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Issue: Tales to Astonish #56
Publication Date: June 1964
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Issues: #56 of 101 Issues (131 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/03/1964
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In11
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
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The Coming of the Magician!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Magician [Lee Guardineer]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #11 published November 1967
as Spidey Battles Daredevil! [Illustration on Cover, Front]p. 5:2 of Wasp story
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #122 published January 1972
as The Coming of the Magician! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as The Coming of the Magician! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as Tales to Astonish #56 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #52 published ?
as The Coming of the Magician! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Coming of the Magician!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Magician [Lee Guardineer] (introduction); Sterling Stuyvesant
First Line: Passers-by in midtown New York are suddenly startled to notice a...
Synopsis: Janet goes to a party in the hope of making Hank jealous. There, she is captured by the Magician. Giant-Man hosts a fake party aboard a yacht to lure the Magician into a trap, allowing him to save Jan and capture the Magician with her help.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as The Coming of the Magician! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as The Coming of the Magician! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Job Number: X-659
Disclose Notes: The Magician next appears in issue #58 (August 1964).
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The Balloon

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Leroy; Zoop
First Line: As Leroy approached the store with his mother one bright and...
Synopsis: A young boy meets a tiny space traveler from Skyville, a suburb of Mars, trapped in a balloon.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #11 published September 1960
was The Balloon [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: [K-267]
Disclose Notes: Continues in next issue. Printed between the pages of the Giant-Man story.
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Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.83
Disclose Notes: Advertises The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (May 1964) and Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (April 1964). Printed between the Giant-Man and Wasp Tells a Tale stories. This shares the page with the statement of ownership.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.17
Disclose Notes: Average monthly paid circulation/print run October 1962–September 1963 (issues #39–51): 189,685/321,646. Paid circulation/print run for issue #51: 187,995/318,339. This shares the page with the promo.
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Beware the Bog Beast!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): The Wasp Tells a Tale
Character(s): Wasp [Janet van Dyne] (narrator); Lorenzo; King Maximus; Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (in framing sequence)
First Line: Are you scrawny?
Synopsis: A suitor thought unworthy by the king wins the hand of the princess through cunning when strength fails.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWomen of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Omnibus #[nn] [Olivier Coipel Cover] published November 2010
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #11 published November 1967
as Beware the Bog Beast! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as Beware the Bog Beast! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as Beware the Bog Beast! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-646
Disclose Notes: The ending of the story is not drawn, there is instead a scene of Jan telling Hank how it ended over dinner. This is the last "Wasp Tells a Tale" story.

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