Tales to Astonish #51

(January 1964)

Showdown with the Human Top! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon]

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: 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

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

The Sorcerer (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Maneely

Inks:

Joe Maneely

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

[H-203]

Content Information

Genre:

occult

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: show reprint note before migration

• 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)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Larry Lieber

Inks:

Matt Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Job Number:

X-462

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

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 Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #41 ([Janvier 1975])

Somewhere Waits a Wobbow! (Table of Contents)

The Wonderful Wasp Tells a Tale / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Larry Lieber

Inks:

George Roussos (as G. Bell)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-502

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

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

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #90 (?)
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #5 (November 1966)
• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #18 ([Février 1973])
• in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002) [black and white]
• in Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn] (2010)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)

Indexer Notes

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