(August 1963)

Marvel, 1959 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1963-05-02
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

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings. Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
This issue has variants:

Cyclops Walks the Earth! (Table of Contents)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cyclops is alive!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Cyclops Robot
Reprints

..When Cyclops Walks the Earth (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)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Don Heck (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

Job Number
X-326
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What are we going to do?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Kraglin (alien); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Cyclops Robot; Andropolus (captain); George (communicator)
Synopsis
While on vacation in Greece, Ant-Man and the Wasp go after a monster who terrorizes the local sailors. The monster is a robotic cyclops sent by aliens to scout for an invasion.
Reprints
Keywords
A-Chiltar III; aliens; Greece

Ride to the Future (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
[K-7]
First Line of Dialogue or Text
All the kids in town were buzzing about the Chronicle's cartoon contest for...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Harry Benns; Poker; Zealzodo
Synopsis
A visitor from outer space helps an unimaginative boy win a new bike in a writing contest.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

The Secret of the Swamp! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (script)
Pencils
Paul Reinman (credited)
Inks
Paul Reinman (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

Job Number
X-327
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Someone is out there!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Sue Walker [Sue Marlowe]; John Marlowe
Synopsis
A lonely and plain woman meets a handsome man in the swamp and she marries him, not knowing that he is also ugly and they have been made beautiful to each other by the swamp's magic.
Reprints
Keywords
Louisiana

The Most Dangerous Weapon! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It was an ordinary looking weapon, but--there, in the year 2,050, it was...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Kowl Korgan
Synopsis
In the year 2050 only one weapon remains on display in a museum as a reminder of the violent past. A man with criminal intent plots to steal it and use it to make himself dictator. He steals the gun and threatens to fire it in order to get his way, but his intended victim asks him to let him explain why he should not do so. The criminal refuses to listen and pulls the trigger, disintegrating himself. "Did he really not think we would leave such a weapon unguarded? It is indeed the world's most dangerous weapon, but only to the one who tries to use it."
Reprints
Keywords
Museum of Ancient Lore
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Cyclops Walks the Earth!
    Ant-Man and the Wasp
  2. 1. ..When Cyclops Walks the Earth
    Ant-Man and the Wasp
  3. 2. Ride to the Future
  4. 3. The Secret of the Swamp!
  5. 4. The Most Dangerous Weapon!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bill Borre
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • John Brichetto
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Pierre Freyssonnet
  • Del Gruber
  • Matthew Head
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • R. S. Martin
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore