Tales to Astonish #41

(March 1963)

Prisoner of the Slave World! (Table of Contents)

Ant-Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Kulla; Ed Marion ('window washer', named in Marvel Legacy: The 1960s Handbook); Ben Carter; Paul

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:

• in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([March] 2006)

Indexer Notes

In Marvel Legacy: The 1960s Handbook, this dimension is called Dehnock.

Tricky Travel (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

[K-19]

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Eli Twiddle; Mr. Hardy

Synopsis:

A travel agent has the ability to travel in his dreams, but eventually he grows out of it.

Reprints:

• from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #48 (August 1956)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

When the Beast Walks! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Joe Sinnott

Inks:

Joe Sinnott

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-42

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Bruno Storme; Shorty Harris

Synopsis:

An animal-loving reporter saves a four-armed ape from a hunter and discovers that it is really an alien looking for a human worthy of hearing its message. As a gesture of goodwill to other species all zoos on Earth are shut down.

Reprints:

• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #19130 (1969)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2 (20 Aprile 1971) [as "Quando il mostro cammina", Italian translation]
• in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #14 ([Septembre 1972]) [as "Quand la bête marche!", French translation]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

The Curse! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Sebastian; Vulture

Synopsis:

A dictator pretends that a treasure is cursed in order to get it for himself, but it turns out the treasure is cursed and a ghost takes him.

Reprints:

• in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #42 ([Janvier 1975]) [as "La malédiction!", French translation]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)