(September 1963)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Vista Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- 4 Color; Standard Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in June 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
Music to Scream By!
Ant-Man and the Wasp / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Trago
- Reprints:
- in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([March] 2006)
Music to Scream By
Ant-Man and the Wasp / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Ernest Hart [as H. E. Huntley] (script)
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number:
- X-353
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Trago (only appearance); Mr. Cosgrove; Foss (ant); Ghazandi; Korr (ant); Mr. Nehradu; Ramond Theis
- Synopsis:
- Ant-Man and the Wasp are caught by the music of Trago, the trumpet player, who has learned some mystic use of his trumpet in India. They defeat him at the cost of a brave ant's life.
- 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)
The Disappearance
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (illustration)
- Inks:
- ? (ilustration)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- [H-320]
Content Information
- Genre:
- family
- Characters:
- Jasper Milty; Tom Milty
- Synopsis:
- An old man disgruntled with society becomes rich by discovering uranium.
- Reprints:
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #41 (March 1956)
The Smiling Gods!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Larry Lieber
- Inks:
- Matt Fox
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- X-354
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- General Chao-Tung
- Synopsis:
- Asian farmers pray to their gods for a good crop to appease their cruel overlord, and their grain grows so rapidly that it entangles and crushes him.
Target...Earth!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- X-355
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Ba-Korr; Sagar
- Synopsis:
- An alien lands on Earth with the intent of sizing up possible resistance to an invasion force. If the scout does not return within 48 hours, plans for the invasion will be called off. The scout finds the humans puny as potential warriors and is able to lift locomotives off the ground. He laughs as he thinks this will be the easiest conquest ever and heads back to his ship where he finds that it has sunk out of sight in the bog.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
Music to Scream By
Ant-Man and the Wasp -
2.
The Disappearance
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3.
The Smiling Gods!
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4.
Target...Earth!
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