Tales to Astonish #63

(January 1965)

The Gangsters and the Giant! (Table of Contents: 1)

Giant-Man and the Wasp / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Carl Burgos (credited)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Congratulations, blue-eyes!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Wrecker [Frank Smith] (first appearance, villain); Rocky; John

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The police ask Giant-Man and the Wasp to stop the Wrecker and his gang who have been strong-arming business owners in Brooklyn.

Reprints

• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #9 (15 de enero de 1966)
• in Demonen og Koloss (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #10/1968 ([oktober] 1968)
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #42 (juin 1974) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• 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 Marvel Gold. El Hombre Hormiga: ¡El Hombre en el Hormiguero! (Panini España, 2015 series) (Junio 2015)
• in Ant-Man / Giant-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 - Ant-Man No More (2022)

Keywords

Smith's Harware Store

A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up (Table of Contents: 2)

Giant-Man; Wasp / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Carl Burgos ?; Jack Kirby (see notes)

Inks

Chic Stone

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #7 (27 May 1967), #23 (16 September 1967) [Black and white.]
• in Die ruhmreichen Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #54 ([Februar 1977])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([February] 2008)
• in Super Noveles (Parra Comics, 1993 series) #v2#5 (Junio 2015)
• in Marvel Gold. El Hombre Hormiga: ¡El Hombre en el Hormiguero! (Panini España, 2015 series) (Junio 2015)
• in Ant-Man / Giant-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 - Ant-Man No More (2022)

Indexer Notes

Nick Caputo notes that the pencils for Giant-Man and the Wasp is likely the work of Carl Burgos, but the police officer and backgrounds may be by Jack Kirby.

A Titan Rides the Train! (Table of Contents: 3)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

George Roussos (credited as Geo. Bell)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (as S. Rosen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At last my mighty Humanoid is ready!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Glenn Talbot; Chameleon [Dmitri Smerdyakov]; Leader (1st full; origin); Humanoid (introduction)

Synopsis

The Leader ponders his origins as he prepares to send his powerful Humanoid to confront the Hulk. Although he is under suspicion for being in collusion with the Hulk, Banner is sent by train to escort one of his nuclear devices with Talbot keeping a close eye on him. The Humanoid attacks the train and Hulk fights the creature off. The nuclear device falls off the train in the skirmish and when Talbot goes to retrieve it, he finds Banner next to it in nothing but a pair of ripped pants. Bruce is jailed as a traitor.

Reprints

• in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch (Condor, 1979 series) #1
• in The Incredible Hulk (Lancer Books, 1966 series) #72-124 (1966)
• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #9 (15 de enero de 1966)
• in Smash! (IPC, 1966 series) #52 (28 January 1967)
• in Demonen og Koloss (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #10/1968 ([oktober] 1968)
• in Incredible Hulk [King Size Special] (Marvel, 1968 series) #2 (October 1969)
which is reprinted
• in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #4 - Hulk fait échec au Caméléon (1er trimestre 1980)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #16 (January 20, 1973)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #34 (juin 1974) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #9 ([August 1974])
• in Incredible Hulk Annual (World Distributors, 1978 series) #1978 (1978)
• in The Incredible Hulk (Simon and Schuster, 1978 series) (1978)
• in L'Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #108/109 ([août 1980]) [N&B [B&W]]
• in L'Incredibile Hulk (Editoriale Corno, 1980 series) #13 (Ottobre 1981)
• in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #400 (December 1992)
• in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([February] 1999) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 ([December] 2004)
• in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 ([February] 2012)
• in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 - The Hulk Must Die (2017)
• in Hulk : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1964-1966 (août 2021)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2021 series) #2 - The Lair of the Leader (2022)

Keywords

gamma rays; New Mexico

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Mails to Astonish / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan, Carl and Steve, Congratulations on the new Hulk series in Tales to Astonish and for the...

Reprints

• in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)

Indexer Notes

Letters from: James Taylor, John Begley, Dean Fortnik, Richard Francescutti, Eric Lynden P. Smith, and Dale Rogers; includes Special Announcements Section.