Tales to Astonish #44

(June 1963)

The Creature from Kosmos! (Table of Contents)

Ant-Man and the Wasp / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Ernest Hart (script) [as H.E. Huntley]

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-192

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Ant-Man [Henry Pym] (origin detail); The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (introduction, origin); Creature from Kosmos [Pilai] (introduction, named in a later comic); Maria Trovaya-Pym (flashback, introduction); Vernon Van Dyne (introduction); Lee Kearns (voice only)

Synopsis:

When a fellow scientist is killed by an alien being, Ant-Man enlists the help of the dead man's daughter. He gives her the ability to shrink and tiny wasp wings, and she joins him as his partner the Wasp. The duo use the alien's acidic nature to destroy it, saving the city.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Marvel Feature (Marvel, 1971 series) #8 (March 1973) [p2: panels 6—8, pp3—18, as part of "Prelude to Disaster!"]
• in The Superhero Women (Simon and Schuster, 1977 series) #[nn] (1977)
• in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002) [black and white]
• in Secret Invasion: Requiem (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([January] 2009) [recolored]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)

Indexer Notes

In addition to introducing the Wasp, this story fleshes out Hank Pym's background and introduces the death of his wife as a motivating factor.

Blueprint for Victory (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

G-60

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

LtC. Cam Westover; Maj. Franks; Cpt. Bill Trayne; Gen. von Kretz

Synopsis:

A cunning spy infiltrates German HQ with a phoney blueprint as bait and paralyzes communications before a major US assault.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Marines in Battle (Marvel, 1954 series) #6 (June 1955)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Hunted (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Terry Szenics

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

In the year 2000 all of New York City is searching for a 'plague carrier' who is attempting to escape notice and flee the city. He is apprehended at a transportation center and the police remove the 'plague' from him which turns out to be a handgun he had stolen from a museum which officials had worried could back bring the plague of war.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Pow! and Wham! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1968 series) #68 (4 May 1968)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #88