Tales to Astonish
#56
[British]
(June 1964)
Marvel,
1959 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 9d [0-0-9 GBP]
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Vista Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Printer
- The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
A price variant intended for distribution in the United Kingdom, with replaced cover price, cover month removed and Thorpe & Porter distribution appended to indicia.
This issue is a variant of Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #56.
This issue is a variant of Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #56.
The Coming of the Magician!
Giant-Man and the Wasp / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Magician [Lee Guardineer]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #52 -
in El Sorprendente Hombre Araña (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1963 series) #43 -
in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #11 (November 1967) [p. 5:2 of Wasp story] which is reprinted - in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
- in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
-
in Marvel Gold. El Asombroso Spiderman: Poder y Responsabilidad (Panini España, 2014 series) (Abril 2014) - in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2022)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Third Edition] (2023)
-
in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #8 - Thor 2 (1963) ([November] 2023) - in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #122 ([circa 1972 - 1973])
- 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) ([November] 2010)
- 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) #1 - The Man in the Ant Hill (2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Brodsky inks per Nick Caputo. Bob Bailey previously credited Chic Stone.
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The Coming of the Magician!
Giant-Man and the Wasp / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- X-659
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Passers-by in midtown New York are suddenly startled to notice a...
- Feature Logo
Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (also as Ant-Man); Magician [Lee Guardineer] (introduction); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Sterling Stuyvesant; Charlie
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- 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 Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #52
- in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #34 (2 December 1967), #35 (9 December 1967)
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #122 ([circa 1972 - 1973])
-
in Thor (Arédit-Artima, 1983 series) #7 (juin 1984) - 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) #1 - The Man in the Ant Hill (2015)
-
Indexer Notes
The Magician next appears in issue #58 (August 1964).
The Balloon
text story / 1 page
- Job Number
- [K-267]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As Leroy approached the store with his mother one bright and...
- 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..!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.833 page
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (illustrations)
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky; Bill Everett (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen; typeset
Indexer Notes
Advertises The Avengers (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
statement of ownership / 0.167 page
- 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!
Wasp / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- Larry Lieber (credited)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
- Job Number
- X-646
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are you scrawny?
- Feature Logo
The Wasp Tells a Tale- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (in framing sequence); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (narrator); Lorenzo; King Maximus
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- A suitor thought unworthy by the king wins the hand of the princess through cunning when strength fails.
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #52
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #11 (November 1967) which is reprinted
-
in Aventure dans la Jungle (Editions Héritage, 1973 series) #1 (Janvier 1973) - in Hit Comics Die fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #233
-
in De Vier Verdedigers Classics (Classics/Williams, 1971 series) #54 (1972) - in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #20 (mars 1982) [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 Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) ([November] 2010)
- 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) #1 - The Man in the Ant Hill (2015)
-
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.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Coming of the Magician!
Giant-Man and the Wasp -
1.
The Coming of the Magician!
Giant-Man and the Wasp -
2.
The Balloon
-
3.
Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!
-
4.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
-
5.
Beware the Bog Beast!
Wasp
This issue was modified by
- David Bruce
- Steve Coates
- Derek Reinhard
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