Tales to Astonish #46

(August 1963)

..When Cyclops Walks the Earth (Table of Contents: 1)

Ant-Man; 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)

Job Number

X-326

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What are we going to do?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Cyclops Robot; Andropolus (captain); George (communicator); Kraglin (alien)

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

• in Hit Comics X-Menschen (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #216
• in X-Mannen Classics (Classics/Williams, 1971 series) #16 ([1971])
• 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

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

• from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #52 (August 1956)
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #26 ([1965]), #194 ([circa 1988 - 1989])

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

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #40
• in Hit Comics Die fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #233
• in De Vier Verdedigers Classics (Classics/Williams, 1971 series) #54 (1972)
• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #12 ([Août 1972])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)

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

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #40
• in Hit Comics Die Rächer (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #211
• in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #14 (Juillet 1972)
• 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

Museum of Ancient Lore