Tales to Astonish #59

Marvel Comics

United States

Published
September 1964
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/18623

Credits

Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover The Incredible Hulk... Battles Giant-Man! (Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]

Credits

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Sol Brodsky
Colours
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen
Show/hide 1. Enter: The Hulk (Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp) Comic story, 18 pages

"My transistor-powered portable projector is working better than ever!"

Featuring

Feature
Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp
Genre
Superhero
Code
X-729
Characters
Avengers [Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]]; Spider-Man (on screen); Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Human Top [Dave Cannon]; Betty Ross; General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross

Credits

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Dick Ayers (credited)
Inks
Paul Reinman (credited) [as P. Reinman]
Colours
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
The Incredible Hulk (Newton, 1975 series) #8 (October 1975)
Enter: The Hulk

Synopsis

Giant-Man goes out to New Mexico to try and reason with the Hulk and to get him to consider rejoining the Avengers.

Notes

This story is a set-up to reintroduce the Hulk who becomes a regular co-feature beginning in the next issue.

Show/hide 2. Hulk-Lovers of the World! (Hulk) Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Hulk
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]

Credits

Script
Stan Lee
Art
Jack Kirby
Sol Brodsky ?
Marie Severin ?
Colours
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Notes

Promo announcing the Hulk will be appearing in Tales to Astonish starting with issue #60. Hulk figure is taken from the cover of The Incredible Hulk # 1, with additional art by either Sol Brodsky or Marie Severin.

Show/hide 3. Let's Learn About Hank and Jan (Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp) Comic story, 5 pages

"You are looking at one of the most astonishing men on Earth... the renowned biochemist, Henry Pym!"

Featuring

Feature
Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp
Genre
Superhero
Code
X-740
Characters
Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]

Credits

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Dick Ayers (credited)
Inks
Paul Reinman (credited)
Colours
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (as S. Rosen) (credited)

Notes

Feature pages on Giant-Man and the Wasp


Notes

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

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 90092

Entry created

  • 13/08/2021

Cover added

  • 13/08/2021

Index completed

  • 13/08/2021

Last updated

  • 08/08/2014