Tales to Astonish #43

(May 1963)

The Mad Master of Time! (Table of Contents)

The Astonishing Ant-Man / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ray Holloway

Job Number:

X-125

Content Information

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: show reprint note before migration

• 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

The Time Master never appears again, Ant-Man still operates in "Center City".

Lady Luck (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

[G-377]

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Lester Ford; Marie Ford; Lady Luck

Synopsis:

A businessman doesn’t believe in luck, but several beneficial encounters with an old lady change his mind.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #136 (July 1955)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Frankie's Fast Ball! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Larry Lieber

Inks:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Frankie Jones

Synopsis:

A boy gains extraordinary physical and mental abilities due to his parents' exposure to radiation. He wants to play baseball, but his fastball punches a hole in a tree and would damage a catcher.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Conan le Barbare (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #10 ([octobre] 1981)

Indexer Notes

This is a retelling of "The Rookie" from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #131 (February 1955). The idea of radiation granting super-powers to unborn children was a major part of early X-Men stories.

My Fatal Mistake! (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:

science fiction

Characters:

Yates; Cosmo

Synopsis:

A man is bitter because he has been replaced by a computer and must take a job servicing it. It is ensconced in an air-tight clean room with a door that is opened after fifteen minutes allotted for servicing purposes. When the man enters the room, he gets the idea to sabotage the machine so that it will make mistakes and he can get his old job back, but he damages the circuits that allow the machine to open the door after the fifteen minutes of oxygen are used up.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #13 ([Septembre 1972])
• in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #42 ([Janvier 1975]) [as "Mon erreur fatale", French translation]