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Issue: Tales to Astonish #57
Publication Date: July 1964
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Issues: #57 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: 04/02/1964
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (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 Reprinted In17
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
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On the Trail of Spider-Man!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #2 published September 1965
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #37 published December 1967
as On The Trail of Spider-Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as On the Trail of Spider-Man! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagBiblioteca Marvel: Spiderman #4 published December 2003
as "On the Trail of Spider-Man!" [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as Tales to Astonish #57 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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On The Trail of the Amazing Spider-Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
First Line: Jan, honey...
Synopsis: Egghead tricks Giant-Man into attacking Spider-Man in order to distract them while he robs an armored car. The Wasp realizes the trick, and the three of them capture Egghead together.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #2 published September 1965
as Tras la Pista del Hombre-Araña [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man Annual #8 published December 1971
as On the Trail of Spider-Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]- page 10 panels 2-5, page 11 panel 1 and page 14
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as On the Trail of the Amazing Spider-Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagBiblioteca Marvel: Spiderman #4 published December 2003
as ¡Tras la Pista del Asombroso Spiderman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as On the Trail of the Amazing Spider-Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: X-700
Disclose Notes: Egghead last appears in issue #45 (July 1963) and next appears in #61 (November 1964).
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A Voice in the Dark!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]
First Line: Fighting crime keeps the Wasp on the move, but not nearly as much as when...
Synopsis: The Wasp stops a thief by pretending to be the Invisible Girl.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWomen of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Omnibus #[nn] [Olivier Coipel Cover] published November 2010
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #2 published September 1965
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #6 published January 1967
as A Voice in the Dark! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #41 published January 1968
as A Voice in the Dark! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHIP Classics #19153 published January 1970
as Stem in het duister! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as A Voice in the Dark! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as A Voice in the Dark! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: X-661
Disclose Notes: This is the first Wasp solo story.
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Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertises Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #28 (July 1964) and Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #14 (July 1964). Printed between the pages of the Wasp story.
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The Balloon

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): Leroy; Zoop
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 2
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: K-267
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. Continues from last issue. Printed after the Wasp story. This is the last text story in Tales to Astonish.

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