Tales to Astonish #51

(January 1964)

Showdown with the Human Top! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number

X-501

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is it, Jan!

Feature Logo

Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Human Top [Dave Cannon]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Human Top steals civil defense plans and wants to sell them to the Communists. Giant-Man lures him into a trap and captures him.

Reprints

• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #26 (7 October 1967)
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #29 (1968 ?)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #22 (septembre 1971) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #93 ([circa 1973 - 1974])
• in Miss Marvel (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) #2 - Le rayon mortel (3ème trimestre 1980)
• 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)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 ([December] 2013)
• in Marvel Gold. El Hombre Hormiga: ¡El Hombre en el Hormiguero! (Panini España, 2015 series) (Junio 2015)
• in Ant-Man / Giant-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #1 - The Man in the Ant Hill (2015)

Keywords

New York

Indexer Notes

Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1100143

Continues from last issue. The Wasp wears a new helmet, the first of many costume changes.

The Sorcerer (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Maneely

Inks

Joe Maneely

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

[H-203]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From the time he was a little boy, Tom Morton had the "wanderer's itch."

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Tom Morton; Jack Morton; Ellen Morton; Johnny Morton

Synopsis

A man who has travelled the world and seen wonders performed by hermits in India returns home to find that his young nephew creates magic with only belief.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales of the Unusual (Marvel, 1955 series) #1 (December 1955)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

No Place to Turn! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (script)

Pencils

Larry Lieber (credited)

Inks

Matt Fox (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

Job Number

X-462

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Behold the awesome Mongoids, intergalactic warriors, as they plan their next conquest...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Centaurians; Mongoids

Synopsis

Aliens transform a spy into a human, but because they can only receive black-and-white images from Earth they leave him green and he is discovered.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #61
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #22 (septembre 1971) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #41 ([Janvier 1975])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)

Keywords

electromagnetic transformer; Operation Earthling

Somewhere Waits a Wobbow! (Table of Contents: 4)

Wasp / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (script)

Pencils

Larry Lieber (credited)

Inks

George Roussos (credited as G. Bell)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number

X-502

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When she's not on a case with Giant-Man, Janet Van Dyne devotes a great deal of time visiting...

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The Wonderful Wasp Tells a Tale

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (narrator); Rack Morgan; Sam; Joe

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The Wasp tells the tale of future mercenary pilot Rack Morgan who disobeys the rules once too many.

Reprints

• in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #29 (1965 ?)
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #5 (November 1966)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #22 (septembre 1971) [N&B et recadré [[B&W and reframed]]
• in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #90 ([circa 1972 - 1973])
• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #18 ([Février 1973])
• in Miss Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) #3 - Miss Hulk contre l'Homme-Chose (2ème trimestre 1981)
• in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #1/1981 ([januar] 1981)
• in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #1/1981 (1981)
• 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)
• in Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) ([November] 2010)
• in Marvel Firsts: The 1960s (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 ([December] 2013)
• in Marvel Gold. El Hombre Hormiga: ¡El Hombre en el Hormiguero! (Panini España, 2015 series) (Junio 2015)
• in Ant-Man / Giant-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #1 - The Man in the Ant Hill (2015)

Keywords

Draconius (planet)

Indexer Notes

This is the first "Wasp Tells a Tale" feature.