(December 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 September 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
Betrayed by the Ants!
The Astonishing Ant-Man / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (July 1966) which is reprinted
- in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([November] 2010)
- 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
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.
Betrayed by the Ants!!
The Astonishing Ant-Man / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Jon D'Agostino [as Johnny Dee]
Content Information
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (July 1966)
- in Giant-Size Avengers (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (June 1975) [1 pg. edited out]
- 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
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).
Strange Mission
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Maneely
- Inks:
- Joe Maneely
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-440
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Alfred Pook; Harold; Dr. Smith
- Synopsis:
- A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #45 (September 1956)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
I Found the Impossible World!
comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- John Duffy
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- John Fleming; Bartho; Ricca
- Synopsis:
- An experimental time machine seems to fail, aging its inventor 10 years. In fact he travelled into a fantastic future, but had his memory erased as punishment for trying to sow discord.
Indexer Notes
Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
The Secret of the Statues!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Gizzard
- Synopsis:
- An art critic visits a sculptor to give him his opinion of his work. He tells the crestfallen man that his statues appear lifeless. He faints when one of the statues calls him a fool. It turns out the 'statues' were aliens attempting to pose as Earthlings in order to infiltrate. They deposit the critic outside and depart Earth.
- Reprints:
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #40 ([Décembre 1974])
Indexer Notes
Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
Betrayed by the Ants!!
The Astonishing Ant-Man -
2.
Strange Mission
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3.
I Found the Impossible World!
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4.
The Secret of the Statues!
This issue was most recently modified by:
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- Pierre Freyssonnet
- James Ludwig
- Bill Borre
- Nick Caputo
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- Martin O'Hearn
- Tony R. Rose
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