Tales to Astonish #45

(July 1963)

The Terrible Traps of Egghead! (Table of Contents: 1)

Ant-Man and the Wasp / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Don Heck (credited)

Inks

Don Heck (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number

X-213

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This time you lose, Ant-Man!

Feature Logo

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Ape; Twister

Synopsis

Egghead forms a new gang and sets a trap for the Wasp, hoping to use her against Ant-Man. He captures the Wasp, but Ant-Man frees her and the two recover Egghead's loot, though he escapes capture.

Reprints

• in Hit Comics Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #203
• in Hulk Comic (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #23 (August 8, 1979) [Partial reprint, extensively edited to bring the story length down to 4 pages. Prints page 2; page 3, panels 1 & 3-7; page 4, panels 1-5 & 7; pages 5-6; page 7, panels 1-5 & 7; page 8; page 9, panels 1-4 & 6. B/W], #24 (August 15, 1979) [Partial reprint, extensively edited to bring the story length down to 3 pages. Prints page 1; page 9, panels 5 & 7-9; pages 10-13. B/W]
• 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 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)

Keywords

ant-eater; Middleton Diamond

Indexer Notes

Job number revealed on original art.

Egghead last appeared in issue #38 (December 1962), he next appears in issue #57 (July 1964).

The Future (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

[K-318]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As the quiz master on a national television program, Ted Jason's rating was tops.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Ted Jason; Olaf

Synopsis

A quiz show host finds himself mysteriously transported to the far future for a brief time.

Reprints

• from Mystical Tales (Marvel, 1956 series) #3 (October 1956)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Bronson's Brain! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited)

Inks

Steve Ditko (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number

X-215

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Talk about brains!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Bruno Bronson (called Boris in one panel)

Synopsis

Bronson, an incredible genius upset that no one on earth can match his tremendous intellect, builds a space ship and travels to a planet of highly advanced aliens. After the aliens test Bronson, they determine that his intelligence is so low compared to their species, that the earthling must be imprisoned for his own safety.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #26 (1965 ?)
• in Hit Comics Die fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #234
• in De Vier Verdedigers Classics (Classics/Williams, 1971 series) #55 (1972)
• in L'Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #13 ([août 1972]) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #70 (18 Dicembre 1973) [as "Il cervello di Bronson!", Italian translation]
• in The Empire Strikes Back Monthly (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #140 (November 1980)
• in Return of the Jedi Weekly (Marvel UK, 1983 series) #83 (January 19, 1985) [4 pages as R2-D2's Tales from the Data Banks]
• 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)

Keywords

mento-meter

It Walks Like a Man! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Robert Bernstein (credited as R. Berns) (script)

Pencils

Paul Reinman (credited)

Inks

Paul Reinman (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Terry Szenics (credited)

Job Number

X-214

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The time is Christmas, 1973!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Ben Trent; Ronnie Trent; Helen Trent; Carlo

Synopsis

A man is disturbed by his daughter's attachment to her new robot playmate, but changes his mind when it saves her life.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #26 (1965 ?)
• in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #13 (août 1972)
• in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #19 (Décembre 1972)
• in L'Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #74/75 ([octobre 1977]) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)

Keywords

robots

Indexer Notes

This story is an altered retelling of "Robot Hater!", drawn by Paul Reinman in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #3 (May 1959).