Tales to Astonish #60

(October 1964)

The Beasts of Berlin! (Table of Contents: 1)

Giant-Man and the Wasp / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Dick Ayers (credited)

Inks

Paul Reinman (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number

X-765

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hank! What's gotten into you!

Feature Logo

Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (also in flashback, also as Ant-Man); Lee Kearns (guest); Maria Pym (cameo flashback); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

When Henry learns that an old buddy has been captured behind the Iron Curtain, he heads off to East Berlin to mount a rescue. Using both the powers of Giant-Man and Ant-Man Hank rescues Lee and destroys the ray the reds are using to create hyper-intelligent gorillas.

Reprints

• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #26 (janvier 1973) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([February] 2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 ([February] 2012)
• in Marvel Gold. El Hombre Hormiga: ¡El Hombre en el Hormiguero! (Panini España, 2015 series) (Junio 2015)
• in Ant-Man / Giant-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 - Ant-Man No More (2022)

Keywords

Giant-Man Fan Club

The Incredible Hulk (Table of Contents: 2)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited)

Inks

George Roussos (credited as Geo. Bell)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited) (as S. Rosen)

Job Number

X-763

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In a hidden cave, beneath the burning sands...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; VILLAIN: Banner Bot

Synopsis

Bruce creates an indestructible robot which is able to withstand the power of a nuclear blast but the stress of completing it on schedule causes him to transform into the Hulk and he leaves this massive weapon of awesome power unattended. A foreign spy who has been hanging around jumps into the robot and takes off. The Hulk tries to stop the robot but can't and once he is worn out from the battle, he transforms back into Banner. Found lying in the desert by Ross and Betty, Bruce vows to build a bigger and better robot to take down the first one.

Reprints

• in The Incredible Hulk (Lancer Books, 1966 series) #72-124 (1966)
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #25 (March 1970)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #23 (novembre 1971) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #13 (December 30, 1972)
• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #6 ([Juni 1974])
• in The Incredible Hulk (Simon and Schuster, 1978 series) (1978)
• in L'Incredibile Hulk (Editoriale Corno, 1980 series) #13 (Ottobre 1981)
• in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([February] 1999) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 ([December] 2004)
• in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 - The Hulk Must Die (2017)
• in Hulk : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1964-1966 (août 2021)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2021 series) #2 - The Lair of the Leader (2022)

Keywords

New Mexico

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Incredible Hulk #6 but with significant changes. In the original series ending, Bruce still used his gamma ray machine to transform himself into the Hulk and, although "meaner" than his alter ego, the Hulk still retained Bruce's intellect. Here in Tales to Astonish all of a sudden, Bruce realizes that it is stress that causes him to become the jade giant and he does not turn back until he either calms down or wears himself out physically. Bruce and the Hulk now also have completely different personas and are only vaguely aware of what the other does. Creating a more inexplicable no-prize worthy mystery, without Rick Jones to hold them (there is your previous solution), what happens to Bruce Banner's glasses when he transforms to the Hulk and back again (in this story, they magically appear on the ground next to him in the desert after he makes the change).