CATALOG RECORD
Tales to Astonish #38
first appearance of Egghead
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Egghead (Elihas Starr, Marvel) — introduction, origin
Dates
- Cover date
- December 1962
- On sale
- September 11, 1962
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #38 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
- Betrayed by the Ants!! · 10 pages
An scientist is hired by crooks to defeat Ant-Man. He tries to turn the ants against the hero and trap him, but the ants are loyal to Ant-Man and he foils Egghead's scheme.
- Strange Mission · 2 pages
A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet.
- I Found the Impossible World! · 8 pages
An experimental time machine seems to fail, aging its inventor 10 years. In fact he travelled into a fantastic future, but had his memory erased as punishment for trying to sow discord.
- Secret of the Statues! · 5 pages
An art critic visits a sculptor to give him his opinion of his work. He tells the crestfallen man that his statues appear lifeless. He faints when one of the statues calls him a fool. It turns out the 'statues' were aliens attempting to pose as Earthlings in order to infiltrate. They deposit the critic outside and depart Earth.
Characters
Reprinted in
Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Creepy Worlds (1962), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (2006), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Marvel Tales (1966), Giant-Size Avengers (1974), Hulk Comic (1979), Essential Ant-Man (2002), Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (2006), Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (2013), Ant-Man / Giant-Man Epic Collection (2015), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)