Tales to Astonish #48

(October 1963)

Ant-Man and the Wasp Defy the Porcupine! (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:

Sam Rosen

Job Number:

X-387

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; The Porcupine [Alex Gentry] (introduction, origin)

Synopsis:

The Porcupine decides to rob a burglar-proof bank designed by Henry Pym. So, on the day of its opening, Henry and Janet are there. They have to stop him as Ant-Man and the Wasp.

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)

The Inventor (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

[F-889]

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Ned Carter; Mr. Jonas

Synopsis:

A disgruntled janitor's obsessive effort to create a sweeping robot costs him his job and ends in failure, but only because he sees no use for a perpetual motion machine.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #32 (June 1955)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Grayson's Gorilla! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Larry Lieber

Inks:

Matt Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-388

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Harvey Grayson

Synopsis:

A scientist tries to give himself the strength of a gorilla for his own ends. He switches bodies with one instead, and the newly human gorilla sends him to the zoo.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #65 (2 Ottobre 1973) [as "Il gorilla di Grayson, Italian translation]

Indexer Notes

This is a retelling of "I Am The Gorilla-Man" drawn by Jack Kirby in issue #28 (February 1962).

The Little Green Man! (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-389 ?]

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Jasper Jenks

Synopsis:

An unscrupulous pilot tricks an alien into refitting his plane, but throws the creature out instead of rewarding it. He only then discovers that the alien had not yet explained how to land with the new engine.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #66 (16 Ottobre 1973) [as "L'ometto verde", Italian translation]