Tales to Astonish #44

(June 1963)

The Creature from Kosmos! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Ernie Hart [H. E. Huntley] (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

X-192

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Throughout history there have been men who have become legends, men who have...

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

• in Marvel Feature (Marvel, 1971 series) #8 (March 1973) [Panels 6-8 of page 2, pages 3-18]
which is reprinted
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #60 (1er trimestre 1979) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Marvel Gold. El Hombre Hormiga: ¡El Hombre en el Hormiguero! (Panini España, 2015 series) (Junio 2015)
• in The Superhero Women (Simon and Schuster, 1977 series) #[nn] (1977)
• in Miss Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) #8 (janvier 1983)
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #178 (5 octobre 1984)
• in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #1 (December 1985)
which is reprinted
• in Spider-Man Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #13 (Febrero 1995) [Págs. 9-16], #14 (Abril 1995) [Págs. 25-32]
• in Marvel Saga (Semic, 1986 series) #1
• in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #9 (August 1986) [excerpts]
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #9
• 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 Secret Invasion: Requiem (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([January] 2009) [recolored]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 ([December] 2013)
• in The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection - Classic (Hachette Partworks, 2014 series) #1 - Marvel Origins: The 60s (January 2014)
• in Ant-Man / Giant-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #1 - The Man in the Ant Hill (2015)
• in Marvel Gold. El Hombre Hormiga: ¡El Hombre en el Hormiguero! (Panini España, 2015 series) (Junio 2015)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #91 - Классика Marvel: 60-е Годы
• in True Believers: Kirby 100th - Ant-Man and the Wasp (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (October 2017)
• in Marvel Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #7 (August 2018)
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #68

Keywords

Hungary

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.

Blueprint for Victory (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

G-60

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Rhine and its ruined bridges lay thirty miles behind and the roads were...

Genre

war

Characters

LtC. Cam Westover; Maj. Franks; Cpt. Bill Trayne; Gen. von Kretz

Synopsis

A cunning spy infiltrates German HQ with a phoney blueprint as bait and paralyzes communications before a major US assault.

Reprints

• from Marines in Battle (Marvel, 1954 series) #6 (June 1955)

Keywords

Klugenhorst; World War II

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Hunted (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

?

Letters

Terry Szenics

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The odds were impossible?

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

In the year 2000 all of New York City is searching for a 'plague carrier' who is attempting to escape notice and flee the city. He is apprehended at a transportation center and the police remove the 'plague' from him which turns out to be a handgun he had stolen from a museum which officials had worried could back bring the plague of war.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #20 (1965 ?)
• in Pow! and Wham! (IPC, 1968 series) #68 (4 May 1968)
• in Le Motard Fantôme (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #2 (1er trimestre 1982)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012), #4 ([January] 2012)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #88

Keywords

New York