(July 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 April 1964. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
On the Trail of Spider-Man!
Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Sol Brodsky ? ; Chic Stone ?
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Terrific! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1967 series) #37 (23 December 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 (2008)
Indexer Notes
Inks (Chic Stone) credited by Bob Bailey, 2005-01-30; possible Brodsky inks per Nick Caputo, Jan 2011, who notes: "I'm "convinced" the inks on this cover are by Brodsky. The slick line is indicitive of his work and is quite different from Stone's bolder line, which I'm very familiar with (Stone is one of my favorite Kirby inkers!)". Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
On The Trail of the Amazing Spider-Man
Giant-Man / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Dick Ayers
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number:
- X-700
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
- Synopsis:
- Egghead tricks Giant-Man into attacking Spider-Man in order to distract them while he robs an armored car. The Wasp realizes the trick, and the three of them capture Egghead together.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #8 (December 1971) [ 1 p. edited; pp1–9, 11–13, 15, p16: panels 1–8]
- in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002) [black and white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008)
Indexer Notes
Egghead last appears in issue #45 (July 1963) and next appears in #61 (November 1964).
A Voice in the Dark!
The Wasp / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Larry Lieber
- Inks:
- Chic Stone
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number:
- X-661
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]
- Synopsis:
- The Wasp stops a thief by pretending to be the Invisible Girl.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #6 (January 1967)
- in Terrific! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1967 series) #41 (20 January 1968)
- in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002)
- in Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn] (2010)
- Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008)
Indexer Notes
This is the first Wasp solo story.
Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Indexer Notes
Advertises Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #28 (July 1964) and Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #14 (July 1964). Printed between the pages of the Wasp story.
The Balloon
text story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- from Strange Tales of the Unusual (Marvel, 1955 series) #6 (October 1956) [page 2 only]
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #11 (September 1960) [page 2] which is reprinted
- from Strange Tales of the Unusual (Marvel, 1955 series) #6 (October 1956)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. Continues from last issue. Printed after the Wasp story. This is the last text story in Tales to Astonish.
Table of Contents
-
1.
On The Trail of the Amazing Spider-Man
Giant-Man -
2.
A Voice in the Dark!
The Wasp -
3.
Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!
-
4.
The Balloon
- Patrick Lemaire
- Ethan Hoddes
- Bob Bailey
- Nick Caputo
- Bob Klein
- Martin O'Hearn
- Tony R. Rose
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