WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
first Ant-Man
- Hank Pym (Ant-Man / Giant-Man) — introduction, origin (later known as Ant-Man), also in flashback
Dates
- Cover date
- January 1962
- On sale
- September 28, 1961
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #27 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition10¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- The Man in the Ant Hill! · 7 pages
Henry Pym invents a shrinking serum, but is trapped in an ant hill when he tests it. He is attacked by several ants, but one of them helps him escape and restore his ordinary size. He destroys the serum because it is too dangerous.
- Trouble Bubble · 2 pages
A boy discovers a formula to blow unbreakable bubbles and accidentally entraps his father's boss.
- Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall... · 6 pages
Bill Carter purchases a mirror for his wife's birthday. It turns out to be cursed and she falls under the control of an undead sorceror until the mirror is broken.
- The Talking Horse · 5 pages
The horse Silverstreak convinces the abusive jockey Barney to bet on them winning the next race. When they lose, Barney is caught trying to beat the horse and kicked out of racing, before being beaten up by his bookie.
- Dead Planet! · 5 pages
A warrior race conquers world after world, but on one of them there seems to be life but their warrior can find none and dies of loneliness. The world was actually inhabited by sentient rocks.
Characters
Reprinted in
Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (2006), Creepy Worlds (1962), Hulk Comic (1979), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (1965), Astounding Stories (1966), Journey into Mystery (1972), Vault of Evil (1973), The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985), Marvel Limited: Fantastic Firsts (1994), Essential Avengers (1999), Fantastic Firsts (2002), Essential Ant-Man (2002), Marvel Milestones: Iron Man, Ant-Man & Captain America (2005), Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (2006), Marvel Firsts: The 1960s (2011), Avengers: The Many Faces of Henry Pym (2012), Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (2013), The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection - Classic (2014)