(February 1964)
- 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 November 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements, and is the first issue of Tales to Astonish without text pages.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in The Marvel Saga (Marvel, 1985 series) #12 (November 1986) [Confirm: direction of reprint]
The Black Knight Strikes!
Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen ?; Artie Simek ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Black Knight [Nathan Garrett]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Terrific! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1967 series) #27 (14 October 1967)
- 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 Black Knight Strikes!
Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp / comic story / 18 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Dick Ayers
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- X-553
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Black Knight [Nathan Garrett] (introduction, origin)
- Synopsis:
- After being arrested for treason by Giant-Man, Professor Garrett flees to Europe where he manipulate the genes of horses and eagles to create a winged horse. Then he develops his lance and comes back as the Black Knight to take his revenge on Giant-Man. Giant-Man defeats him, but the Black Knight escapes.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #43 (November 1971)
- 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)
Another Marvel Masterpiece
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Indexer Notes
Advertises X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #3 (January 1964). Printed between the pages of the Giant-Man story.
Another Marvel Masterpiece
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Indexer Notes
Advertises the Avengers (Marvel, 1963) #3 (January 1964). Printed between the Giant-Man and Wasp Tells a Tale stories.
Not What They Seem!
The Wonderful Wasp Tells a Tale / comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Larry Lieber
- Inks:
- George Roussos [as G. Bell]
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- X-521
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (narrator)
- Synopsis:
- The Wasp tells the tale of prison escapees who try to avoid a planet with a trap, but are doomed when they take the wrong side in a battle of the sexes.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #7 (March 1967)
- 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)
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Black Knight Strikes!
Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp -
2.
Another Marvel Masterpiece
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3.
Another Marvel Masterpiece
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4.
Not What They Seem!
The Wonderful Wasp Tells a Tale
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Patrick Lemaire
- Ethan Hoddes
- Pierre Freyssonnet
- Nick Caputo
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Klein
- Martin O'Hearn
- Tony R. Rose
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