Tales to Astonish #56

(June 1964)

The Coming of the Magician! (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:

Sam Rosen

Job Number:

X-659

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Magician [Lee Guardineer] (introduction); Sterling Stuyvesant

Synopsis:

Janet goes to a party in the hope of making Hank jealous. There, she is captured by the Magician. Giant-Man hosts a fake party aboard a yacht to lure the Magician into a trap, allowing him to save Jan and capture the Magician with her help.

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 Magician next appears in issue #58 (August 1964).

The Balloon (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

[K-267]

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Leroy; Zoop

Synopsis:

A young boy meets a tiny space traveler from Skyville, a suburb of Mars, trapped in a balloon.

Reprints:

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #11 (September 1960) [page 1]
which is reprinted
• from Strange Tales of the Unusual (Marvel, 1955 series) #6 (October 1956)

Indexer Notes

Continues in next issue. Printed between the pages of the Giant-Man story.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.833 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Advertises Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (May 1964) and Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (April 1964). Printed between the Giant-Man and Wasp Tells a Tale stories. This shares the page with the statement of ownership.

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

statement of ownership / 0.167 page (report information)

Credits

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.

Beware the Bog Beast! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Larry Lieber

Inks:

Paul Reinman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-646

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Wasp [Janet van Dyne] (narrator); Lorenzo; King Maximus; Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (in framing sequence)

Synopsis:

A suitor thought unworthy by the king wins the hand of the princess through cunning when strength fails.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #11 (November 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

The ending of the story is not drawn, there is instead a scene of Jan telling Hank how it ended over dinner. This is the last "Wasp Tells a Tale" story.