Tales to Astonish #69

(July 1965)

Oh, Wasp, Where Is Thy Sting? (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Al Hartley (credited)

Pencils

Bob Powell (credited)

Inks

John Giunta (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Sam Rosen (as S. Rosen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the last ish we learned that super-heroes are not always super-human!

Feature Logo

Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon]

Synopsis

Giant-Man mounts a rescue to save the Wasp from the Human Top but to do so, he has to risk the damage to his body of shrinking once more into Ant-Man size.

Reprints

• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1965 series) #24 (31 de agosto de 1966)
• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #43 (3 February 1968) [first page used as cover], #43 (3 February 1968)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #47 (3ème trimestre 1975) [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 Gold. El Hombre Hormiga: ¡El Hombre en el Hormiguero! (Panini España, 2015 series) (Junio 2015)

Indexer Notes

Last Giant-Man story in Tales to Astonish; Next issue begins a dual feature of the Hulk and Namor.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Merry Marvel Marching Society / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

If you haven't joined yet, here's another chance!

Characters

Giant-Man [Henry Pym]

Indexer Notes

House ad for the M.M.M.S. plus membership form.

Trapped in the Lair of the Leader! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited as Mickey Demeo)

Colors

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Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He's my prisoner at last!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Glenn Talbot; Rick Jones; Leader [Samuel Sterns]; Humanoids

Synopsis

The Leader makes off with the Hulk and the absorbatron but the jade giant ends up destroying the machine to keep it out of the Leader's hands. Convinced that Banner is still a traitor and despite his orders, Talbot authorizes his men to use deadly force and Bruce is killed by a bullet through the head.

Reprints

• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1965 series) #24 (31 de agosto de 1966)
• in Smash! (IPC, 1966 series) #58 (11 March 1967)
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #32 (September 1972)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #22 (March 3, 1973)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #34 (juin 1974) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #15 ([März 1975])
• in The Incredible Hulk (Simon and Schuster, 1978 series) (1978), (1978)
• in L'Incredibile Hulk (Editoriale Corno, 1980 series) #14 (Novembre 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 ([May] 2008)

Keywords

absorbatron; Astra Isle

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

Script

Stan Lee

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, we finally finished off the Human Top--and jolly Jack is really sinking his...

Reprints

• in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([May] 2008)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Bill Warren, Peter Melia, and Mike Paulokovich; includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist.