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Issue: Tales to Astonish #46
Publication Date: August 1963
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Issues: #46 of 101 Issues (131 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/02/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.

Distributed to newstands in May 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.

Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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ORIGINAL TITLE PAGE ART
 
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Cyclops Walks the Earth!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Cyclops Robot
First Line: Cyclops is alive!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as Cyclops Walks the Earth! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as Tales to Astonish #46 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 published December 2013
as "Cyclops Walks the Earth!" [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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..When Cyclops Walks the Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Cyclops Robot; Andropolus (captain); George (communicator); Kraglin (alien)
First Line: What are we going to do?
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as ..When Cyclops Walks the Earth [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as ..When Cyclops Walks the Earth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 published December 2013
as "..When Cyclops Walks the Earth" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: X-326
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Ride to the Future

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Harry Benns; Poker; Zealzodo
First Line: All the kids in town were buzzing about the Chronicle's cartoon contest for...
Synopsis: A visitor from outer space helps an unimaginative boy win a new bike in a writing contest.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAstonishing #52 published August 1956
was Ride to the Future [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: [K-7]
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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The Secret of the Swamp!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Sue Walker [Sue Marlowe]; John Marlowe
First Line: Someone is out there!
Synopsis: A lonely and plain woman meets a handsome man in the swamp and she marries him, not knowing that he is also ugly and they have been made beautiful to each other by the swamp's magic.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #12 published January 1972
as Le secret du marais! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as The Secret of the Swamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-327
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The Most Dangerous Weapon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Kowl Korgan
First Line: It was an ordinary looking weapon, but--there, in the year 2,050, it was...
Synopsis: In the year 2050 only one weapon remains on display in a museum as a reminder of the violent past. A man with criminal intent plots to steal it and use it to make himself dictator. He steals the gun and threatens to fire it in order to get his way, but his intended victim asks him to let him explain why he should not do so. The criminal refuses to listen and pulls the trigger, disintegrating himself. "Did he really not think we would leave such a weapon unguarded? It is indeed the world's most dangerous weapon, but only to the one who tries to use it."
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as The Most Dangerous Weapon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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