(April 1964)

Marvel, 1959 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1964-01-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Vista Publications Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

No Place to Turn! (Table of Contents)

Giant-Man and the Wasp / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Characters
Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; El Toro [Antonio Rojo]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.

No Place to Hide! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Don Heck (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number
X-610
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hank, shrink down to normal size for a while!
Feature Logo
Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; El Toro [Antonio Rojo]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Synopsis
Santo Rico has elected a communist president, El Toro. Giant-Man and the Wasp are sent to prove that the election was tampered with. They find evidence of voter bribery and El Toro is deposed.
Reprints
Keywords
Santo Rico

Indexer Notes

El Toro next appears in West Coast Avengers (Marvel, 1985 series) #33 (June 1988).

The Treasure (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
[G-980]
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tommy's scrawny yellow pup was a wishing dog.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Tommy Miller; Mr. Miller; Mrs. Miller; Wish
Synopsis
A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continues in next issue.

There Were Five Frightened Men...! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited as L. Lieber) (script)
Pencils
Larry Lieber (credited) (art)
Inks
Paul Reinman (credited as P. Reinman)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number
X-609
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The painting was more than a masterpiece on canvas!
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Victor Conrad; Mr. Smythe
Synopsis
An art thief steals a painting of frightened men, only to be trapped in it as one of them.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo.

Two More Triumphs for Marvel (Table of Contents: 4)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.875 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Advertises Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #25 (April 1964) and the launch of Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series). This shares the page with the statement of ownership.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.175 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Average monthly paid circulation/print run October 1962–September 1963 (issues #39–51): 189,685/321,646. Paid circulation/print run for issue #51: 187,995/318,339. This shares the page with the promo.

Conquest! (Table of Contents: 6)

Wasp / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (script)
Pencils
Larry Lieber (credited)
Inks
Sol Brodsky (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number
X-570
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ah! A phone call!
Feature Logo
The Wonderful Wasp Tells a Tale
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Henry Pym; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (narrator); King Shann; Tommy
Synopsis
A king invades another world to win glory, but the costs of occupation make him unpopular.
Reprints
Keywords
Andromia (planet)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. No Place to Turn!
    Giant-Man and the Wasp
  2. 1. No Place to Hide!
    Giant-Man and the Wasp
  3. 2. The Treasure
  4. 3. There Were Five Frightened Men...!
  5. 4. Two More Triumphs for Marvel
  6. 5. Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
  7. 6. Conquest!
    Wasp
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Pierre Freyssonnet
  • Del Gruber
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore