(November 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 August 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. This issue includes an advertisement for Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962).
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
The Unknown Protector!!
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
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #2 (April 1966)
- 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)
Trapped by the Protector!
The Astonishing Ant-Man / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ray Holloway
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Ant-Man [Hank 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: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #2 (April 1966)
- 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
This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (5 pp), and part two—"Face-to-Face with the Protector!" (8 pp).
The Magician
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- [G-719]
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Howard; Uncle Bart
- Synopsis:
- A TV studio page and aspiring magician gets a lucky break when he meets a real sorcerer time traveling from the past.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #34 (August 1955)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
Afraid to Dream!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- John Duffy ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Harry Fiske
- Synopsis:
- A man whose dreams come true is terrified when he dreams his own death. He isolates himself all day, but is killed by an avalanche.
- Reprints:
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #14 ([Octobre 1972])
Indexer Notes
The last page includes an advertisement for Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962). Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
The Star Raiders
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- John Duffy ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Brock; Zenogg
- Synopsis:
- A group of escaped convicts turned pirates are tricked into attacking a planet they believe defenceless by a man who claims the inhabitants are ‘midgets’ neglecting to mention that they are only midgets compared to him.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #14 ([Octobre 1972])
- in Marvel Annual (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1972 series) #1974 (1973) [cut to three pages]
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from Stéphane Petit, November 2007. Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
Trapped by the Protector!
The Astonishing Ant-Man -
2.
The Magician
-
3.
Afraid to Dream!
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4.
The Star Raiders
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