presents Ant-Man/Giant-Man

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Title page.
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Indicia

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Indicia of the volume. Includes a detail from the first page of Tales to Astonish #35.
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Marvel Masterworks Credits

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Credits
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 1
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Marvel Masterworks Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Living Eraser
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Includes a detail from the cover of Tales to Astonish #49.
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
was Introduction [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Man in the Ant Hill!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Henry Pym (later known as Ant-Man)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #27 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1962
was The Man in the Ant Hill! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Man in the Ant Hill!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Henry Pym [Ant-Man (later)] (first appearance, origin)
Synopsis: Henry Pym invents a shrinking serum, but is trapped in an ant hill when he tests it. He is attacked by several ants, but one of them helps him escape and restore his ordinary size. He destroys the serum because it is too dangerous.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #27 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1962
was The Man in the Ant Hill! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-430
Disclose Notes: Henry Pym next appears in issue #35 (September 1962).
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The Return of the Ant Man!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #35 published September 1962
was The Return of the Ant Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Return of the Ant-Man, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino ?; Joe Letterese ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym] (origin, first appearance as Ant-Man)
Synopsis: Henry Pym invents an anti-radiation gas, that attracts the attention of communist spies. Henry eluedes them by shrinking himself once again.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #35 published September 1962
was Return of the Ant-Man, Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Letters:
1. Jon D'Agostino suggested by original indexer
2. Joe Letterese suggested by Haydn

Part 1 of 3. Origin re-cap continuing from the story in Tales to Astonish #27 where Henry Pym was introduced.
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[Return of the Ant-Man], Part 2: An Army of Ants!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant Man [Henry Pym]
Synopsis: Henry Pym learns how to command ants to do his bidding and frees his captured assistants, with the help of the ants.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #35 published September 1962
was [Return of the Ant-Man] Part 2, An Army of Ants! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Part 2 of 3.
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[Return of the Ant-Man], Part 3: The Ant-Man's Revenge!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]
Synopsis: Henry Pym invents an anti-radiation gas, that attracts the attention of communist spies. Henry eluedes them by shrinking himself once again.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #35 published September 1962
was [Return of the Ant-Man] Part 3, The Ant-Man's Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Part 3 of 3.
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Featuring: A New Ant-Man Thriller!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Comrade X [Nina Vladimirovna Tsiolkovsky]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #36 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1962
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Challenge of Comrade X!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Terry Szenics
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Comrade X [Nina Vladimirovna Tsiolkovsky] (first appearance)
Synopsis: Ant-Man is hunted by a Soviet agent sent to capture him, but a beautiful stranger warns him of the spy's whereabouts. Ant-Man realizes that the woman is really the spy and defeats her.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #36 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1962
was The Challenge of Comrade X! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: V-858
Disclose Notes: This story is divided into two untitled parts (7 pp, 6 pp). Page 5 includes a schematic of Ant-Man's miniature entrance and exit from his house. Comrade X next appears in West Coast Avengers (Marvel, 1985 series) #33 (June 1988) as "Madame X". Letters credit from George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index.
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Featuring: The Ant-Man Defying The Unknown Protector!!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Protector
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #37 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1962
was The Unknown Protector!! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Trapped by the Protecter! [Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ray Holloway
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Protector [Gerald Marsh]
Synopsis: Ant-Man deals with a dangerous extortionist, who turns out to be disguised as one of the victimized jewellers.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #37 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1962
was Trapped by the Protecter! [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Part 2 "Face-to-Face With the Protector!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ray Holloway
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Protector [Gerald Marsh]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #37 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1962
was [Trapped by the Protecter!] Part 2 Face-to-Face With the Protector! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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"Betrayed by the Ants!"

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Sol Brodsky
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #38 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1962
was Betrayed by the Ants! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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"Betrayed by the Ants!!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino [as Johnny Dee]
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Egghead [Elihas Starr] (first appearance, origin)
Synopsis: An scientist is hired by crooks to defeat Ant-Man. He tries to turn the ants against the hero and trap him, but the ants are loyal to Ant-Man and he foils Egghead's scheme.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #38 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1962
was Betrayed by the Ants!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Egghead is the first villain to reappear and become a member of Ant-Man's rogues gallery (such as it was), becoming his arch-enemy; he next appears in issue #45 (July 1963).
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Starring The Astonishing Ant-Man!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Scarlet Beetle
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #39 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1963
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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"The Vengeance of the Scarlet Beetle!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Scarlet Beetle (first appearance, origin)
Synopsis: Ant-Man fights a beetle made super-intelligent by radiation. It uses Ant-Man's growth gas to become giant, but he is able to defeat it.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #39 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1963
was The Vengeance of the Scarlet Beetle! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: V-958
Disclose Notes: The Scarlet Beetle next appears in Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #44 (January 1972).
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See The True Story Behind "The Day the Ant-Man Failed!"

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers ?; Jack Kirby ?
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #40 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1963
was The Day the Ant-Man Failed! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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"The Day Ant-Man Failed!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Sol Brodsky
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Hijacker [Howard Mitchell] (first appearance)
Synopsis: Ant-Man investigates a series of hijackings. He pretends to be sick to lure the hijacker into the open, and finds out that it's the owner of the armored car company.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #40 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1963
was The Day That Ant-Man Failed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: X-23
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"Prisoner of the Slave World!"

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #41 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1963
was Prisoner of the Slave World! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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"Prisoner of the Slave World!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Kulla; Ed Marion ('window washer', named in Marvel Legacy: The 1960s Handbook); Ben Carter; Paul
Synopsis: Henry Pym is kidnapped along with other scientists in order to build a super-weapon for a tyrant in another dimension. He sneaks away and transforms into Ant-Man in order to defeat the tyrant.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #41 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1963
was Prisoner of the Slave World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: In Marvel Legacy: The 1960s Handbook, this dimension is called Dehnock.
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"The Man with the Voice of Doom!"

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Sol Brodsky
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Voice [Jason Cragg]
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #42 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1963
was Voice of Doom! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
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"The Voice of Doom!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Voice [Jason Cragg] (first appearance, origin)
Synopsis: A radio spokesman gains a hypnotic voice from radiation, and decides to test it by turning the people against Ant-Man. He captures Ant-Man and forces him to walk off a pier, but the ants rescue the hero, and he beats the Voice with laryngitis.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #42 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1963
was The Voice of Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: X-106
Disclose Notes: The Voice next appears in West Coast Avengers (Marvel, 1985 series) #36 (September 1988). In this story Ant-Man is said to live in "Center City".
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Is This The End of Ant-Man? "The Mad Master of Time!"

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Sol Brodsky
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #43 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1963
was The Mad Master of Time! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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"The Mad Master of Time!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ray Holloway
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Time-Master [Elias Weems] (first appearance, origin); Tommy Weems (first appearance)
Synopsis: A scientist forced to retire makes a device to artificially age others and holds the city hostage. Ant-Man can't stop him, but when he accidentally ages his own grandson he repents and reverses the damage.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #43 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1963
was The Mad Master of Time! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: X-125
Disclose Notes: The Time Master never appears again, Ant-Man still operates in "Center City".
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The Creature From Kosmos!!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man and the Wasp
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Creature from Kosmos [Pilai]
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #44 published June 1963
was The Creature From Kosmos!! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Creature from Kosmos!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Ernie Hart [H. E. Huntley] (script)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man and the Wasp
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym] (origin detail); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (introduction, origin); Creature from Kosmos [Pilai] (introduction, named in a later comic); Maria Trovaya-Pym (flashback, introduction); Vernon Van Dyne (introduction); Lee Kearns (voice only)
Synopsis: When a fellow scientist is killed by an alien being, Ant-Man enlists the help of the dead man's daughter. He gives her the ability to shrink and tiny wasp wings, and she joins him as his partner the Wasp. The duo use the alien's acidic nature to destroy it, saving the city.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #44 published June 1963
was The Creature from Kosmos! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Job Number: X-192
Disclose Notes: In addition to introducing the Wasp, this story fleshes out Henry Pym's background and introduces the death of his wife as a motivating factor.
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The Return of Egghead!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man and The Wasp
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #45 published July 1963
was The Return of Egghead! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
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"The Terrible Traps of Egghead!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Ernie Hart [H. E. Huntley] (script)
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man and The Wasp
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]
Synopsis: Egghead forms a new gang and sets a trap for the Wasp, hoping to use her against Ant-Man. He captures the Wasp, but Ant-Man frees her and the two recover Egghead's loot, though he escapes capture.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #45 published July 1963
was The Terrible Traps of Egghead! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Egghead last appeared in issue #38 (December 1962), he next appears in issue #57 (July 1964).
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"Cyclops Walks the Earth!"

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man and The Wasp
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Cyclops Robot
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #46 published August 1963
was Cyclops Walks the Earth! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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"..When Cyclops Walks the Earth"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Ernie Hart [as H. E. Huntley] (script)
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man and The Wasp
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Cyclops Robot; Kraglin
Synopsis: While on vacation in Greece, Ant-Man and the Wasp go after a monster who terrorizes the local sailors. The monster is a robotic cyclops sent by aliens to scout for an invasion.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #46 published August 1963
was ..When Cyclops Walks the Earth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
Job Number: X-326
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Super-Fantasy in The Marvel Manner!! "Music to Scream By!"

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man and The Wasp
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Trago
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #47 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1963
was Music to Scream By! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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"Music to Scream By"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Ernie Hart [H. E. Huntley] (script)
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man and The Wasp
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Trago (only appearance); Mr. Cosgrove; Foss (ant); Ghazandi; Korr (ant); Mr. Nehradu; Ramond Theis
Synopsis: Ant-Man and the Wasp are caught by the music of Trago, the trumpet player, who has learned some mystic use of his trumpet in India. They defeat him at the cost of a brave ant's life.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #47 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1963
was Music to Scream By [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
Job Number: X-353
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Battle: The Porcupine

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Sol Brodsky
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man and The Wasp
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Porcupine [Alexander Gentry]
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #48 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1963
was Ant-Man and The Wasp Battle: The Porcupine [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Ant-Man and The Wasp Defy The Porcupine!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Ernie Hart [as H. E. Huntley] (script)
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man and The Wasp
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; The Porcupine [Alex Gentry] (introduction, origin)
Synopsis: The Porcupine decides to rob a burglar-proof bank designed by Henry Pym. So, on the day of its opening, Henry and Janet are there. They have to stop him as Ant-Man and the Wasp.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #48 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1963
was Ant-Man and the Wasp Defy the Porcupine! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
Job Number: X-387
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Beginning in This Special Super-Issue: Ant-Man Becomes "Giant Man"

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Giant-Man; Wasp
Character(s): Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Living Eraser
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #49 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1963
was Giant Man [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Birth of Giant-Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man and The Wasp
Character(s): Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (first appearance as Giant-Man); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Living Eraser (introduction)
Synopsis: While Henry Pym develops capsules that permit him to become giant-size as well as ant-size, the Eraser captures him and brings him to Dimension Z along with other scientists to build atomic weapons. Giant-Man defeats their captors and rescues the scientists.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #49 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1963
was The Birth of Giant-Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: This story places Henry Pym's lab and base in the New Jersey Palisades. Living Eraser next appears in Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel, 1974 series) #15.
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The Unbeatable Human Top!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Sol Brodsky
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp
Character(s): Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon]
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #50 published December 1963
was The Unbeatable Human Top! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Human Top!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Steve Ditko ? (credited); Don Heck ?; Sol Brodsky ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp
Character(s): Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon] (introduction, origin)
Synopsis: Henry Pym follows the crime spree of the Human Top in the newspapers but the Wasp convinces Henry to go after him as Giant-Man. The Top evades Giant-Man, and he must train to out-maneuver him.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #50 published December 1963
was The Human Top! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Continues in next issue.
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Don't Miss "Giant-Man's Showdown With the Human Top!"

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Giant-Man; Wasp
Character(s): Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon]
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #51 published January 1964
was Giant-Man's Showdown With the Human Top! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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"Showdown With the Human Top!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Giant-Man and The Wonderful Wasp
Character(s): Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon]
Synopsis: Human Top steals civil defense plans and wants to sell them to the Communists. Giant-Man lures him into a trap and captures him.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #51 published January 1964
was Showdown With the Human Top! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Continues from last issue. The Wasp wears a new helmet, the first of many costume changes.
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Somewhere Waits a Wobbow!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Penciller(s): Larry Lieber
Inker(s): George Roussos [as G. Bell]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Wonderful Wasp Tells a Tale
Character(s): The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (narrator); Rack Morgan
Synopsis: The Wasp tells the tale of future mercenary pilot Rack Morgan who disobeys the rules once too many.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #51 published January 1964
was Somewhere Waits a Wobbow! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-502
Disclose Notes: This is the first "Wasp Tells a Tale" feature.
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The Black Knight Strikes!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Sol Brodsky
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen ?; Artie Simek ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Giant-Man and The Wonderful Wasp
Character(s): Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Black Knight [Nathan Garrett]
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #52 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1964
was The Black Knight Strikes! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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"The Black Knight Strikes!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Dick Ayers
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Giant-Man and The Wonderful Wasp
Character(s): Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Black Knight [Nathan Garrett] (introduction, origin)
Synopsis: After being arrested for treason by Giant-Man, Professor Garrett flees to Europe where he manipulate the genes of horses and eagles to create a winged horse. Then he develops his lance and comes back as the Black Knight to take his revenge on Giant-Man. Giant-Man defeats him, but the Black Knight escapes.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #52 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1964
was The Black Knight Strikes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 18
Job Number: X-553
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"Not What They Seem!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Penciller(s): Larry Lieber
Inker(s): George Roussos [as G. Bell]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Wonderful Wasp Tells a Tale
Character(s): Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (narrator)
Synopsis: The Wasp tells the tale of prison escapees who try to avoid a planet with a trap, but are doomed when they take the wrong side in a battle of the sexes.
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From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #52 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1964
was Not What They Seem! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-521
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May 1963 house ad from the pages of The Fantastic Four #14...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Sol Brodsky; Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four; Thor; Spider-Man; Iron man; Ant-Man; Human Torch
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From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #14 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1963
was Watch For The Greatest Symbols in Comics! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Marvel hero strips.
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Tales to Astonish #40, page 5 original art

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Sol Brodsky
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ant-Man
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Tales to Astonish #44, page 13 original art

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Don Heck
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ant-Man; The Wasp
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Tales to Astonish #47, page 3 original art

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ant-Man; The Wasp
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Biographies

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Rhett Thomas
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Biographies on Stan Lee; Larry Lieber; Jack Kirby; Don Heck; Dick Ayers and Ernie Hart.
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The Marvel Masterworks also Available in Hardcover

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 1
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Next in The Line of Classics From...

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Human Torch
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; The Human Torch [Jim Hammond] (inset); Ka-Zar [David Rand] (inset); The Angel [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor] (inset); Electro (inset); Ferret (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside Backcover.
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The Marvel Masterworks proudly presents...

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers; Sol Brodsky; Don Heck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ant-Man; The Wasp
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Reprints of the covers from Tales to Astonish #27, 36, 39-40, 43-45, 49 and 52.

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