(December 1964)

Marvel, 1959 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1964-09-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Vista Publications Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Giant-Man; Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Chameleon [Dmitri Smerdyakov]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Betty Ross; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
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Giant-Man versus the Wonderful Wasp! (Table of Contents: 1)

Giant-Man and the Wasp / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Carl Burgos (credited as Carlos Burgos)
Inks
George Roussos (see notes)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

Job Number
X-807
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've done it!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (also as Ant-Man); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Second-Story Sammy
Synopsis
When Hank accidentally knocks himself out after a failed lab experiment, a petty thief makes off with his costume and begins to use the Giant-Man powers to commit crimes.
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Indexer Notes

Roussos inks per Nick Caputo, April 2014. Nick notes that Ayers was incorrectly credited in the splash page credits. Since the story was lettered before it was inked sometimes the credited inker was unavailable and the correction was not made before the comic went to print.

4 More Marvel Masterpieces! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Mails to Astonish / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Steve Ditko; Jack Kirby ?
Inks
Steve Ditko; ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan, In the July issue of Tales to Astonish you had Spider-Man fighting Giant-Man.
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]
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Indexer Notes

Letters from: Hank Hamilton, Al Mayer, Mike Gable, and Breck Clark. Includes the Special Announcements Section and the Mighty Marvel Checklist. Comics listed with a synopsis are Fantastic Four #33, Spider-Man #19, Avengers #10, X-Men #8, Strange Tales #127, Thor #110, Suspense #60 and Sgt. Fury #12. Two Hulk images are included, one by Ditko from Incredible Hulk #6 and the other possibly from an earlier Hulk appearance.

Enter... the Chameleon! (Table of Contents: 4)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
George Roussos (credited as George Bell)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Job Number
X-820
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll break free sooner or later!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Glenn Talbot; Chameleon [Dmitri Smerdyakov]; Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Leader (introduction) (cameo); Humanoid (introduction) (cameo)
Synopsis
The Hulk is captured in unbreakable restraints but slips through them when he turns back into Banner. Hearing that his buddy has been captured, Rick Jones leaves Captain America's side to go help the Hulk. The mysterious Leader sends the Chameleon to Gamma Base to find out what happened to an agent who didn't report back in (probably because he ended up falling down a hole in a robot suit in the previous issue). Talbot and Banner begin their less-than-friendly rivalry. The Chameleon impersonates Banner and tries to steal a gamma grenade using Betty as a hostage, but the Hulk thwarts his plans.
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Indexer Notes

Rick Jones and Glenn Talbot each call Betty "Miss Brant" in this story.

The Incredible Hulk (Table of Contents: 5)

Hulk / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
George Roussos
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]
Synopsis
The Hulk breaks through a wall while someone with a gun is seen through the gap.
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Giant-Man; Hulk
  2. 1. Giant-Man versus the Wonderful Wasp!
    Giant-Man and the Wasp
  3. 2. 4 More Marvel Masterpieces!
  4. 3. ["Dear Stan, In the July issue of Tales to Astonish you had Spider-Man fighting Giant-Man."]
    Mails to Astonish
  5. 4. Enter... the Chameleon!
    Hulk
  6. 5. The Incredible Hulk
    Hulk
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Del Gruber
  • Hunter Johnson
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mark Q
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore