Tales to Astonish #41

(March 1963)

Prisoner of the Slave World! (Table of Contents: 1)

Ant-Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (script)

Pencils

Don Heck (credited)

Inks

Don Heck (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If you were Henry Pym, you could never predict when you might run into adventure!

Feature Logo

The Astonishing Ant-Man

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; War Lord Kulla; Ben Carter (scientist); Paul (scientist); Ed Marion ('window washer', named in Marvel Legacy: The 1960s Handbook)

Synopsis

Henry Pym is kidnapped along with other scientists in order to build a super-weapon for a tyrant in another dimension. He sneaks away and transforms into Ant-Man in order to defeat the tyrant.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #41
• in Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #8
• in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #36 (1970)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #132
• in Hulk Comic (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #14 (June 6 1979) [Extensively edited to bring the story length down to 2.5 pages. Prints pages 1-2; page 3, panels 1 & 3-7; page 4, panels 1 & 3-9; page 5, panels 1 & 3-4], #15 (13 June 1979) [Extensively edited to bring the story length down to 2 pages. Prints detail from cover used as first story panel; page 5, panels 6-7; page 6, panels 1 & 3-4; page 7, panels 5 & 7; page 8. page 9, panels 4 & 7; page 10, panels 5-7]
• in Power Man (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #5 (septembre 1982) [Moins/Minus 2 pages]
• in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([March] 2006)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 ([December] 2013)
• 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)

Keywords

Ants

Indexer Notes

In Marvel Legacy: The 1960s Handbook, this dimension is called Dehnock.

Tricky Travel (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

[K-19]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was unbelievable to hear Eli Twiddle tell his customers at the Travel bureau about the...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Eli Twiddle; Mr. Hardy

Synopsis

A travel agent has the ability to travel in his dreams, but eventually he grows out of it.

Reprints

• from Journey into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #48 (August 1956)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

When the Beast Walks! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (script)

Pencils

Joe Sinnott (credited)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

Job Number

X-42

First Line of Dialogue or Text

They started closing up the zoos in 1965 and now they're all shut down!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Bruno Storme; Shorty Harris

Synopsis

An animal-loving reporter saves a four-armed ape from a hunter and discovers that it is really an alien looking for a human worthy of hearing its message. As a gesture of goodwill to other species all zoos on Earth are shut down.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #35 (1964 ?)
• in HIP Classics (Classics/Williams, 1969 series) #19130 (1969)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #130
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2 (20 Aprile 1971)
• in L'Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #14 ([septembre 1972]) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Aventure dans la Jungle (Editions Héritage, 1973 series) #7 (Novembre 1973)
• in Docteur Strange (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #2 - Aux confins des dimensions (4ème trimestre 1981)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

The Curse! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited)

Inks

Steve Ditko (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hah! Look at the ignorant peasants run!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Sebastian; Vulture

Synopsis

A dictator pretends that a treasure is cursed in order to get it for himself, but it turns out the treasure is cursed and a ghost takes him.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #95
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #19 (1965 ?)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #147
• in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #13 (août 1972)
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #134 ([circa 1974 - 1975])
• in L'Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #42 ([janvier 1975]) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #186 ([circa 1982 - 1983])
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #80 (mars 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)
• in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)