Tales to Astonish #36
Marvel Comics
United States
- Published
- October 1962
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.12 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Silver Age size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/17216
Credits
- Editing
- Stan Lee, Editor
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Ant-Man)
Cover, 1 page
"So!! The famous Ant-Man has walked into the trap of Comrade X!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Ant-Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Comrade X [Nina Vladimirovna Tsiolkovsky]
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, scripter
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Dick Ayers, inker
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg, colourist
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Essential Ant Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002) — Untitled
- Printed in
- Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002)
- Misterios del Gato Negro (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1953 series) #164
- Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([March] 2006)
- Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #3 (1963 ?)
- Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 ([December] 2013)
- Marvel Gold. El Hombre Hormiga: ¡El Hombre en el Hormiguero! (Panini España, 2015 series) #[nn] (Junio 2015)
- Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #3
- From GCD
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #36
Notes
Letters credit from George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index.
1"You're in for another gripping adventure with Henry Pym, the brilliant scientist who can..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Ant-Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- V-858
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Comrade X [Nina Vladimirovna Tsiolkovsky] (introduction)
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, plotter
- Larry Lieber, scripter (script)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Dick Ayers, inker
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg, colourist
- Text
- Terry Szenics, letterer
- Artie Simek, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Marvel's Greatest Comics (Yaffa/Page, 1977? series) #2 ([1980?]) — The Challenge of Comrade X!
-
Essential Ant Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002) — The Challenge of Comrade X! (black and white)
- Printed in
- Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1 ([December] 1965)
- Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([March] 2006)
- The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #5 (April 1986)
- Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 ([December] 2013)
- Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #3 (1963 ?)
- Marvel Gold. El Hombre Hormiga: ¡El Hombre en el Hormiguero! (Panini España, 2015 series) #[nn] (Junio 2015)
- Der Eiserne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #3
- Hulk Comic (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #6 (April 11, 1979)
- Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #100
- Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #29 (1969)
- From GCD
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #36 (October 1962)
Synopsis
Ant-Man is hunted by a Soviet agent sent to capture him, but a beautiful stranger warns him of the spy's whereabouts. Ant-Man realizes that the woman is really the spy and defeats her.
Notes
This story is divided into two untitled parts (7 pp, 6 pp). Page 5 includes a schematic of Ant-Man's miniature entrance and exit from his house. Comrade X next appears in West Coast Avengers (Marvel, 1985 series) #33 (June 1988) as "Madame X". Szenics letters credit from George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index. Nick Caputo notes that Artie Simek lettered part 2 of the story.
2"It had been expected for a long time, so it wasn't too much of a shock when the first visitors from..."
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Code
- 9498
- Characters
- Jonathan Ditmar
Credits
- Writing
- , author
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Reprint history
- Original
- Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #26 (February 1955)
Synopsis
When hostile aliens come to Earth of the future they are persuaded not to enslave humanity because of Earth's music.
Notes
Text story with illustration.
3"Our story starts with a flight from the law..."
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Code
- V-859
- Characters
- Harry Weems
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee , plotter
- Larry Lieber , scripter (script)
- Art
- Paul Reinman, line art [signed]
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg, colourist
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)
- Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #22 (1964 ?)
- L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #12 (juillet 1972)
- Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #151 ([circa 1976 - 1977])
- Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #81
- Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #100
- Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #243 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
Synopsis
A fugitive steals a clock that turns back time. He becomes young again, and tries to commit the perfect crime, by escaping back in time before it happened, but when the clock breaks, he dies.
Notes
Script credit from George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index. Simek letters per Nick Caputo. Olshevsky's index incorrectly credited John Duffy.
4"Many men had searched for Pan--in vain!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- V-860
- Characters
- Pan
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Steve Ditko, line art [signed]
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg, colourist
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)
- Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #22 (1964 ?)
- L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #12 (juillet 1972)
- Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #151 ([circa 1976 - 1977])
- Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #81
Synopsis
A man arrives in a small village looking for Pan, whom all the villagers affirm does exist. He hopes to cash in somehow, but becomes frustrated when no one will tell him where to find Pan, and he begins to think they are just scamming the tourists. He threatens to rough up a bartender and the bartender directs him to a nearby grove under the full moon. The man goes, and does encounter Pan, but is so unsettled by the encounter he immediately leaves town. It turns out the bartender has cloven hooves.
Notes
The last page includes an advertisement for Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962). Lee credit noted by "kevobay" via the GCD Errors list, February 2010. Letters credit from George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index.
Notes
Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U.S. Copyright Office filings.
Indicia
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