Tales to Astonish #39
Marvel Comics
United States
- Published
- January 1963
- 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/17463
Credits
- Editing
- Stan Lee, Editor
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Ant-Man)
Cover, 1 page
"At last you've met your match, Ant-Man!!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Ant-Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Scarlet Beetle
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, scripter
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Dick Ayers, inker
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg, colourist
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #86 (November 1962) — On the Trail of the Tomorrow Man!
- Also printed
-
Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #4 (September 1966) — "On the Trail of the Tomorrow Man!"
-
The Mighty Thor (Yaffa/Page, 1977 series) #2 (June 1978) — On the Trail of the Tomorrow Man!
-
Marvel Tales (Yaffa/Page, 1977? series) #3 ([February 1982?]) — On the Trail of Tomorrow Man!
-
Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (1991) — "On the Trail of the Tomorrow Man!"
-
Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) — "On the Trail of the Tomorrow Man!" (black and white)
-
Essential Ant Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002) — Untitled (black and white)
- Printed in
- Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #4 (September 1966)
- Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([March] 2006)
- 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) #6
1"Your days of meddling are ended, Ant-Man!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Ant-Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- V-958
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Scarlet Beetle (introduction, origin)
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, plotter [credited]
- Larry Lieber, scripter [credited] (script)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller [credited]
- Dick Ayers, inker [credited]
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg, colourist
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer [credited]
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #39 (January 1963) — The Vengeance of the Scarlet Beetle!
- Also printed
-
Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #4 (September 1966) — Vengeance of the Scarlet Beetle
-
Marvel Tales (Yaffa/Page, 1977? series) #3 ([February 1982?]) — The Vengeance of the Scarlet Beetle!
-
Essential Ant Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002) — The Vengeance of the Scarlet Beetle! (black and white)
- Printed in
- Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([March] 2006)
- 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) #6
- Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #21 (mai 1982)
- Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #139
- Marvel Tales (Yaffa / Page, 1977 series) #3 ([1979])
Synopsis
Ant-Man fights a beetle made super-intelligent by radiation. It uses Ant-Man's growth gas to become giant, but he is able to defeat it.
Notes
The Scarlet Beetle next appears in Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #44 (January 1972).
2"All of the fancy clothing stores on Main Street were doing a..."
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Code
- J-984
- Characters
- Mrs. Gerrity; Tom Gerrity; Officer O'Malley; Logarithm
Credits
- Writing
- , author
- Art
- Marie Severin, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Reprint history
- Original
- Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #54 (April 1957)
Synopsis
An old-fashioned shopkeeper unwittingly saves the life of a boy from Mechanica when her remedy oil lubricates the gears in his brain.
Notes
Text story with illustrations.
3"Surrender, Earthlings!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Ozamm; Joe Baxter
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, plotter [credited]
- Larry Lieber, scripter [credited] (script)
- Art
- Don Heck, line art [credited]
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg, colourist
- Text
- Jon D'Agostino, letterer [credited]
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #205 ([circa 1982 - 1983])
- Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #29 (July 1974)
- Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)
- Le Tombeau de Dracula (Editions Héritage, 1973 series) #11
- Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1974 series) #19 (Abril 1976)
- Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #18 (novembre 1981)
- Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #135
- Out of This World (Alan Class, 1963 series) #3
- Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #246 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
Synopsis
A factory worker laid off to be replaced by a machine foils a seemingly invincible alien by cutting off his power source.
4"How can anyone possibly dream up a fantasy story as simple as a few toy soldiers?"
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Billy Barton; Zogg
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Steve Ditko, line art [signed]
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg, colourist
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #39 (January 1963) — The Toy Soldiers
- Printed in
- Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #8 (February 1975)
- I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2 (20 Aprile 1971)
- Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)
- Los Vengadores (Novedades, 1981 series) #14 (4 de junio de 1981)
- Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #100
- Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #22 (1964 ?)
- Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #184 ([circa 1980 - 1981])
- Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #19 (janvier 1982)
- Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #151 ([circa 1976 - 1977])
- Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #137
Synopsis
A boy who enjoys toy soldiers buys a new civil war figure to place in his prisoner of war stockade. That evening, he and his father are attacked by an invader from the sixth dimension. Suddenly, the lights go out, and when they turn the lights back on, the invader has disappeared. They chalk it up to some sort of unusual shared dream, and go back to sleep. The following morning when the boy wakes up and peers into his model stockade, he sees the invader languishing in the cell guarded over by the toy soldier.
Notes
Letters credit from George Oshevsky'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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