Marvel Tales Annual #1

([September] 1964)

Spider-Man! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (introduction, origin); Ben Parker (introduction); Crusher Hogan; Flash Thompson (introduction); Liz Allen (introduction); May Parker (introduction); the Burglar

Synopsis

Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains the abilities of a spider. When he fails to stop a burglar who runs past him, his uncle is killed as a result. He therefore swears never to shirk his responsibility again.

Reprints

• from Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15 (September 1962 (see Notes))

The Coming of the Hulk (Table of Contents: 2)

Hulk / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed as J. KIRBY)

Inks

Paul Reinman

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Ray Holloway; Artie Simek (logo and title)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner] (introduction, origin); Rick Jones (introduction); Betty Ross (introduction); Thunderbolt Ross [Thaddeus E. Ross] (introduction); Igor (introduction)

Synopsis

Scientist Bruce Banner saves a young boy from being killed by a nuclear blast but absorbs deadly amounts of gamma radiation which transforms him into a monster dubbed the Hulk. Bruce Banner is scientist by day, but transforms into the Hulk once the sun goes down.

Reprints

• from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (May 1962)

Indexer Notes

chapter 1 only

Return of the Ant-Man (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Joe Letterese

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ant-Man [Henry Pym] (origin, first appearance as Ant-Man); Nikita Krushchev (first appearance, without naming)

Synopsis

Henry Pym, having created the serum to shrink, has become a student of ants. The government hired Henry Pym and his lab to create a gas that serves to immunize people against radiation. The Russians send some spies to seize it, kidnapping the scientists. Henry eludes them by shrinking himself once again. Thanks to the help of the ants, Pym manages to stop the Russian spies and save the scientists. Later he returns to his office to avoid anyone noticing his absence. In this way the Ant-Man acts for the first time as such, without anyone knowing.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #35 (September 1962), #35 (September 1962), #35 (September 1962)

The Birth of Giant-Man! (Table of Contents: 4)

Giant-Man / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Sam Rosen

Genre

superhero

Characters

Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (first appearance as Giant-Man); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]

Synopsis

Henry Pym develops capsules that permit him to become giant-size as well as ant-size.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #49 (November 1963) [pages 1—3 of original, reformatted into two pages]

Indexer Notes

2 page excerpt. Pencils credit corrected to conform to original printing by Rob Allen via the GCD Error Tracker.

Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandoes (Table of Contents: 5)

Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Genre

war

Characters

Sergeant Nick Fury (first appearance); the Howling Commandos [Corporal Dum Dum Dugan (first appearance); Robert Ralston [Rebel Ralston](first appearance); Jonathan "Junior" Juniper (first appearance); Gabe Jones (first appearance); Izzy Cohen (first appearance); Dino Manelli (first appearance)]; Captain Happy Sam Sawyer (first appearance)

Synopsis

The Commandos are ordered to rescue the Underground leader, captured by the nazis, before he reveals the date of D-Day.

Reprints

• from Sgt. Fury (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (May 1963)

Keywords

World War II

Indexer Notes

excerpt

Meet the Gang in the Merry Marvel Bullpen! (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

? (photo)

Inks

? (photo)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2009 series) #1
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
• in Marvel Gold. El Asombroso Spiderman: Poder y Responsabilidad (Panini España, 2014 series) (Abril 2014)
• in Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - Great Power ([October] 2014)
• in L'ère des Comics Marvel 1961-1978 (Taschen, 2017 series) (2017)

Indexer Notes

Photos of Marvel staff include Stan Lee, Martin Goodman, Johnny Hayes, Dick Ayers, Sol Brodsky, Vince Colletta, Stan Goldberg, Al Hartley, Don Heck, Jack Keller, Jack Kirby, Larry Lieber, Joe Orlando, Paul Reinman, Sam Rosen, Artie Simek, Chic Stone, Flo Steinberg, Nancy Murphy and Debbie Ackerman.

Iron Man Is Born! (Table of Contents: 7)

Iron Man / comic story / 13 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)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark] (introduction, origin); Wong-Chu (villain, introduction); Professor Yinsen (introduction, death)

Synopsis

Playboy industrialist and weapons designer Tony Stark is injured in Vietnam and captured by communists. While pretending to build a weapon for his captors he builds a suit of battle armor to keep his injured heart beating and uses it to escape and beat the communist commander.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #39 (March 1963)

How Iron Man Created His New Thinner Uniform! (Table of Contents: 8)

Iron Man / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Sam Rosen

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #48 (December 1963) [page 6: panels 8–9, page 7: panels 1–2, pages 8–10, reformatted]

Indexer Notes

excerpt

The Stone Men from Saturn! (Table of Contents: 9)

Thor / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-786

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Thor [Doctor Donald Blake; Thor Odinson] (introduction, origin); Gorr; Kronans; Korg

Synopsis

A lame doctor vacationing in Norway runs across an alien invasion. While hiding from the aliens in a cave he finds an old cane that transforms him into the god Thor. Thor drives back the alien invasion.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #83 (August 1962)

Indexer Notes

Origin of Thor.

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