Tales to Astonish #45

(July 1963)

The Terrible Traps of Egghead! (Table of Contents)

Ant-Man and the Wasp / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]

Synopsis:

Egghead forms a new gang and sets a trap for the Wasp, hoping to use her against Ant-Man. He captures the Wasp, but Ant-Man frees her and the two recover Egghead's loot, though he escapes capture.

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

Egghead last appeared in issue #38 (December 1962), he next appears in issue #57 (July 1964).

The Future (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

[K-318]

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Ted Jason

Synopsis:

A quiz show host finds himself mysteriously transported to the far future for a brief time.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Mystical Tales (Marvel, 1956 series) #3 (October 1956)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Bronson's Brain! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-213

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Bruno Bronson (called Boris in one panel)

Synopsis:

Bronson, an incredible genius upset that no one on earth can match his tremendous intellect, builds a space ship and travels to a planet of highly advanced aliens. After the aliens test Bronson, they determine that his intelligence is so low compared to their species, that the earthling must be imprisoned for his own safety.

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• in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #13 ([Août 1972]) [as "Le cerveau de Bronson!", French translation]
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #70 (18 Dicembre 1973) [as "Il cervello di Bronson!", Italian translation]
• in Return of the Jedi Weekly (Marvel UK, 1983 series) #83 (January 19, 1985) [4 pages as R2-D2's Tales from the Data Banks]

It Walks Like A Man! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein (script) [as R. Berns]

Pencils:

Paul Reinman

Inks:

Paul Reinman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Terry Szenics

Job Number:

X-214

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Ben Trent; Ronnie Trent; Helen Trent; Carlo

Synopsis:

A man is disturbed by his daughter's attachment to her new robot playmate, but changes his mind when it saves her life.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #74/75 ([Octobre 1977]) [as "Il marche comme un homme!", French translation]

Indexer Notes

This story is an altered retelling of "Robot Hater!", drawn by Paul Reinman in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #3 (May 1959).