True Believers: Kirby 100th - Ant-Man and the Wasp #1

(October 2017)

Introduction (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Wil Moss

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Man in the Ant Hill! (Table of Contents: 2)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Henry Pym (later known as Ant-Man)

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #27 (January 1962)

The Man in the Ant Hill! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-430

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Henry Pym [Ant-Man (later)] (introduction, origin)

Synopsis

Henry Pym invents a shrinking serum, but is trapped in an ant hill when he tests it. He is attacked by several ants, but one of them helps him escape and restore his ordinary size. He destroys the serum because it is too dangerous.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #27 (January 1962)

Celebrating Kirby 100th (Table of Contents: 4)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

various

Colors

various

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Promotes Monsters #1, Color Your Own Masters and The Marvel Legacy of Jack Kirby.

The Creature from Kosmos!! (Table of Contents: 5)

Ant-Man and the Wasp / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Creature from Kosmos [Pilai]

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #44 (June 1963)

The Creature from Kosmos! (Table of Contents: 6)

Ant-Man and the Wasp / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Ernie Hart (credited as H. E. Huntley) (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

X-192

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ant-Man [Henry Pym] (origin detail); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (introduction, origin); Creature from Kosmos [Pilai] (introduction, named in a later comic); Maria Trovaya-Pym (flashback, introduction); Vernon Van Dyne (introduction); Lee Kearns (voice only)

Synopsis

When a fellow scientist is killed by an alien being, Ant-Man enlists the help of the dead man's daughter. He gives her the ability to shrink and tiny wasp wings, and she joins him as his partner the Wasp. The duo use the alien's acidic nature to destroy it, saving the city.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #44 (June 1963)

Indexer Notes

In addition to introducing the Wasp, this story fleshes out Henry Pym's background and introduces the death of his wife as a motivating factor.

Celebrating Jack Kirby 100th (Table of Contents: 7)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby; various

Colors

various

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Overview of the celebratory titles:
- Avengers: Captain America Lives Again!;
- Black Panther;
- Groot;
- Thor vs. Hulk;
- The Mighty Thor!;
- The Origin of Captain America;
- Eternals;
- Inhumans;
- Nick Fury;
- Devil Dinosaur;
- Ant-Man and the Wasp;
- Iron Man.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks

Jack Kirby (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jacob Kurtzberg, born August 28, 1917

Characters

Jack Kirby; Hulk; Thor; Spider-Man; Hercules; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Captain America; Iron Man; Fantastic Four [Human Torch; Mr. Fantastic; Thing]; Black Panther; Silver Surfer; X-Men [Iceman; Beast]; Dr. Doom; Black Knight

Indexer Notes

Back cover.