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 [Henry 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:

• in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([February] 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:

Morrie Kuramoto [as Sherigail]

Job Number:

X-601

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Wasp [Janet van Dyne] (narrator); Gorko; Baron Radzic; Giant-Man [Henry 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:

• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #10 (September 1967)
• in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([February] 2008)
• in Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn] (2010)

Indexer Notes

Kuramoto credit per Nick Caputo, April 2013. Previous indexer credited Ray Holloway. Nick notes that based upon an examination of the lettering styles Ray Holloway has been incorrectly identified as using the pseudonym "Sherigail". The name was derived from Morrie Kuramoto's wife and daughter, Gail and Sherry, as noted here:

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