Tales to Astonish #55

(May 1964)

On the Trail of the Human Top! (Table of Contents)

Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Dick Ayers

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

Art Simek

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

The Human Top breaks out of prison. Giant-Man and the Wasp have to get him back. The Top uses Giant-Man's capsules to become giant and captures the Wasp, but Giant-Man distracts him while the Wasp frees herself and termites make the Top fall through a roof, allowing his recapture.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008

Indexer Notes

The Human Top last appears in issue #51 (January 1964) and next appears in issue #55 (May 1964).

The Treasure! (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

[G-980]

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Tommy Miller; Mr. Miller; Mrs. Miller; Wish

Synopsis:

A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes.

Reprints:

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #36 (October 1955) [page 2]
• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #36 (October 1955) [page 2]

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration. Continues from last issue. Printed between the pages of the Giant-Man story.

Two More Triumphs for Marvel..! (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Advertises Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1962 series) #12 (May 1964) and Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #26 (May 1964). Printed between the Giant-Man and Wasp Tells a Tale stories.

The Gypsy's Secret (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 George Bell]

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ray Holloway [as Sherigail]

Job Number:

X-601

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Wasp [Janet van Dyne] (narrator); Gorko; Baron Radzic; Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (framing sequence)

Synopsis:

A cruel baron tries to force a gypsy to give him the secret of turning lead into gold, but the gypsy is really an alien looking for a human specimen for a zoo on his homeworld.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #10 (September 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) #2 (2008)