CATALOG RECORD
Tales to Astonish #35
first appearance of Ant-Man
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Ant-Man (Hank Pym) — origin in flashback, first appearance as Ant-Man
Dates
- Cover date
- September 1962
- On sale
- June 5, 1962
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #35 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
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Creators
Stories
- Return of the Ant-Man, Part 1 · 5 pages
Henry Pym invents an anti-radiation gas, that attracts the attention of communist spies. Henry eludes them by shrinking himself once again.
- Strange Encounter · 2 pages
An American tourist in Paris is unwittingly targeted by a spy as an intelligence courier and is nearly killed.
- [Return of the Ant-Man] Part 2, An Army of Ants! · 5 pages
Henry Pym learns how to command ants to do his bidding and frees his captured assistants, with the help of the ants.
- [Return of the Ant-Man] Part 3, The Ant-Man's Revenge! · 3 pages
Henry Pym invents an anti-radiation gas, that attracts the attention of communist spies. Henry eludes them by shrinking himself once again.
- The Doorway to Nowhere! · 5 pages
After escaping from jail, Hugo Cragg heads for a deserted mansion to hide out until the heat is off. Then he discovers a strange closet in the house: after he puts something into it, the object disappears! He figures that if the objects disappear into another dimension, why not go there himself to hide from the Police? He does, but becomes two-dimensional.
- The Thing from Outer Space! · 5 pages
An explorer returns to Earth with a telepathic plant, which claims that it is the real human, and that their minds have been swapped. The switch is reversed, and the planet quarantined.
Characters
Reprinted in
Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Hulk Comic (1979), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Marvel Tales Annual (1964), The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985), Marvel Limited: Fantastic Firsts (1994), Essential Ant-Man (2002), Fantastic Firsts (2002), Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (2006), Avengers: The Many Faces of Henry Pym (2012), Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (2013), Ant-Man: Larger Than Life (2015), Ant-Man / Giant-Man Epic Collection (2015), Stan Lee Marvel Treasury Edition (2016), Ant-Man and the Wasp Adventures (2018), True Believers: Ant-Man and the Wasp -- The Birth of Giant-Man (2018), The Best Marvel Stories by Stan Lee Omnibus (2022), Weird Planets (1962), Creepy Worlds (1962), Terrific! (1967)