(October 1962)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Vista Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- MC
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- 4 Color; Standard Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in July 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
[no title indexed]
The Astonishing Ant-Man / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Comrade X [Nina Vladimirovna Tsiolkovsky]
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1 (1965)
- in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002)
- in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002)
- in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002) [black and white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
Indexer Notes
Letters credit from George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index.
The Challenge of Comrade X!
The Astonishing Ant-Man / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Terry Szenics
- Job Number:
- V-858
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Ant-Man [Hank 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: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1 (1965)
- in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002) [black and white]
- Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
Indexer 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.
From Outer Space
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- 9498
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Jonathan Ditmar
- Synopsis:
- When hostile aliens come to Earth of the future they are persuaded not to enslave humanity because of Earth's music.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #26 (February 1955) which is reprinted
- from Adventures Into Weird Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #3 (March 1952) [as "From Outer Space"]
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Hands of Time!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
- Pencils:
- Paul Reinman
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- John Duffy
- Job Number:
- V-859
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Harry Weems
- Synopsis:
- A fugitive steals a clock that turns back time. He becomes young again, and tries to commit the perfect crime, by escaping back in time before it happened, but when the clock breaks, he dies.
Indexer Notes
Script and letters credits from George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index.
The Search for Pan!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- V-860
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Pan
- Synopsis:
- A man arrives in a small village looking for Pan, whom all the villagers affirm does exist. He hopes to cash in somehow, but becomes frustrated when no one will tell him where to find Pan, and he begins to think they are just scamming the tourists. He threatens to rough up a bartender and the bartender directs him to a nearby grove under the full moon. The man goes, and does encounter Pan, but is so unsettled by the encounter he immediately leaves town. It turns out the bartender has cloven hooves.
Indexer Notes
The last page includes an advertisement for Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962). Lee credit noted by "kevobay" via the GCD Errors list, February 2010. Letters credit from George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Challenge of Comrade X!
The Astonishing Ant-Man -
2.
From Outer Space
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3.
The Hands of Time!
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4.
The Search for Pan!
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