- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ? (illustration)
- Inks
- ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ? (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Save me, somebody, save me!!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Henry Pym (later known as Ant-Man)
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-430
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Living nightmares can begin in many ways!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Henry Pym [Ant-Man (later)] (introduction, 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.
- Reprints
Henry Pym next appears in issue #35 (September 1962). Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.) Synopsis added by Per Sandell, 2009-07-16.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stop him, my pets!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]
- Reprints
Letters credit from George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index.
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Job Number
- V-795
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This will be a great boon to mankind!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- 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 eludes them by shrinking himself once again.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- anti-radiation formula; enlarging serum; reducing serum
Job number revealed on original art as published in Jack Kirby's Marvel Heroes and Monsters Artist's Edition:https://aeindex.org/reviews/jack-kirbys-marvel-heroes-and-monsters…
Part 1 of 3. Origin re-cap continuing from the story in Tales to Astonish #27 where Henry Pym was introduced.
George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index incorrectly credited John Duffy with lettering, but Nick Caputo has identified Joe Letterese as letterer.
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Job Number
- V-795
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Must be careful!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cybernetic helmet
Part 2 of 3. George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index incorrectly credited John Duffy with lettering, but Nick Caputo has identified Joe Letterese as letterer.
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Job Number
- V-795
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One by one, Henry Pym, frees his assistants, but yet, the tiny human's task is only half done!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]
- Synopsis
- Henry Pym invents an anti-radiation gas, that attracts the attention of communist spies. Henry eludes them by shrinking himself once again.
- Reprints
Part 3 of 3. George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index incorrectly credited John Duffy with lettering, but Nick Caputo has identified Joe Letterese as letterer.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So!! The famous Ant-Man has walked into the trap of Comrade X!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Comrade X [Nina Vladimirovna Tsiolkovsky]
- Reprints
Letters credit from George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index.
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Terry Szenics; Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-858
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're in for another gripping adventure with Henry Pym, the brilliant scientist who can...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Comrade X [Nina Vladimirovna Tsiolkovsky] (introduction)
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cybernetic helmet
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". Szenics letters credit from George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index. Nick Caputo notes that Artie Simek lettered part 2 of the story.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm flying into a trap!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Protector [Gerald Marsh]
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Each day a thousand tales are etched in the city!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
Simek letters per Nick Caputo. Original indexer credited Ray Holloway.
"Protector" spelled wrong in title.
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Protector is at 600 Harley Avenue, extorting money from a jeweler!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Protector [Gerald Marsh]
- Reprints
D'Agostino letters per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Ray Holloway.
Final panel includes a house ad for Marvel's hero line (Journey into Mystery with Thor; Strange Tales featuring the Human Torch; the Fantastic Four and the Incredible Hulk).
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're hopelessly stuck to that flypaper, Ant-Man!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]
- Reprints
Cover inks credits from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 January 2009); the original indexer credited Dick Ayers. Letters credit from George Olshevsky.
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Since the appearance of the amazing Ant-Man, the bustling metropolis has...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Egghead [Elihas Starr] (introduction, 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.
- Reprints
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).
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At last you've met your match, Ant-Man!!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Scarlet Beetle
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-958
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your days of meddling are ended, Ant-Man!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Scarlet Beetle (introduction, 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.
- Reprints
The Scarlet Beetle next appears in Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #44 (January 1972).
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Jack Kirby ?
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]
- Reprints
Possible Kirby inks per Nick Caputo, via the GCD Error List (30 January 2009) who notes he
examined Kirby's inking in depth on his blog:
http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/09/kirby-inking-kirby.html
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- X-23
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our startling Ant-Man tale begins with Henry Pym!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Hijacker [Howard Mitchell]
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Mitchell Armored Truck Co.; Police; Private Guard
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've only seconds in which to act and no place to turn!!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you were Henry Pym, you could never predict when you might run into adventure!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Ben (Scientist); Carter (Scientist); Paul (Scientist); Ed Marion ('window washer', named in Marvel Legacy: The 1960s Handbook); Warlord Kulla
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Ants
In Marvel Legacy: The 1960s Handbook, this dimension is called Dehnock.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ant-Man, you cannot help yourself!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Voice [Jason Cragg]
- Reprints
Inks credit changed from Dick Ayers by Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, February 2009. Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- X-106
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I command you, Ant-Man!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Voice [Jason Cragg] (introduction, 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.
- Reprints
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".
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's happening to me?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]
- Reprints
Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, February 2009. Original indexer credited Dick Ayers.
Corner symbol of Ant-Man pencils and possible inks by Jack Kirby.
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Holloway
- Job Number
- X-125
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Thousands of footsteps tread daily upon the sidewalks of Center City...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Time-Master [Elias Weems] (introduction, origin); Tommy Weems
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Center City
The Time Master never appears again, Ant-Man still operates in "Center City".
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Creature from Kosmos [Pilai]
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee; Ernie Hart
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- X-192
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Throughout history there have been men who have become legends, men who have...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Hungary
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.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No, no, Ant-Man!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]
- Reprints
Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
- Script
- Stan Lee; Ernie Hart
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- X-213
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This time you lose, Ant-Man!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]; Ape; Twister
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- ant-eater; Middleton Diamond
Job number revealed on original art.
Egghead last appeared in issue #38 (December 1962), he next appears in issue #57 (July 1964).
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cyclops is alive!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Cyclops Robot
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee; Ernie Hart
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- X-326
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What are we going to do?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Cyclops Robot; Andropolus (captain); George (communicator); Kraglin (alien)
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- A-Chiltar III; aliens; Greece
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Where can the Wasp be?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Trago
- Reprints
- Keywords
- pianos
- Script
- Stan Lee; Ernie Hart
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- X-353
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That macabre music, it--it's piercing my brain, stealing my senses away!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- New Delhi
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ant-Man is drowning, and I'm powerless to save him!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Porcupine [Alexander Gentry]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- bathtubs; drowning
- Script
- Stan Lee; Ernie Hart
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- X-387
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's an army ordnance plane below us, Jan!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Giant-Man is actually being--erased!!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Living Eraser
- Reprints
New corner symbol of Giant-Man and the Wasp by Don Heck.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An ear-splitting explosion rocks a quiet house on the...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- New Jersey
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. (Living Eraser note added by Scott Harrison, December 2008, via GCD Errors list.)
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- clothing stores
Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via GCD Errors list, January 2009. Original indexer had credited George Roussos.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Steve Ditko; Don Heck
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's face it!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
Continues in next issue. Per Nick Caputo, Don Heck provided alterations on the Wasp's face in many panels. Bob Bailey originally credited Don Heck or Sol Brodsky with uncredited inking on the entire story.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can't catch him--he's too fast for me!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon]
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- X-501
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is it, Jan!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- New York
Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1100143
Continues from last issue. The Wasp wears a new helmet, the first of many costume changes.
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Larry Lieber
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- X-502
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When she's not on a case with Giant-Man, Janet Van Dyne devotes a great deal of time visiting...
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (narrator); Rack Morgan; Sam
- Synopsis
- The Wasp tells the tale of future mercenary pilot Rack Morgan, who disobeys the rules once too many.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Draconius
This is the first "Wasp Tells a Tale" feature.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Black Knight [Nathan Garrett]
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- X-553
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look!! It's Giant-Man!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Larry Lieber
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- X-521
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- She should've been here by now!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Porcupine [Alex Gentry]
- Reprints
Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- X-583
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At a nearby orphans' home, the colorful Giant-Man, aided by his lovely...
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Porcupine [Alex Gentry]; Charlie
- Synopsis
- The Porcupine uses Giant-Man's fan club to attack him and then he captures the Wasp. He uses the Wasp to lead him back to Giant-Man and attacks. He snatches Giant-Man's size-changing capsules, but takes the shrinking capsules and shrinks to nothingness.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Giant-Man Fan Club
Porcupine last appears in issue #48 (October 1963), he next appears in a cameo in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #3 (1965), before appearing in X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #22 (July 1966).
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Larry Lieber
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Holloway
- Job Number
- X-541
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I thought you were going to the Veteran's Hospital, Jan, to entertain the...
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Wasp [Janet van Dyne] (narrator); Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (cameo); Mingo; Vikor; Colossus
- Synopsis
- An alien warlord builds a giant statue to intimidate the superstitious, but it comes to life and takes the side of the rebels against him.
- Reprints
Job number revealed on original art: https://www.comicbookdaily.com/championing_comics/lart-pour-lart/web-arted…
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; El Toro [Antonio Rojo]
- Reprints
Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- X-610
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hank, shrink down to normal size for a while!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; El Toro [Antonio Rojo]
- Synopsis
- Santo Rico has elected a communist president, El Toro. Giant-Man and the Wasp are sent to prove that the election was tampered with. They find evidence of voter bribery and El Toro is deposed.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Santo Rico
El Toro next appears in West Coast Avengers (Marvel, 1985 series) #33 (June 1988).
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Larry Lieber
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- X-570
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah! A phone call!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Wasp [Janet van Dyne] (narrator); Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (cameo); King Shann; Tommy
- Synopsis
- A king invades another world to win glory, but the costs of occupation make him unpopular.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Andromia
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon]
- Reprints
Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At their New York lab, Giant-Man and the Wasp show their local fan club a...
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon]
- Synopsis
- The Human Top breaks out of prison. Giant-Man and the Wasp have to get him back. The Top uses Giant-Man's capsules to become giant and captures the Wasp, but Giant-Man distracts him while the Wasp frees herself and termites make the Top fall through a roof, allowing his recapture.
- Reprints
The Human Top last appears in issue #51 (January 1964) and next appears in issue #55 (May 1964).
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Larry Lieber
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Morrie Kuramoto
- Job Number
- X-601
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We open with a typically peaceful, harmonious scene in Giant-Man's laboratory...
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Wasp [Janet van Dyne] (narrator); Gorko; Baron Radzic; Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (framing sequence)
- Synopsis
- A cruel baron tries to force a gypsy to give him the secret of turning lead into gold, but the gypsy is really an alien looking for a human specimen for a zoo on his homeworld.
- Reprints
Kuramoto credit per Nick Caputo, April 2013. Previous indexer credited Ray Holloway. Nick notes that based upon an examination of the lettering styles Ray Holloway has been incorrectly identified as using the pseudonym "Sherigail". The name was derived from Morrie Kuramoto's wife and daughter, Gail and Sherry, as noted here:
http://www.nyu-apastudies.org/new/larryhama/?p=129
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Magician [Lee Guardineer]
- Reprints
Brodsky inks per Nick Caputo. Bob Bailey previously credited Chic Stone.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- X-659
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Passers-by in midtown New York are suddenly startled to notice a...
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Magician [Lee Guardineer] (introduction); Sterling Stuyvesant
- 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.
- Reprints
The Magician next appears in issue #58 (August 1964).
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Larry Lieber
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- X-646
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are you scrawny?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Wasp [Janet van Dyne] (narrator); Lorenzo; King Maximus; Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (in framing sequence)
- Synopsis
- A suitor thought unworthy by the king wins the hand of the princess through cunning when strength fails.
- Reprints
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.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
- Reprints
Brodsky inks per Nick Caputo, January 2011, who notes the slick line is indicative of his work and is quite different from Stone's bolder line. Bob Bailey previously credited Chic Stone.
Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- X-700
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jan, honey...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
- 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.
- Reprints
Egghead last appears in issue #45 (July 1963) and next appears in #61 (November 1964).
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Larry Lieber
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- X-661
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fighting crime keeps the Wasp on the move, but not nearly as much as when...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]
- Synopsis
- The Wasp stops a thief by pretending to be the Invisible Girl.
- Reprints
This is the first Wasp solo story.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No matter how big you are, Giant-Man, I am far bigger!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Colossus
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- X-723
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Somewhere in the canyons of New York is the high-ceilinged penthouse lab of...
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Colossus
- Synopsis
- Captain America drops in on Giant-Man and the Wasp and asks them if they could look into reports of a gigantic being that has been spotted; Giant-Man and the Wasp agree to investigate and they travel to Africa where the reports are emanating from.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Africa; Bora-Buru
- Script
- Stan Lee; Larry Lieber
- Pencils
- Larry Lieber
- Inks
- Larry Lieber
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- X-698
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Most big game hunters have trophy rooms...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Magician [Lee Guardineer]; Henry Pym; Cameo: Porcupine; Human Top; Black Knight (pictures of them on the wall)
- Synopsis
- Escaping from prison, the Magician seeks revenge against the Wasp and targets her at a fashion show featuring Wasp-inspired clothing.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cybernetic transmitter; opto-ray magnifying glasses
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- X-729
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My transistor-powered portable projector is working better than ever!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]]; Spider-Man (on screen); Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Human Top [Dave Cannon]; Betty Ross; General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross
- Synopsis
- Giant-Man goes out to New Mexico to try and reason with the Hulk and to get him to consider rejoining the Avengers.
- Reprints
This story is a set-up to reintroduce the Hulk who becomes a regular co-feature beginning in the next issue.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- X-740
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You are looking at one of the most astonishing men on Earth... the renowned biochemist, Henry Pym!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
- Reprints
Feature pages on Giant-Man and the Wasp.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Inks
- Don Heck (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Richard Isanove
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]
- Reprints
This cover is a painted version of the original cover of Tales to Astonish #35.